#martin b-57e canberra

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Martin B-57E Canberra tactical bomber of the U.S. Air Force

Dutch vintage postcard

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Martin B-57E Canberra in flight. Aircraft towing target is B-57E (SN 55-4269)

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English Electric Martin B-57E-MA Canberra 55-4274 in Tucson by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 376 built in 1956 to USAF marked 55-4274. In Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 17. October 2017. On loan from National Museum of USAF.

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Martin B-57E Canberra in flight. Aircraft towing target is B-57E (S/N 55-4269) and aircraft in background is B-57E (S/N 55-4264). (U.S. Air Force photo)

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English Electric Martin B-57E-MA Canberra 55-4274 in Tucson by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 376 built in 1956 to USAF marked 55-4274. In Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 17. October 2017. On loan from National Museum of USAF.

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English Electric Martin B-57E-MA Canberra 55-4274 in Tucson by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 376 built in 1956 to USAF marked 55-4274. In Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 17. October 2017. On loan from National Museum of USAF.

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English Electric Martin B-57E-MA Canberra 55-4274 in Tucson by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 376 built in 1956 to USAF marked 55-4274. In Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 17. October 2017. On loan from National Museum of USAF.

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English Electric Martin B-57E-MA Canberra 55-4274 in Tucson by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 376 built in 1956 to USAF marked 55-4274. In Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 17. October 2017. On loan from National Museum of USAF.

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Martin B-57 Canberra at the Pima Air & Space Museum, 1980 by fsll2 Via Flickr: USAF Martin RB-57B Canberra 53-3982 at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Az, in July 1980. This aircraft is currently on dislpay at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH. Scan from a 35mm slide. From the Museum's website: The B-57 is one of only two major combat aircraft of foreign design adopted for use by the United States military since the end of World War II. The first British built Canberra arrived in the United States in 1951 and U.S. built aircraft began flying two years later. The B-57E version of the plane was the first aircraft in the U.S. inventory specifically built for towing aerial targets. All combat equipment was replaced with the cables and reels needed to tow the large targets used in aerial gunnery practice. The B-57E could be converted to a bomber and a number of them were converted to replace combat loses in Vietnam. Two aircraft were also converted to act as airborne relays for real-time video reconnaissance over Vietnam. While the system, code named, "Compass Site" was successful it was never deployed to Vietnam.

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Martin B-57 Canberra at the Castle Air Museum by fsll2 Via Flickr: Martin EB-57E Canberra 55-4253 at the Castle Air Museum, Atwater, Ca

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Martin B-57E Canberra in flight (S/N 55-4269). (U.S. Air Force photo)