Hi Albert

Good point, but I don’t think I’d make that sort of mistake. 😎

I mentioned WT308 as a possible ident for Glen’s Canberra at Kemble because it seemed to be the one that fitted the detail Glen sent me about this pic back in 2000.

First. Glen’s couldn’t have been the cranberry that Rob flew in because, if it is WT308 at Kemble, that didn’t join the Farnborough fleet until Nov 1966 (Rob’s flight was in 1961).

Second. As Damien says, the “civie” Canberras flew with all sorts of strange and wonderful nose configurations. In this case though, I think that this B(I)6 had had its nose glazing covered (with neoprene rather than paint?) because in Glen’s pic you can clearly see the nose glazing joint line (very near the front). If it had been a T.4 the panel joint line where the nose hinges open would have been much further back towards the cockpit.

Third. As the (poor b/w scan) pic here shows, WT308 was in the same configuration when pictured a year earlier at Farnborough with RAE’s Western Squadron. The aircraft in the pic are Hunter T.7 XL563 (see also on Damien’s site for this Hunter), Canberra B(I)6 WT308 (subject of this post) and T.4 WH844 (note different paint job with sexy cheat line – blue in colour).

Accordingly I opted for WT308 for Glen’s Canberra at Kemble and, for different reasons, opted for WH952 for Rob’s flight experience. 😉

Hope this helps. 😉

Nice one Les! Pretty conclusive that it’s WT308 then! Hmm, would make a nice Corgi model, n’est pas?

Hi Glen

Nice pic, thanks. Looks familiar though, think you sent this to me once before in 2000 with a query about it. 😎

Anyway, your pic shows the pre-Rasberry Ripple scheme for RAE aircraft and is the way WH952 would have looked in its heyday, you can just about see this in the black&white above. As for you pic being WH952, I don’t think so. The camera housings on the wingtips, although fitted to a couple of RAE’s Canberras, leads me to think your particular Canberra is WT308 (a B(I)6) of RAE’s Western Squadron.

Don’t think so Les, as Glen’s picture has a solid nose = T.4, not a B(I)6.

I was at Farnborough on the day it crashed. We were just arriving when ….whhooomph! It piled in close to the barrier. Wonderful to see it rebuilt to such a fantastic standard. From the drawing, about 1/3 appears to be orginal.

Hear Hear

…and ‘here here’ as well! :rolleyes: (sorry, I can’t ‘hear’ anything? :confused: )

What happened to Hannibal?

He was last seen crossing the Alpes with an elephant! 😀

Some more of mine!

It has just gone for £15,102.03. I wonder how many of those bids are genuine and see what happens to it now!