English Electric Canberra - Survivor XM264
B(I).8 XM264 - Flugausstellung P. Junior Museum, Hermeskeil, Germany
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Canberra B(I).8 XM264 at Hermeskeil, 8th August 2025; Jake Wallace
This B(I).8 Canberra interdictor entered service with 16 Sqd in 1958 at RAFG Laarbruch. She was shuffled around between the B(I).8 squadrons in RAF Germany, being transferred first to 3 Sqd at RAFG Geilenkirch and then to 14 Sqd at RAFG Wildenrath, and finally back to 16 Sqd at RAFG Laarbruch.
In 1972, after 14 years of service, XM264 was struck off RAF charge when 16 Sqd was closed down at RAFG Laarbruch. By that time, she had acquired 16 Sqdn's "sharkmouth" motif and the distinctive yellow-edged band around the fuselage. She was held at RAFG Laarbruch as a decoy aircraft and then preserved for display there between 1980 and 1989.
XM264 was eventually purchased by Peter Junior for his air museum - Flugausstellung P. Junior near Hermeskeil. She was dismantled and moved to the museum around 1991. She has since been rebuilt and has been on display ever since. She lacks engines, which you can tell with there being no cartridge start bullets protruding from the intakes, along with perspex parts clouding over from years of UV damage.
The aircraft is suffering minor corrosion but otherwise appears ok, although the exterior could certainly do with some TLC in the near future.
In 1972, after 14 years of service, XM264 was struck off RAF charge when 16 Sqd was closed down at RAFG Laarbruch. By that time, she had acquired 16 Sqdn's "sharkmouth" motif and the distinctive yellow-edged band around the fuselage. She was held at RAFG Laarbruch as a decoy aircraft and then preserved for display there between 1980 and 1989.
XM264 was eventually purchased by Peter Junior for his air museum - Flugausstellung P. Junior near Hermeskeil. She was dismantled and moved to the museum around 1991. She has since been rebuilt and has been on display ever since. She lacks engines, which you can tell with there being no cartridge start bullets protruding from the intakes, along with perspex parts clouding over from years of UV damage.
The aircraft is suffering minor corrosion but otherwise appears ok, although the exterior could certainly do with some TLC in the near future.
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