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The first Canberra B.2 prototype, VX165. The Air Ministry specification B.3/45 had requested the production of four prototypes. On 9 January 1946, English Electric received a contract to produce four prototypes, which received the Society of British Aerospace Companies designation A.1; work commenced on the construction of these prototype aircraft in that same year, which were all built on ...
The B-57 Canberra holds the distinction of being the first jet bomber in U.S. service to drop bombs during combat. [3] The Canberra was used extensively during the Vietnam War in a bombing capacity; specialized versions of the type were also produced and served as high-altitude aerial reconnaissance platforms (the Martin RB-57D Canberra ), and ...
The flight received its first aircraft, the Canberra bomber A84-307, on 15 June 1953. [1] This aircraft had been built in Britain as the RAAF's first Canberra, and was flown to Australia by Wing Commander Cuming in July 1951. The journey had been completed in 21 hours and 41 minutes, setting an unofficial record for the route. [5]
1950 First of only two prototypes of the Fairchild XNQ-1 Navy trainer contender, BuNo 75725, written off in a crash. [1]5 January A Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 46-021, [2] c/n 15741 [3] of the 3200th Proof Test Group out of Eglin AFB, crash lands in the Choctawhatchee Bay, northwest Florida, killing two of the 11 crew.
The plane, the first aircraft built in a newly independent Poland, was a copy of a Hannover CL.II and crashed due to faulty cabling. [ 352 ] August 15 – Baltimore , Maryland – While performing aerial stunts at Patterson Park a military aircraft crash landed through a fence and into a baseball diamond killing three children and injuring a ...
It was midmorning on Sept. 8 when the crew of a B-25 bomber, 3 men in the Army Air Corp and 1 civilian, reported for their flight to Mitchell Air Base Veterans column: Infamous flight leaves ...
A fiery January crash of a B-1 bomber in South Dakota was caused by multiple crew failures, terrible winter weather and a last-minute brush with wind shear that resulted in all four members ...
2 September 2004 - WJ866, Canberra T.4 from No. 39 Squadron RAF 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. [79] 2005. 30 January 2005 - Royal Air Force Hercules shootdown.