Hi Neg G
Very interested to hear about the two Canberras, don't suppose you got any pictures did you?
Especially interested about WH734 still being all in one piece so to speak as it's a pretty historic aricraft.
WH734 (built early 1953) was the
first British jet aircraft to be fitted out as an air-to-air tanker. Conversion was carried out by Flight Refuelling Ltd in late 1954 (50 years ago!) with a hose drum unit fitted into the rear part of the bomb bay. Used for high speed flight trials of probe/drouge systems the Canberra proved equal to the task and, arguably, if it had been developed further could have been of great value making use of redundant B.2 airframes as the bomber force declined.
Pic shows WH734 in action during trials.
