English Electric Canberra XH135 triple engine blade
XH135 was built in 1959, and was delivered to RAF charge with the Handling Squadron at RAF Manby, being transferred a year later to Shorts of Belfast (March 1960). A further year on, XH135 was delivered to 15 MU (for an overhaul?) before joining squadron service with 58 Sqn at RAF Wyton. Transferring briefly to 13 Sqn in Malta, she ended up on 39 Sqn, again at RAF Wyton, and remained with them until February 1982 when she was put in store at RAF St Athan. She was re-activated to join 1 PRU when that was formed out of the half-strength 39 Sqn at RAF Marham.
The airframe retired into Kemble airfield (now Cotswold Airport) alongside XH131 and XH134 on the 31st July 2006. In early 2022, Cotswold Airport announced that they were disposing of XH135.
Due to not being able to move XH135 as a whole airframe by the end of June, the hard decision was made to scrap the aircraft, and salvage as much as possible. By early August 2022, XH135 had been reduced to a cockpit section and made its way to her new home at West Raynham Business Park, once part of the former RAF West Raynham, where she is now undercover and is being restored.
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