English Electric Canberra: books - history and deployment

Canberra - The Greatest Multi Role Aircraft of the Cold War (Volume 1)

An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the English Electric Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, Germany, the Middle East and the Far East.
Its performance and adaptability made it ideal as a reconnaissance aircraft and the final version, the Canberra PR.9, only finally retired in July 2006.

The Canberra was used in many support roles, especially in signals/electronic warfare. It was adopted by air forces from South America to Africa and India as well as Australia and New Zealand and licence-built as the Martin B-57.
It was involved in conflicts from the Suez Crisis and the Malayan Emergency, and various other hot spots with the RAF, to the Australian and USAF ops in Vietnam, and even the Indo-Pakistani War when both sides used Canberras, and the 1982 Falklands War.
Used in trials and evaluation, the Canberra held various height and speed records, and NASA's High Altitude Research Program WB-57s are still active.
The Canberra is beloved by many dedicated enthusiasts and aircraft (or cockpits) still survive in museums, as well as some in flying condition.

This book is beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs.

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Canberra - The Greatest Multi Role Aircraft of the Cold War (Volume 2)

With a 50-year career record from the Suez and Vietnam War, the versatile, unique and popular Canberra became an aviation legend.
It was involved in a number of conflicts with many of those users, the most intense of which was the USAF use in Vietnam, although Canberras were also on both sides in the India-Pakistan conflicts; a number of conflicts in South America saw Canberra involvement, the Argentinian Canberras flew ops against the British Task Force in the Falklands conflict.

This volume also looks at overall development of the Canberra, and the role of the Operational Conversion Unit in training both RAF and overseas aircrew.
The Canberra was used extensively in trials and evaluation, and, with NASA, a small number of aircraft still perform this role (2022). The aircraft has attracted interest from enthusiasts, and this has ensured that a significant number of aircraft survive in museums and private collections, and a few are kept in flying condition.

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English Electric Canberra - The History and Development of a Classic Jet

This amazing aeroplane first flew in 1949, and as at 2005, is still in front-line service with the RAF. It has served in a variety of roles including those of medium conventional bomber, tactical nuclear bomber, photo-reconnaissance, night intruder, navigational trainer, maritime strike, electronic countermeasures, atomic cloud sampling and target-towing.
It was manufactured in the USA under license as the Martin B-57, and in Australia under licence as the Canberra B-20. It has been exported to Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, India, Peru, Sweden, Venezuela, South Africa and other Commonwealth countries.

This book looks at the development of the aircraft during the early days of jet power and especially at its Rolls-Royce Avon power-plant. It was Britain's first jet bomber. Each of the many marks and variants are described and illustrated by many remarkable and rare photographs.
The type's record of service with RAF squadrons throughout its service life is given together with descriptions of the many experimental models that were used in the development of a variety of weapons and avionic systems.

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