It was fast, deadly, and packed with firepower that seemed endless. The Martin B-57 Canberra wasn’t just another bomber—it was a mission-ready workhorse that delivered relentless payloads ...

The Air Force assigned the designation “B-57” to the Canberra and contracted the Martin Company to build the aircraft in the U.S. Martin built 403 B-57s, finishing production in 1959.

The Martin B-57 Canberra, a twin-engine tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, served for thirty years with the U.S. Air Force. But NASA still flies three B-57s, meaning the bomber, first ...

The worst B-57 accident by far occurred May 16, 1965, when a bomb detonated onboard a Canberra queued for takeoff at Bien Hoa, starting a chain reaction of explosions that annihilated two ...