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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:Canberra TT.18
    Last Military Serial:WK142 RN
    Construction Number:EEP13535
    Last Civil Registration:N76764
    Compressed ID:English Electric Canberra TT.18 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Commemorative Air Force - Arizona Wing, Falcon Field, Phoenix, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Canberra B.2.
    Built under contract from English Electric by A.V. Roe Ltd at Woodford

    16 November 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WK142.

    Transferred to 115 SQN, RAF Marham.

    Transferred to 207 SQN, RAF Marham.

    Transferred to 90 SQN, RAF Marham.

    Transferred to 98 SQN, RAF Tangmere.

    Transferred to 98 SQN, RAF Watton.

    Transferred to 5 MU, RAF Kemble.

    12 September 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WK142.

    From 12 September 1969 to June 1972

    Transferred to FRU, Hurn.
    Operated with markings: 847
    Maintained by Airwork Services Ltd and flown by civilian pilots, WK142 was the sole B.2 Canberra to see service with the FRU, and remained in use until June 1972.

    28 June 1972

    Converted to a Canberra TT.18.
    At English Electric Salmesbury.

    October 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n WK142.
    For Trials.

    March 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WK142.

    March 1975

    Transferred to FRADU, RNAS Yeovilton.
    Operated with markings: 848

    From November 1979 to 4 March 1981

    At Salmesbury for refurbishment.

    17 March 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: returning to RNAS Yeovilton with towed target still trailing

    29 July 1989


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow

    15 April 1992

    Assigned to RAF Saint Athan for storage.

    8 July 1993

    Sold at Philips Auction.

    14 March 1997

    To Jet Aviation Historical Society, Phoenix, AZ with new c/r N76764.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Arizona Wing, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    10 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    4 November 2013

    Civil registration, N76764, cancelled.

    7 November 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Dismantled and in storage at Pima Air Museum
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The FRADU Hunters Web-Site by Mark Russell
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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