{"id":18854293,"date":"2026-09-01T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/?p=18854293"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:06:57","slug":"martin-b-57-canberra-americas-british-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/fr\/martin-b-57-canberra-americas-british-bomber\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s British Bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>In the early 1950s the United States, home of Boeing and Douglas and the world&rsquo;s mightiest aircraft industry, went shopping abroad for a bomber. It bought a British one. The <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-57-canberra\/\">Martin B-57 Canberra<\/a> &mdash; an American-built version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/english-electric-canberra\/\">English Electric Canberra<\/a> &mdash; became the only foreign design adopted as a frontline U.S. bomber of its era, and it went on to a career longer and stranger than anyone expected.<\/p>\r\n<p>Seventy years later, a handful are still flying &mdash; not for any air force, but for NASA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;color:#1a1a1a\">Quick Facts<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Aircraft<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Martin B-57 Canberra (\"Night Intruder\")<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Origin<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">US-built under licence from the English Electric Canberra<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">First flight<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">20 July 1953; 403 built through 1959<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Distinction<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">The only foreign design adopted as a frontline U.S. bomber of its era<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Vietnam<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">2 B-57B squadrons from 1965; of 94 sent, 51 lost in combat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Recon<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">RB-57D and RB-57F\/WB-57F high-altitude variants<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Still flying<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">NASA operates WB-57s from Ellington, Houston, today<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Role<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Night interdiction, close air support, high-altitude reconnaissance<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">An American accent on a British design<\/h2>\r\n<p>When the USAF needed a fast jet bomber to replace the piston-engined B-26 Invader, the standout candidate was already flying in Britain. In March 1951 the Air Force contracted the Glenn L. Martin Company to build the Canberra under licence. Martin reworked it for American needs &mdash; tandem seating, a novel rotary bomb door, and heavy gun and cannon armament on the B-57B, the most-produced version. The first Martin-built example flew on 20 July 1953, and 403 were delivered before production ended in 1959.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The Air Force chose to build the Canberra in the United States, making it the only foreign design adopted as a frontline U.S. bomber of its era.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>U.S. Air Force history<\/strong> &mdash; on the B-57\u2019s unusual origin<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=163152962  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/martin-b-57b-canberra-flight-line.png\" alt=\"Martin B-57B Canberra bombers on the flight line\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">B-57Bs seated their crews in tandem and carried bombs on a rotary door. Photo: U.S. Air Force.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u64WSe5TnZ0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Night Intruder over Vietnam<\/h2>\r\n<p>The B-57 found its hardest war in Southeast Asia. From 1965 two B-57B squadrons deployed to South Vietnam, flying close air support and, above all, night interdiction against the supply routes of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It was dangerous work: of the 94 B-57s committed to the theatre, 51 were lost in combat before the last B-57B left in late 1969.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U8u1rv0ty1A\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile a very different Canberra was climbing where almost nothing could follow it. The RB-57D and the enormous-winged RB-57F were built for high-altitude strategic reconnaissance, prowling the edge of space.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1267411582  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/nasa-wb-57-high-altitude-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"A NASA WB-57 high-altitude aircraft\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A NASA WB-57, a direct descendant of the B-57. Three still fly for high-altitude research, making the design one of the longest-serving in history. Photo: U.S. Navy \/ NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The bomber that became a science platform<\/h2>\r\n<p>Those high-altitude recon variants gave the design its afterlife. Re-designated WB-57F, several passed to NASA for atmospheric research, and the agency still flies a small fleet of them out of Ellington Airport in Houston.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;It\u2019s one of NASA\u2019s core aircraft for atmospheric work.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>NASA WB-57 program manager<\/strong> &mdash; on the aircraft\u2019s longevity<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>That makes the Canberra family one of the longest-serving jet designs in aviation history &mdash; a British bomber, built in America, still earning its keep as a flying laboratory more than seven decades after it first took off. Not bad for an aircraft the U.S. only bought because someone else built it better first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSo_HT5-s5E\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: U.S. Air Force; NASA (WB-57 history); Lockheed Martin; Smithsonian; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/grumman-a-6-intruder-all-weather-navy-attack-jet\/\">The A-6 Intruder: The Navy\u2019s Unbeatable War Club<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/the-convair-b-58-hustler-first-supersonic-bomber\/\">The Convair B-58 Hustler: First Supersonic Bomber<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n\n\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What was the Martin B-57 Canberra?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Martin B-57 was an American-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, produced under licence by the Glenn L. Martin Company. It was the only foreign design adopted as a frontline US bomber of its era, first flying on 20 July 1953.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why did the US buy a British bomber design?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The US Air Force needed a fast jet bomber to replace the piston-engined B-26 Invader, and the standout candidate was already flying in Britain. Rather than wait for a domestic design, the Air Force contracted Martin in March 1951 to build the Canberra under licence.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How did the American B-57 differ from the British Canberra?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Martin reworked the design for American requirements, adding tandem crew seating instead of the British layout, a novel rotary bomb door carrying weapons on its inner surface, and heavy machine-gun or cannon armament on the B-57B, the most-produced version.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What did the B-57 do in Vietnam?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">From 1965 two B-57B squadrons flew in South Vietnam on close air support and, above all, night interdiction against supply routes on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Of the 94 B-57s committed to the theatre, 51 were lost in combat before the last left in late 1969.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Does NASA still fly the B-57?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. Several high-altitude WB-57F variants passed to NASA for atmospheric research, and the agency still operates a small fleet from Ellington Airport in Houston, making the Canberra family one of the longest-serving jet designs in aviation history.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many B-57s were built?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A total of 403 B-57s were produced for the US Air Force before production ended in 1959. Specialised versions included the RB-57D and the enormous-winged RB-57F, built for high-altitude strategic reconnaissance.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What was the Martin B-57 Canberra?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Martin B-57 was an American-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, produced under licence by the Glenn L. Martin Company. 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