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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1

Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 1970-JUL 2011, Cosford, External Display, X006-1343

The Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft was derived from the Comet airliner. It originally entered RAF service in 1969 in MR1 variant to replace the Avro Shackleton. From 1979 35 aircraft were upgraded to the improved MR2 standard. Nimrod continued in service until 2010 when its successor, the MRA4 was cancelled. The aircraft was modified to carry wing-mounted Sidewinder air-air missiles for self -defence during the Falklands conflict in 1982 were known as the ‘RAF’s biggest fighter’! Less successful was the airborne early warning version, Nimrod AEW3 which was test flown but did not enter service.

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Nimrod MRA4 First Delivery Medallion, 2010

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2010, London, Hangar Six, X006-8838

This medallion was produced to mark the delivery of the first Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol aircraft in 2010. The project had cost over £3 billion pounds and was over a decade late in delivery, however, there were still concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness and in 2010 the project was cancelled and all the the airframes scrapped.

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Royal Air Force Kinloss At Home, Saturday 15 September 1956

Library, In Storage, X005-3436

One shilling souvenir programme, with a lucky number, for 1956 ‘At Home’ day held at Royal Air Force Kinloss near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north east of Scotland.

White page with drawing of Royal Air Force station plan in black showing layout of buildings. Black text, Royal Air Force Museum

Whitley Bomber: Dawn Return by C.R.W. Nevinson, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00779

Christopher Nevinson’s painting represents a Whitley bomber coming in to land, returning from a night raid over Germany during the Battle of Britain.

CRW Nevinson oil painting of Whitley bombers returning at dawn after a night raid, RAF Museum