The English Electric Canberra in British Service

by Martin Derry and Neil Robinson

Developed by English Electric during the late 1940s - essentially as a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito twin-engine, unarmed, fast bomber concept - the Canberra can lay claim to being the first British jet-powered medium bomber when it was introduced in to RAF service in May 1951.

The Canberra became the first jet aircraft to make a non-stop transatlantic flight and amongst the performance requirements for the type was the demand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526742535
• ISBN13: 9781526742537
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 96 Pages