Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. A replacement R.1 modified for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft, to replace XW666, which crashed. With highly specialised electronic surveillance equipment the Nimrod R.1s were extensively used to gather intelligence form the former Warsaw Pact countries, flying over the Baltic sea and arctic seas, as well as hot-spots worldwide
Picture No
13975665
Media ID
48257518
Size
5433px x 2984px
(4.0MB)
Credit
© The Tony Lovelock Collection / Peter Butt / Mary Evans
Source
scan of original print by Tony Lovelock
Date
circa 2000
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Baltic Crashed Electronic Extensively Gather Highly Hot-spots Intelligence Modified Nimrod No.51 Pact R.1s Replace Replacement Signals Specialised Surveillance Worldwide Wyton
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