Canberra GB 45 Squadron 1

The English Electric Canberra was designed as a jet-powered replacement for the Mosquito and entered service with the RAF in 1951.

The Canberra bomber and many variants were made including trainers, strike aircraft, electronic countermeasure, and photo reconnaissance used by 35 RAF squadrons and more than a dozen air forces world-wide.

The Canberra saw combat during the Suez Crisis, the Malayan Emergency, Vietnam, Eritrea, Somalia, Rhodesia, South Africa, the Falkland Islands, and Afghanistan.