THE FRADU CANBERRA PHOTO GALLERY
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| THE T.22 & T.4 CANBERRAS OF FRADU |
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| T.22 WH801 | T.22 WH797 | T.22 WT535 | T.22 WH780 | T.22 WT510 | T.22 WT525 | T.22 WH803 |
| T.4 WJ874 |
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The first Canberra
T.22 coded with the FRADU sequence is WH801, and she was
also the first of the variant to be delivered to the
Navy. Built originally as a PR.7 by English Electric at
Preston, she went onto serve with No. 540, 13, 31, 31 and
17 RAF Squadrons before being delivered to the Royal Navy
in February 1971. |
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WH797 was built by
English Electric at Preston as a PR.7 and saw RAF service
with Nos. 542, 58 and 81 Squadrons. The aircraft was scrapped in 1994, but unconfirmed reports suggest that the cockpit area was saved, whilst the rear fuselage, was put to good use on DARA St Athan's fire dump. |
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Part of a contract
to build 40 PR.7 Canberras, WT535 was built at English
Electric's factory at Preston. |
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WH780 was built by
English Electric at Preston and first flew in 1954. She
was delivered to the RAF and she served with a number of
Squadrons including Nos. 542, 58, 527 and 82 Squadron.
She was then loaned to BP Depford and also spent some
time with the A&AEE. Taken on Navy charge in February
1971 she was converted to a T22 and then delivered back
to the Navy in 1974. |
[© Somerset Aviation Enthusiasts] |
[© Richard Parkhurst] |
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Built by English
Electric at Preston as a PR.7 this aircraft served with a
few RAF Squadrons including Nos. 31 (twice) and 80
Squadrons. Transferred to the Navy in February 1971 it
was WT510 that was selected to be the "guinea
pig" in testing the concept of fitting the Blue
Parrot Radar to a Canberra. After this she was re-designated as a T.22 and took her first flight on
28/6/73. Periods with BAC and the A&AEE followed
before being delivered to the FRADU at Yeovilton and
assigned the nose code "854." As with most of
the T.22's she was retired in 1985 and flown to St Athan
for storage. |
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Part of the same
PR.7 Canberra contract that produced WT535/852 and
WT510/854 this aircraft was built at Preston. Service
with Nos. 80 and 17 RAF Squadrons followed before
transfer to the Royal Navy followed in February 1971. It
has recently been sold and is being restored back to its former glory! |
[© Mike Hall] |
[© Somerset Aviation Enthusiasts] |
[unknown] |
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Built as a PR.7 by English Electric at Preston WH803 was delivered to the RAF and she served with Nos. 540 and 17 Squadrons. Then transferred to Navy charge she flew for a short period as a PR.7 before having that nose job and other modifications making it a T.22. Subsequently returned to the Navy, it served with the FRADU for many years, until being flown to RAF St Athan in May 1984. It was struck off charge and placed in store. It was later sold off at auction, bought by a scrap-man, and cut up in 1994. |
[© Martin Morley] |
[© Nick Challoner] |
[© Gary Parsons/Air-scene UK] |
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The Navy acquired 4
Canberra T.4's in a transfer deal from the RAF in 1969,
and WJ874 was one of those airframes. With the continuous slimming down of the
FRADU Canberra fleet it was transferred back to the RAF in 1986. |
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