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Aviation Features. Canberra PR9s over the Falklands - fact or folklore? Gp Capt Colin Adams had the radio on as he got ready for work, the Today programme a regular companion to his morning routine. After 20 years as a front-line pilot in the RAF he was now finally, and permanently, flying a desk. A varied and exotic career that had seen him ...
Jun 20, 2021 · Two of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile’s three ex-RAF Canberra PR9s over the Andes. Serial 341 had been XH166, and 343, leading this formation, was formerly XH173. The other aircraft, 342, had XH167 as its RAF identity — it was lost in an accident during a mission near Punta Arenas on 25 May 1983.
On the 18th July XH134 made an extensive tour of the country, over flying RAF stations and establishments associated with the Canberra. There remains one airframe at RAF Marham, the engineless XH169, destined to become a gate guardian, if the outgoing Station Commander’s wishes are met. The final RAF Canberra display was performed at the ...
Oct 17, 2020 · Despite its age in fact, the PR 9 still climbed faster than anything else in the RAF until Typhoon arrived. While flying from Basra over southern Iraq between Aug. 4 and Sep. 16 2003, taking imagery for survey maps of British forces’ area of responsibility, the PR 9s produced 6368 prints, together with 239 photo-mosaics and more than 600 maps ...
Manufacturer's brochure, 1957. The Canberra could deploy many conventional weapons; typical weapons used were 250-pound, 500-pound, and 1000-pound bombs, the total bomb load could weigh up to 10,000 lb (4,500 kg). Two bomb-bays are housed within the fuselage, normally enclosed by conventional clam-shell doors; a rotating door was substituted for these on the Martin-built B-57 Canberras ...
During 1962, PR9s were used to photograph Russian shipping movements during the Cuban crisis, but by early 1963, No. 58 Sqn had handed over its aircraft to No. 39 Sqn in Malta, and disbanded.
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unanswered for years: did. RAF Canberra PR9s fly from Chilean bases during the Falklands War? Operation ‘Folklore’ was the. codename given to a planned. deployment but, despite its eventual cancellation, rumours still abound. For his book Harrier 809, author Rowland White talked to some of those involved, and researched in
