English Electric Canberra B(I)8 (mod), 8799M / 71644, Newark Air Museum
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Registration: 8799M
Construction Number: 71644
Code Number: WV787
Model English Electric Canberra B(I)8 (mod)
Operator: Newark Air Museum
Airport: Winthorpe, UK - England
Photographer: Lawrence Safir
Date Taken: 18/04/2007
Date Submitted: 26/04/2007
Built at by English Electric, Preston as a B.2 (dd. to RAF 9/52), transferred to MoS 5/53 for use by Armstrong Siddeley (flying test-bed for Sapphire, later used in Mk.8 asnd Mk.9 Gloster Javelin) until briefly to A&AEE. Then to Ferranti, re-built as B1.(8) for radar development trials, back to A&AEE with further mods, then aerodynamic test-bed for T.22. Alloctaed 8799M on delivery to RAF Abingdon 8/84. Transferred to Winthorpe 11/85 and gifted to Newark Air Museum in 2003.
Picture ID:1051657