Canberra WJ753

I know WJ753 as an aircraft is not very exciting but I am trying to do a little bit of preservation.

Any info I get can make the story more interesting.

Can anyone help with a type ZM psp?

Many thanks

CAT 5 indeed.

Hello Gents,

after reading Les’ entry about WJ753’s little mishap at Marham, I decided to see if lightning would strike twice :)…

everything’s fine on the pan…

no probs getting airborne…

a flyby of Wyton for the heck of it…

but couldn’t quite manage the landing!!!

Cat 5 indeed! :dev2:

WJ753

Thanks to all for replies so far. I managed to source this photo WJ753 in her final days.

Thanks fellas, indeed Les has been VERY helpful in getting the little details right. Nice shot of WJ753, Albert, I can see a repaint of that coming up soon (not hard really considering I’ve got most of the groundwork done on the trainer scheme). My only memories of the 100 Sqn checkerboard tails were seen on dirty old camo TT.18s and so on at Wyton in the 80s. Always had a soft spot for the skull and crossbones since then, even when they got their shiny black Hawks (no way near as good as the Canberras though!).

Steve

WJ753

From the ‘AR collection’ comes these two shots of WJ753 at Duxford on 14th October 1973 when with 100 Sqn.

Got any more goodies like this?

Steve has quite a few re-paints of Canberras for the Flight Sim world, you should check out his site.

He’s also done a few rather tasty re-paints of the Canberra B(I)8, including a few in 3 Sqn markings when they were at Geilenkirchen in the 60s.

Looks good and, as I was on 3 Sqn in those days, I can say it’s pretty accurate too.

😎

Oops! I meant artwork!

Nice artwor!! I have just made the flying shot my desktop background. Got any more goodies like this?

Yours aye

Tom

Hello all,

I know this is a little off topic, but in case any of you are simmers, and want a repaint that is close to WJ753, I did WK116 a while back which may interest you:

Thanks lesB.
To be honest i just googled and got the info from this Website so there’s no saying it’s accurate at all? (hence my slightly non committing reply)

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_257.shtml

Regards
Chris

PS…Wk163 is still progressing nicely at the moment 😎

7A2
WJ753, a B.2, built 1954. RAF service with 115 Sqn, 18 Sqn, 61 Sqn then 100 Sqn. You’ll know that it swung of the runway at Marham after a heavy landing on 19 June 1978. Struck Off Charge as Cat 5 four days later. A Cat 5 airframe would soon have been broken up though as there’s no indication it went to Marham’s Fire Dump.

109ster
Your info may be right as 753 was on 61 Sqn during Suez, but it was mostly the PR.7s and Valiants that carried out Target Marking. 61 Sqn’s B.2 Canberras were used as bombers (visual bomb-aiming) so there’s a good chance 753 was used on the missions from Akrotiri.

Apart from the one showing a very interesting scheme and as indicated by 109ster in I’ve no pics, sorry. Maybe Albert? 😀

Have you seen this?

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=WJ753&distinct_entry=true

Also there appears to be a record of it being one of 8 target marker Canberras from RAF Nicosia during the Suez crisis.

Hope that’s of use?

Regards
Chris