Author: Andrew Brookes
RAF Canberra Units of the Cold War
Osprey Publishing
Osprey Combat Aircraft 105
ISBN: 1782004114
2014
Format: PDF (e-book)
Pages: 96
Size: 4 Mb
Language: English
From its first public demonstration at the Farnborough Airshow of 1949, the English Electric Canberra bomber captured the attention of the aviation world. It could outmanoeuvre all the fighters of the time and it could climb way above their operating ceilings. Yet this Cold War equivalent of the Mosquito was simple to maintain and a delight to fly, although it could bite any pilot who did not treat it with respect. The Canberra B 2 first flew on 21 April 1950 and entered frontline service with No 101 Sqn in May 1951.
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