English Electric Canberra
The History & Development of a Classic Jet
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
- **“A
- useful
- review
- of
- the
- development
- of
- a
- classic
- jet
- bomber
- that
- saw
- widespread
- service
- in
- the
- Royal
- Air
- Force
- and
- was
- exported
- to
- many
- overseas
- air
- forces.”
- —**AeromilitariaThis
- amazing
- airplane
- first
- flew
- in
- 1949
- and
- is
- still
- in
- front-line
- service
- with
- the
- RAF.
- It
- has
- served
- in
- a
- variety
- of
- roles
- including
- those
- of
- tactical
- bomber,
- photo-reconnaissance,
- navigational
- trainer,
- maritime
- strike,
- electronic
- countermeasures
- and
- target-towing.
- It
- was
- manufactured
- in
- the
- USA
- under
- license
- as
- the
- Martin
- B-57
- and
- has
- been
- exported
- to
- Argentina,
- Chile,
- India,
- Peru,
- South
- Africa
- and
- other
- Commonwealth
- countries.
- This
- book
- looks
- at
- the
- development
- of
- the
- aircraft
- during
- the
- early
- days
- of
- jet
- power
- and
- especially
- at
- its
- Rolls-Royce
- Avon
- powerplant.
- Each
- of
- the
- many
- marks
- and
- variants
- are
- described
- and
- illustrated
- by
- many
- remarkable
- and
- rare
- photographs.
- The
- type’s
- record
- of
- service
- with
- RAF
- squadrons
- throughout
- its
- service
- life
- is
- given
- together
- with
- descriptions
- of
- the
- many
- experimental
- models
- that
- were
- used
- in
- the
- development
- of
- a
- variety
- of
- weapons
- and
- avionic
- systems.“For
- an
- aircraft
- that
- has
- been
- the
- subject
- of
- countless
- books,
- the
- author
- still
- found
- a
- remarkable
- wealth
- of
- previously
- unpublished
- material
- on
- Canberra
- operations.
- A
- classic
- aircraft
- given
- the
- proper
- coverage
- it
- so
- richly
- deserves.”
- —Airfix
- Model
- World“A
- wonderfully
- researched
- tribute
- to
- this
- remarkable
- achievement,
- with
- a
- plethora
- of
- excellent
- photographs
- .
- .
- .
- Essential
- reading
- for
- any
- aviation
- enthusiast.”
- —Pegasus Archive