Don't be so silly. A total number that makes sense is all that I need.
I'm not inviting comment on 'ops adequacy'.
I'm not inviting comments on Waddington ops - only a clarification of numbers (which have never been secret, even in Wyton days, when the unit wasn't a regular at air shows, and when photos of the interior weren't routinely published in books prepared by a DCC Wing Commander!). Eg whether the non-operationally equipped, bog-standard MR.Mk 2 is flown for front crew continuation training/squadron hack duties, or whether it's just there to be converted if required to cover a loss/grounding of one of the three R1s.
And though I mentioned a number deployed I'm happy with a combined MR2 fleet total.
Having checked through open sources, for anyone else puzzled by the 23-aircraft total, the situation is:
Kinloss (including deployed): 15 MR.Mk 2. (16th required under NISC 2 not (yet?) replaced)
Waddington: 3 R.Mk 1, 1 MR.Mk 2. (status of XV246 unknown to me, though it looked pretty good, badged up and live, in photos taken at the last Waddington air show).