| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | WD929 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | English Electric Canberra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | English Electric Canberra |
| Aircraft Version: | English Electric Canberra U10 |
| C/n (msn): | 71008 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Adelaide-Wingfield / Sims Metal [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map |
| Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1967 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 150212 |
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Incredibly, this is the first production Canberra delivered to the RAF in October 1950. It was over the nose of this aircraft that Australian prime minister Robert Menzies poured champagne on January 19, 1951 when naming the new bomber "Canberra". In 1957 WD929 was converted to a U10 drone. Shipped to the RAAF's Weapons Research Establishment in 1959 and destroyed by a missile on October 15 that year. Remains turned up in a scrapyard in the Adelaide industrial suburb of Wingfield. This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 9 July 2019, and has since been viewed 336 times. |