Seen here testing at Hatfield in 1957 with the new RA 29s – destined for the Mk.4

Photo- de Havilland

See Log entries for – 6/57 18/7/57 9/57 6/5/58 12/12/58 3-4/6/60

Transferred to Ministry of Supply in August 1954.
Converted to 3B spec. in 1958 for development work for the Comet 4B
1961 joined BLEU, Bedford as XP915 in June 1961.
Used as Nimrod test bed at Woodford, Cheshire from 1973

Test bed for the Mk4B – in early BEA colours

Photo – M J Hooks