| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | WK163 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | English Electric Canberra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | English Electric Canberra |
| Aircraft Version: | English Electric Canberra B2/6 |
| C/n (msn): | 71399 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Greenham Common (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGVI IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | IAT - International Air Tattoo 1979 |
| Photo Date: | 23 June 1979 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 592690 |
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Assigned to Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford. Delivered to the RAF as a Canberra B2 in 1955. Modified with B6 wings, engines and nose in 1968/9 and used as a research aircraft. Sold to Classic Aviation Projects, Coventry as G-BVWC in 1994. Grounded after an engine failure in 2007. To Vulcan to the Sky Trust, Doncaster as G-CTTS in 2016 for restoration. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 9 August 2023, and has since been viewed 414 times. |