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English Electric Canberra
English Electric Canberra PR9, UK - Air Force AN1914617.jpg
RAF's English Electric Canberra.
Role Bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.
National origin UK-Australia
Manufacturer English Electric
First flight 1949
Introduction 1951
Status Out of service
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 949 examples

The English Electric Canberra was a very famous aircraft. It was built in Britain and Australia. This military plane had two powerful turbojet engines.

It was first designed as a bomber aircraft. Later, it was changed to do other important jobs. These jobs included reconnaissance (finding out information) and electronic warfare. Electronic warfare means using electronics to stop enemy systems.

The Canberra was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the UK. The Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Aircraft Establishment also used it. Many other countries flew the Canberra too. These included Argentina, Australia, Chile, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, India, New Zealand, Peru, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sweden, Venezuela, West Germany, and Zimbabwe.

The USA even bought two Canberras. They used them for special aerial tests. The English Electric Canberra also inspired another plane. It was the basis for the Martin B-57 Canberra, a light bomber.

Images for kids

  • Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp

    Canberra PR.9 XH135

  • CanberraVX165

    The first Canberra B.2 prototype, VX165

  • EB-57B 01

    Martin EB-57B

  • Canberra TT18 (16628577520)

    A Canberra TT Mk.18 of the Royal Navy landing at RNAS Yeovilton, 1985

  • English Electric Canberra B-57 Prototype 061025-F-1234P-002

    Canberra B.2 WD940, 1951

  • EE Canberra instument panel, Midland Air Museum. (12780760883)

    Instrument panel of a Canberra cockpit, 2006

  • Canberrab21024

    A flight of three RAF Canberra B.2s flying in formation during the 1950s

  • E.Electric Canberra PR.3 WE140 540 Sqn LAP 02.06.53 edited-2

    Canberra PR.3 of No. 540 Squadron RAF at London Heathrow in June 1953

  • 45SqnB15s

    Group of RAF Canberra B.15s of No. 45 Squadron at RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1963

  • QUS 8

    An RAAF Canberra during maintenance, circa 1967

  • Canberra B20 2 Sqn RAAF over Vietnam 1970

    RAAF Canberra B.20 of No. 2 Squadron during a strike out of Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam, March 1970

  • English Electric Canberra T4, India - Air Force AN1286034

    English Electric Canberra T.4

  • Canberra B12 - 453

    SAAF Canberra B.12 with inertial navigation and special sensors package over Transvaal

  • Canberra Bomber B-108

    Canberra B-108 lost in the 1982 Falklands War

  • WH876-Canberra-1308

    A former Canberra B.2 (WH876) used for development and trials work

  • EECanberraB2-WV787-0144

    Modified Canberra B.2 (WV787) at Newark Air Museum

  • G-OMHD-Canberra-0889

    Preserved PR.9 XH135 at Kemble Airport. Note the offset pilot's canopy. The navigator sits inside the nose section.

  • RAF English Electric Canberra T17A Lofting-1

    Canberra T17A

  • English Electric Canberra and Martin B-57 Canberra operators

    Canberra (dark blue) and B-57 (light blue) operators

  • SAAF Canberra

    SAAF Canberra T.4 at AFB Waterkloof, circa 1980

  • Venezuela Air Force English Electric Canberra Volpati-1

    Venezuela Air Force Canberra, March 1972

  • Canberracrash

    Wreckage of a crashed Indian air force Canberra in Agra, India on 19 December 2005

  • Canberra B-109 Museo Moron

    Argentine Air Force Canberra Mk.62 at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica in Buenos Aires

  • A84-235 Canberra Mk20 after the completion of the restoration work

    Canberra Mk 20 (A84-235) in RAAF No. 2 Squadron livery. On display at RAAF Base Wagga

  • English Electric Canberra B2 at Berlin Luftwaffenmuseum 2004

    One of three Canberras operated by the Luftwaffe at the museum at Gatow Airport

  • EE Canberra (Tp-52) 52001 01 (7618390398)

    A Swedish Air Force Tp 52, (a Canberra T.11 secretly converted for ELINT missions), at Svedinos Museum

  • TP52 - English Electric Canberra B.2

    English Electric Canberra 52002 (Swedish Air Force Tp 52) on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping (July 2019). The two Tp 52s were built as T.11s and secretly converted to the ELINT role in Sweden

  • Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine (Temora)

    Rolls-Royce Avon engine on display, Temora Aviation Museum, 2011

See also

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