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Old 12th Jan 2012, 11:28
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Tinribs
 
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Canberra bits

Nice to see Canberra bits being kept for the interested to see

I flew most of the Canberra types by being on squadrons and as the TP at Aldergrove were major servicing was done. I then went to RAE for my last 4 years. The story gets a bit more tricky

Many of the RAE aircraft were made up fom bits and used for specific trials before components and re-used
For example 774 was used on harpoon trials

All the early Canberras could be split at the transport joint and joined with other components. The 9 did not have a transport joint and so was outside this area but was used in the SC9 which was not a conversion but especially manufactured for the role

You may find on examination that lots of bits of 779 are arround on other frames
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