RAF ends Tornado GR4 testing

41(R) Test and Evaluation Squadron based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire ended its 11-year association with the Tornado when the squadron completed its final Tornado GR4 sortie on October 13, 2017. The squadron will continue to fly the Typhoon FGR4. Having completed a final station flypast on October 17, all remaining Tornado aircraft on strength were delivered to RAF Marham in Norfolk; home to the RAF’s remaining Tornado GR4 Force. The squadron received its first Tornado GR4 during 2006. This shot of 41(R) TES Tornado GR4 ZA614/’EB-Z’ has commemorative tail art featuring Gp Capt Donald Finlay, a distinguished wartime fighter pilot and Olympic medalist who commanded No.41 Squadron in 1940. Ian Harding