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The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber. Among the performance requirements for the type was an outstanding high ...
Jun 20, 2021 · From 1 May to 14 June 1982, Argentine Canberras made 54 sorties; 36 of them bombing missions, of which 22 were at night against ground troops. [114] Two aircraft were lost in combat, the first to a Sea Harrier's AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile on 1 May 1982. [114]
Jul 21, 2013 · Aviation History and Nostalgia - Canberra confusion - Here's a real head-scratcher... As Canberra experts will know, the Canberra PR9 carried tips tanks (when required) on the original B2/6 wing tip, so they were slightly inboard of the extended PR9 wing tip.
Built for the RAF as a Canberra PR.9 in 1959. Modified to an SC.9 by Shorts in 1960 and used for missile trials. To the Battle Damage Repair Flight at St Mawgan in 1986 and sold for scrap in 1992. Nose section saved and moved to Italy in 1999.
May 7, 2014 · Updated Nov 10, 2021 10:05 AM EST. Share this story. A fully restored and airworthy 'English Electric' Canberra XH134 takes over the sky after its first display this year. Mid Air Squadron is the...
Jul 11, 2014 · Note: The Canberra PR9 (G-OMHD; XH134; cnSH.1724), from "Midair Squadron", performs a nice top-side pass in front of the spectators on the beaches of Southport during the Southport Airshow 2014.
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Canberra PR9 Final Deployment Feature Report. June 23rd saw the end of the RAF's Photo Reconnaissance Unit's last overseas operational deployment. This occasion marked not just another "End of an era", but the upcoming retirement of the most successful and long lived British military jet.
