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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:Canberra B.2
    Last Military Serial:WK165 RAF
    Compressed ID:English Electric Canberra B.2 sn WK...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Australian Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia

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    Dates

    Event

    28 February 1955

    Constructed as a Canberra B.2.

    February 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WK165.

    12 December 1955

    Transferred to MoA.

    5 March 1956

    Transferred to Edinburgh Field.

    February 1963

    Transferred to No4 JSTU.

    February 1963

    Transferred to No4 JSTU.

    1 February 1969

    Released.

    Transferred to RAAF Edinburgh.

    13 February 1970

    Struck off Strength/Charge.

    9 February 1985

    To Ballarat Aviation Museum.
    Placed on outside display at the museum.

    June 1997

    To South Australian Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
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    Restored.

    16 November 2009


    Photographer: Waynne Lee

    To South Australian Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Australian Defense Force Serials
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Waynne Lee
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