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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 ...
A total of 925 English Electric Canberra aircraft were built in the UK. 451 'Canberra' aircraft were also built under licence in the USA: 403 in the USA by the Glenn L Martin Company and designated as the B-57 ‘Canberra’ in many versions.
Shorts Canberra PR.9 'XH131' Cold War bomber from the Heritage Collection of RAF Bomber Aircraft at the Ulster Aviation Society in Lisburn, N.Ireland.
Mar 10, 2016 · The Canberras used by Nasa are an American version, designated WB-57, and based on the B-57 model built under licence by aircraft-maker Martin in the 1950s; they constructed some 400 between 1953...
The retirement of the PR9 will see an end to the high altitude photo reconnaissance capability of the RAF. How this gap will eventually be filled, either by purchasing information from the USA, or reliance on UAV or satellite imagery remains to be seen.
May 21, 2023 · English Electric Canberra PR9; XH134 photos; United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
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The Canberra PR9 will be formally retired from RAF service in 2006. The aircraft’s illustrious and extensive career with the RAF will end when the last four Canberra PR9s of 39 (part of 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU)) land at RAF Marham for the final time.
