WK165 was the last of a batch of 75 Canberra B2's produced by A. V. Roe at Woodford in the UK and entered RAF service in February 1955. It was transferred from RAF charge in December 1955 and commenced WRE trials in South Australia on 31 January 1956. The aircraft was used throughout the Woomeras test for airborne photography of weapons and trials until retirement in December 1969. The aircraft was placed in the charge of RAAF at Edinburgh on 13th February 1970 where it stayed until moved to Ballarat on the 9th February 1985. The aircraft was kindly donated to SAAM by Mr. Neville Mason and returned to Adelaide on 1st June 1997.

TYPE: Two/three seat light bomber, photo-reconnaissance, radar trainer and tug.

MANUFACTURER: English Electric - British Aerospace.

ENGINES: Two Rolls - Royce Avon 205 turbojets 11,250lb (5,103kg) thrust.

DIMENSIONS: Span: 63'11" (19.5m), Length: 65'6" (19.96m), Height: 15'7" (4.75m)
Wing area: 960 sqft (89.2m)

WEIGHT: Empty: 21,679lb (9,842kg), Loaded: 55,000lb (24,907kg)

PERFORMANCE: Max speed at sea level: 518 mph (833km/h) at 30,000': 580 mph (930km/h) Ceiling: Some big-winged spy variants reach 80,000 ft