Good evening all.
I wonder if any of you Canberra blokes did your course with 231 OCU at Bassingbourn in 1955(ish)? Reason I ask is that I read something curious recently in a back-issue of Aeroplane (August 1994) in article by a Flt Lt Mike Retallack who was there doing Canberra conversion from May 1955.
To my surprise he mentions that the T.4 he flew didn't have ejection seats for the pilots! Rather, the right hand seat slid back on rails to allow student entry.
Have never heard of this state of affairs before and can find no gen in all the Canberra books I have.
The denizins of this forum seem to be able to trawl up the most obscure titbits of info which is why I'm asking here.
Hope to hear from someone - a picture would be a top bonus.
BTW, this query is in conjuction with Jackonicko's similar query on the main mil forum - spreading the net so to speak.
