| Manufacturer |
English Electric |
Showa Aircraft Industry |
| Description |
The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. |
The Shōwa L2D and Nakajima L2D, given the designations Shōwa Navy Type 0 Transport and Nakajima Navy Type 0 Transport(零式輸送機), were license-built versions of the Douglas DC-3. |
| ICAO Code |
CNBR |
|
| First Flight |
1949-05-13 |
1939-10-01 |
| Entry Into service |
1951-05-25 |
1939-01-01 |
| Service End |
2006-06-23 |
|
| Designer |
English Electric |
Showa Aircraft Industry |
| Type |
Bomber/Reconnaissance |
|
| Length (m) |
19.812 |
19.507 |
| Height (m) |
4.572 |
7.46 |
| Cockpit Crew |
3 |
3 |
| Max Seating |
|
21 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
933.4195 |
393 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
241 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
14630.4 |
10500 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
17.272 |
|
| Armament |
4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk.V cannon mounted in rear bomb bay (500 rounds/gun), or 2 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun pods; Total of 8,000 lb (3,628 kg) of payload can be mounted inside the internal bomb bay and on two underwing hardpoints, with the ability to carry a variety of bombs., Typically, the internal bomb bay can hold up to 9 × 500 lb (227 kg) bombs, or 6 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs, or 1 × 4,000… |
1x flexible 13 mm Type 2 machine gun and 2x 7.7 mm Type 92 machine guns (L2D4, L2D4-1 and L2D5) |
| Capacity Description |
|
21 pax / 4500 kg cargo |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
0.88 |
|
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
|
| Number Built |
900 |
487 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Rolls-Royce R.A.7 Avon Mk.109 turbojet engines |
2 × Mitsubishi MK8 Kinsei 43 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 746 kW (1000 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Air Force, Royal Navy; Indian Air Force; Peruvian Air Force; Royal Australian Air Force |
|
| Status |
Retired |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showa/Nakajima_L2D |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
19.5072 |
18.956 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
89.1869 |
91.6 |
| Wake Category |
M |
|
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |