One of two UK-built trainer Canberras given RAAF serials, this aircraft was brought on RAAF charge on 3 May 1956. Served with 82 Wing and suffered two accidents, but repaired, then to CFS at East Sale. From 1963 various disposal options considered including sale to WRE Edinburgh and to the Indian Air Force, or use at ARL for fatigue testing. Ended up at RSTT Wagga Wagga as an instructional airframe. Bought by HARS Sept 1989 & restored for static display.

Delivered to the RAF on 10 Mar 1955. To Halton for ground instruction on 02 Jul 1976 as 8491M. Scrapped in 1990 with the nose saved and coming to the museum in the early 90's.

Delivered to the RAF on 08 Mar 1954. SOC 19 Nov 1981. Moved to the museum in Apr 1988.

At date of posting still parked near the control tower, slowly deteriorating. This was the only occasion when it was moved to be placed on static display at the airshow.

Assigned to the FRADU-Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit stationed at Yeovilton. Delivered to the RAF in 1954. Transferred to the Royal Navy in 1971. Returned to the RAF in 1986. Destroyed in a fatal crash at Marham in 2004.

Actually WJ877, painted as the Canberra prototype

Delivered to 231 OCU in January 1953; served with various units; last served with 231 OCU; sold to BAe in November 1981 and went into storage at Samlesbury; in 1988 part of it went to Solway Aviation Society at Carlisle; the cockpit section now resides deteriorating at the Blyth Valley Aviation Collection, Walpole, Suffolk.

Based at Luqa with 13 Squadron.

This is WJ874 painted as the Canberra prototype VN799.

Former WJ872. Used as a ground trainer with maintenance serial 8492M from 1976. Moved to Foulness in 1981 and scrapped in 2002.

Over 28 years of service with the RAF, this 1952-vintage Canberra served with a long list of units, as follows, with credit to Damien Hurst's excellent Thunder & Lightnings site: Stn Flt RAF Waddington, Stn Flt RAF Upwood, 231 OCU, Stn Flt Upwood, 231 OCU, 56 Sqdn Cyprus, Stn Flt RAF Wyton, 100 Sqd, 231 OCU, 360 Sqdn and finally with 231 OCU again. Sold back to BAC in 1981 and stored at Samlesbury till 1988, when acquired by the Solway museum. It is to the credit of the hard-working staff there that I found almost all of the outdoor aircraft in unusually fine condition after recent repaints.