Stock photography picture of RAF Nimrod Aircraft Crash

AP8YT8 - Licenced Caption RAF Nimrod Aircraft Crash Description The Royal Air Force Nimrod crash in Afghanistan occurred on September 2, 2006 , killing 14 military personnel in Britain's worst single loss since the Falklands war. Twelve RAF personnel, a Royal Marine and a British Army soldier aboard the Nimrod MR2, XV230 were killed. The 12 RAF crew were all from No. 120 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland: Flight Lt Steven Johnson Flt Lt Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore Flt Lt Gareth Rodney Nicholas Flt Lt Allan James Squires Flt Lt Steven Swarbrick Flt Sgt Gary Wayne Andrews Flt Sgt Stephen Beattie Flt Sgt Gerard Martin Bell Flt Sgt Adrian Davies Sergeant Benjamin James Knight Sgt John Joseph Langton Sgt Gary Paul Quilliam. The soldier and marine on board were serving with the newly formed Special Reconnaissance Regiment. Lance Corporal Oliver Simon Dicketts, Parachute Regiment Royal Marine, Joseph David Windall. The plane came down in vineyards between two villages called Chil Khor and Fatehullah Qala in the Panjwaye It crashed — about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the city of Kandahar. Witnesses included local men Abdul Manan and Haji Eisamuddin. Nimrod XV230 was one of six equipped with an L-3 Wescam MX-15 electro-optical turret in 2003. A further urgent operational requirement, known as Project Broadsword, was implemented in early 2006 and introduced the capability to transmit real-time video imagery from the MX-15 to ground stations and commanders Keywords Aviation, Aircraft, 4, Engined, Jet, Aeroplane, Air, Accident, Built, 1968, Families, Moray, Scotland, Kinloss, Air, Base, Station, Community, Bereavment, Mourning, Loss, Sadness, Portrait, Upright, Aircraft, Registration, XV230, Built, 1968, Flowers, Sympathy, Friends, Relatives, Public