English Electric Canberra B2, WV787 / 71644, Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd.
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Registration: WV787
Construction Number: 71644
Model English Electric Canberra B2
Operator: Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd.
Airport: In Flight, International Airspace
Photographer: Mike Dowsing Collection
Date Taken: 1952 (approximate)
Date Submitted: 07/01/2011
Sapphire testbed.This photo from BS shows WV787 in its days with Armstrong Siddeley for Sapphire re-heat (as we used to call it) tests. Later fitted with B(I)8 cockpit and operated by A&AEE. Now part of the Newark Air Museum.
Picture ID:1269981