The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber.

The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, manufactured by the Glenn L. …

2016年12月19日 · On 28 August 1957, the flight crew of an English Electric Canberra jet bomber climbed into their waiting aircraft, WK163, at a base in Luton, taxied onto the runway, and soared into the summer...

2024年1月24日 · The first test flight of the B-57 Canberra was May of 1949. The United States Air Force first got interested in the Canberra, as well as many other aircraft, in 1950 when it was looking for a replacement for the aging Douglas B-26 Invader.

2018年3月8日 · The Canberra Bomber took its first flight on May 13, 1949, as the prototype B2 VX165. Due to its high altitude ability, the aircraft was also intended for photographic and electronic reconnaissance missions.

2023年12月1日 · The B-57 Canberra was the first US-operated bomber that dropped bombs during combat missions. The B-57 had a full all-weather capacity and multiple reconnaissance capabilities for specialized missions.

2018年1月1日 · A first generation British jet-powered medium bomber, the English Electric Canberra was designed by W. E. W. 'Teddy' Petter. It could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber throughout the 1950s and by 1958 it had set nineteen point-to-point speed records and three height records, including one of 70,310 ft (21,430 m) in 1957 - See table ...

2018年3月3日 · The English Electric Canberra was a strike-minded, jet-powered medium bomber platform that made up Britain's critical bomber/reconnaissance squadrons of the 1950s and 1960s. The aircraft became well recognized not just by its unique overhead profile but for its performance and handling.

By 1962 the Canberra had reached its peak usage in the RAF and its use a bomber, particular in the Main Force of Bomber Command, tailed off as the V bombers took on the load. From now on the Canberra would be a much more tactical force, with the Middle East, Near East and Far East Air Forces all continuing to operate the type.

2024年2月6日 · The game changing English Electric Canberra was the RAF’s first jet powered bomber. Here was an aircraft that set one record after another and was well known for its exceptional handling qualities.