Table of Contents

Introduction; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Bombers: Main Force Bomber Command; Strike and Interdiction: RAF Germany, Middle East and Far East; Reconnaissance: global 'have camera will travel'; Support and Facilities: Targets, Signals and Electronic Warfare; RAF Squadrons,

About the Author

Ken Delve spent over twenty years in the RAF, starting with the Canberra PR.9s of 39 Squadron. As the squadron historian, this led to his first book, 'The Winged Bomb: History of 39 Squadron'. Subsequent tours were the Tornado with IX (B) and II (AC) Squadrons and as an instructor at RAF Finningley. On leaving the RAF, Ken became editor of FlyPast magazine. In June 1996, he was an organizer of 'The Last Great Canberra Party', a reunion of thousands of ex-Canberra personnel. Ken has continued to write, having published some forty books.


John Sheehan has been a Canberra enthusiast for many years and has established a reputation for his technical knowledge of the aircraft and its many variants. He has a deep interest in the Canberra and is a keen scale-modeller since an early age, and though he has built mainly Cold War-era subjects, there is no surprise that his main interest lay with the Canberra, as can be seen on his website.