Cheers for that, Pindi, that describes the bake or freeze aspect of the Canberra very well. On some Cans I've seen little fans in the cabin for the pilot and nav, mounted on the coaming in some cases - did you have these or was this most likely a later mod?
Asymmetric handling is such an interesting subject (for the armchair enthusiast like myself, never having had to do it!). I know for a fact that the Rhodesians flew some long range ops on one engine for the outbound leg so as you say, it seems it was possible beyond landing with some practice and careful handling. I do understand this was considered rather dicey by the RhAF pilots themselves though and they were loath to have a flame out in this situation.
I will send you a PM, as I would love to hear more about your time, especially as you came on around the heyday of the aircraft.
Best regards,
Steve
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