Canberra T.17 Close Up

by Chris Hughes

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Chris Hughes has sent in reference photos of four Canberra T.17s. These will be very helpful for anyone building the Classic Airframes kit.

EG (WH646)

All of the shots of EG (WH646) were taken at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry:

http://www.bywat.co.uk/wh646.html

Of note is that she served with the RNZAF in Malaya during the Emergency.

There are a number of cockpit shots, giving some good idea of the colours (mostly black!) and the fact that there are 3 seats! Also, you'll note that there's a bulkhead between the nose and the cockpit.

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EL (WF916)

These are photos of "EL" (WF916) taken at various places, but most of the shots were taken at RAF Wyton just before the Sqn got rid of the Canberras.

Worth noting are the two different "tip tanks". One is obviously a fuel tank, as the fuel filler cap and its black surround are very obvious. If you look carefully though, you'll note that there is another type of "tank", which has a "flat" on the outer surface and no filler cap. I think that this may have been an antenna of some form.

The photo showing the vortex generators shows the inside face of the Stbd fuel tank, looking forward towards the leading edge.

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EM (WD955) and EJ (WF890?)

Here are a couple of shots of "EM" (WD955) and "EJ" (WF890?).

The former now resides at a Museum in Bodo, Norway (the RAF gave away their oldest serving Canberra - but at least the Norwegians are looking after her!) and the latter was taken at RAF Wildenrath in 1990.

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Text & Images Copyright © 2006 by Chris Hughes
Page Created 28 September, 2006
Last Updated 27 September, 2006

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