Aircraft Photo of WH876 | English Electric Canberra B2(mod) | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #681843
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WH876
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Generic Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Version:English Electric Canberra B2(mod)
Licence-built by:Short
C/n (msn):SH.1633
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:A&AEE - Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
Location
City / Airport:Greenham Common (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGVI   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:IAT - International Air Tattoo 1983
 
Photo Date:23 July 1983
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 681843
Photo Comment

Built for the RAF as a Canberra B.2 in 1953. Converted to a Canberra U.14 target drone in 1960/1 and used by the Royal Navy for missile trials. Reworked as a Canberra B.2(mod) in 1963 then to the A&AEE in 1964. Used by Martin-Baker from 1985. Stored at Boscombe Down in 1988 then dismantled and moved to Aberporth in 1990. Scrapped in 1994. Forward fuselage to the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum.

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