This pre-production Tornado was fitted with several types of equipment to perform various tests, it never came up to full GR1 of GR4 standard. It is now painted in 2 squadron markings, although it always served with British Aerospace.
XZ631/P-15 pre-production aircraft was later brought up to GR.1(T) standard. XZ631 served as the MLU GR.4 prototype and made her first flight as such on 29 May 1993. The distinctive under-chin FLIR and laser guiding-pods as on standard GR.4s are lacking.
This Tonka is on display in a 617 Sqdn desert camoflage scheme at the National Museum of the USAF. It arrived at the museum after being donated by the RAF in October 2002.