Aircraft Photo of VN799 | English Electric Canberra B1 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #574233
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VN799
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Generic Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Version:English Electric Canberra B1
C/n (msn):71001
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
 
Photo Date:13 May 1949 to 1 August 1953
Photo from:Andy Anderson Collection
Photo ID: 574233
Photo Comment

English Electric Canberra B.Mk.1 first prototype. First flown on 13 May 1949. Delivered on 27 October1949. Written off due to fuel starvation on18 August 1953 when with the AIEU (Aircraft Instrument Examinations Unit), RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk. (English Electric Company Ltd Photograph)

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