Historic aircraft becomes memorial to those killed in Afghanistan crash

The Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington is now thought to be the only venue with a "live" example of the iconic aircraft after Nimrod MR2 XV250 made its final flight from RAF Kinloss in Scotland.

The aircraft landed at Elvington Airfield to become a permanent tribute at the neighbouring museum to those killed when another Nimrod crashed near Kandahar in September 2006.

Museum director Ian Reed said: "We have been working closely with our colleagues in the RAF for over a year on this project. The Yorkshire Air Museum is probably the only major museum in Europe capable of operating large jets of this type and in this way.

"It is also very appropriate that, as the Allied Air Forces Memorial, we are able to make a significant contribution to the memory of those servicemen in Afghanistan and Iraq who have lost their lives and those who daily risk their lives in the service of our country."

Most of the Nimrod's development took place at BAE Systems at Brough in East Yorkshire.