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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:Canberra T.4
    Last Military Serial:WH849 RAF
    Construction Number:71295
    Compressed ID:English Electric Canberra T.4 sn WH...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum Laarbruch - Weeze e.V., Laarbruch, Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Canberra T.4.

    27 May 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WH849.

    April 1982

    Transferred to 231 OCU, RAF Wyton.
    Operated with markings: BE

    23 April 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

    20 July 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Canberra T.4 of 230 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Wyton on display at the 1991 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    2002

    Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage.
    Reduced to spares.

    12 October 2005

    Scrapped.
    By Conifer Metals, Clay Cross.

    12 October 2005

    To GJD Services Ltd, Crondall, Hampshire.
    Nose only.

    November 2006

    To Irish Military Vehicle Group, Maddenstown, County Kildare, Ireland.

    To Royal Air Force Museum Laarbruch-Weeze E. V., Laarbruch, Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia.
    Cockpit section only.
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     Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Thorsten Ruchel
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