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THE FRADU CANBERRAS WEB-SITE | |
| WHERE ARE THE FRADU's ENGLISH ELECTRIC CANBERRAS NOW? |
| Between 1972 and 1992, 21 English Electric Canberra aeroplanes served with the Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit (FRADU) at RNAS Yeovilton. All the airframes were Royal Air Force airframes prior to their transfer to the Fleet Air Arm at various times, often following conversion to a new variant by the manufacturers.
Clicking a serial will bring up the service history of that particular airframe in addition to a slideshow containing a minimum of four images that show it at various stages of its career with FRADU. If applicable, its life as a privately owned civilian aeroplane will also be featured. Airframes are sorted listed in fleet number order beginning with the prefix 8, as they would have been in 1986 (aeroplanes that had been withdrawn or written off before this date are listed under its last active identity). |
Section 1 - The Canberra TT.18s
| Fleet No / Serial | Owner / Location / Fate |
| 840 - WK123 | Broken up for spares at Ingolstadt, Germany, 1992 |
| 841 - WJ717 | Scrapped in October 2006, cockpit rumoured to survive - Can you help? |
| 842 - WJ636 | Scrapped at RAF Wyton, September 1992 |
| 843 - WK126 | Jet Age Museum, Staverton, Gloucestershire (N2138J) |
| 844 - WJ574 | Valiant Air Command, Space Coast Airport. Florida, USA (N77844) |
| 845 - WE122 | Blyth Valley Aviation Collection, Walpole, Suffolk (cockpit only) |
| 845 - WJ629 | Broken up at RAF Chivenor, March 1994 |
| 846 - WJ614 | Pima County Museum, Tucson, AZ USA (N76765) |
| 847 - WH887 | Sywell Aviation Museum, Northampton, Northants (cockpit only) |
| 848 - WK142 | Pima County Museum, Tucson, AZ USA (N76764) |
| 849 - WH856 | Scrapped at RAF Abingdon, November 1986 |
Section 2 - The Blue Parrot T.22s
| Fleet No / Serial | Owner / Location / Fate |
| 850 - WH801 | Broken up for scrap at RAF St Athan, September 1991 |
| 851 - WH797 | Broken up for scrap at RAF St Athan, May 1992 |
| 852 - WT535 | Broken up for scrap at RAF St Athan, October 1991 |
| 853 - WH780 | Broken up for scrap at RAF St Athan, February 1993 |
| 854 - WT510 | Broken up for scrap at RAF St Athan, October 1991 |
| 855 - WT525 | Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Airport, Cornwall (cockpit section only) |
| 856 - WH803 | Broken up for scrap at RAF St Athan, October 1991 |
Section 3 - The T.4 trainers
| Fleet No / Serial | Owner / Location / Fate |
| 848 - WJ869 | Sold to Air Force of Zimbabwe in 1981 as '2215' - Current whereabouts unknown |
| 858 - WJ874 | Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Airport, Cornwall (former G-CDSX) |
| 859 - WJ866 | Written off at RAF Marham, 2nd September 2004 |