Martin B-57 Canberra facts for kids

Martin B-57 Canberra.

The Martin B-57 Canberra is a U.S. licence built variant of the English Electric Canberra. Two variants were built for aerial reconnaissance and electronic warfare. The US Air Force used it in the Vietnam War. Pakistan was its single foreign operator.

Images for kids

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  The British-built Canberra B.2 that was used as a pattern and prototype for the B-57

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  B-57B Canberras of the 345th Bombardment Wing in flight, 1957

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  EB-57A parked at Scott AFB, 1969

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  B-57B, 71st Bombardment Squadron, Laon-Couvron Air Base, circa 1957

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  B-57E with nose graft from a Bomarc, for testing of the missile

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  Patricia Lynn RB-57E at Da Nang, January 1964

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  Tropic Moon III B-57G with FLIR/LLLTVradar mounted in the nose of the aircraft.

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  Det 1 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Tan Son Nhut Air Base South Vietnam with RB-57E 55-4264, early 1968

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  Pakistan Air Force B-57s

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  USAF B-57 dropping 750 lb (340 kg) bombs

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  A WB-57F flies over the Gulf of Mexico near its base at NASA JSC.

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  Panorama of Ellington field's hangar 990, with one of the three WB-57Fs inside.

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

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  EB-57E at Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Colorado, 2007

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  B-57B on display at the Air Zoo

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  B/C model, 3-view

See also

In Spanish: Martin B-57 para niños