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Constructed as a Canberra T.4.
By English Electric at Preston. |
20 September 1954 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WJ866. |
1954 |
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Transferred to Station Flight, RAF Wyton. |
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Transferred to Royal Air Force Flying College (RAFFC), RAF Manby. |
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Transferred to 231 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Bassingbourn. |
October 1969 |
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Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage. |
15 January 1971 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WJ866. |
15 January 1971 |
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Transferred to Airwork Service LTDS Fleet Requirements Unit (FRU), Hurn.
Operated with markings: 849
Operated as a pilot trainer for the Unit is Canberra TT.18 and B.2 aircrew. |
November 1972 |
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Transferred to FRADU, RNAS Yeovilton.
Operated with markings: 849 |
January 1975 |
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Markings Applied: 859 |
August 1977 |
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Damaged.
Suffered damage caused by a wheels-up landing at RNAS Yeovilton. |
4 May 1979 |
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Repaired.
Was test flown for the first time following repairs to the airframe. |
From August 1979 to April 1980 |
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Assigned to RAF Saint Athan for storage. |
April 1980 |
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Transferred to FRADU, RNAS Yeovilton. |
16 March 1983 |
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Loaned to 231 OCU, RAF Wyton. |
6 October 1983 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton |
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Markings Applied: BL |
1 April 1986 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WJ866. |
From 1 April 1986 to April 1993 |
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Transferred to 231 OCU, RAF Wyton.
Operated with markings: BL
Camouflaged. |
April 1993 |
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Transferred to 360 SQN, RAF Wyton. |
October 1994 |
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Transferred to 39 (1PRU) SQN, RAF Marham. |
1995 |
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Markings Applied: AV |
23 June 1996 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
Notes: RAF Marham, UK |
23 June 1996 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
Notes: RAF Marham, UK |
From February 1998 to May 2000 |
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Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage. |
May 2000 |
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Transferred to 39 (1PRU) SQN, RAF Marham. |
21 July 2004 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
Notes: RAF Marham, UK |
2 September 2004 |
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Destroyed in a crash.
Crashed onto the runway at Marham, Norfolk during a night time touch and go. The navigator ejected but was injured. The two pilots attempted to eject but were both killed when the aircraft crashed: The navigator ejected at low level and he was taken to a Nottingham hospital with severe back injuries.WJ866 was delivered to the RAF in October 1954, meaning that the aircraft crashed one month short of its 50th anniversary in RAF service. As the Canberra was finally withdrawn from front-line RAF service in 2006, this appears to be the last operational loss of a Canberra in RAF service. |
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