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Originally Posted by jagolden01
Let me rephrase the question " Why was the cockpit designed off-center in the B6?"
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For the same reason virtually ALL medium bombers do; economy of space. The Canberra was originally conceptualized as a nuclear bomber, with capacity to expand into many other roles. The Canberra ( like other great medium bombers, like the HE111, Ju88, B25, B26, Blenheim, etc) had literally dozens of variants each, such as trainers, bombers, attack, interdiction, ASW, ECAM, pathfinding, interception, surveillance, transports, etc. Virtually all of these aircraft could be modified easily to add a radar operator, instructor, bombardier, or whoever without a dramatic redesign of the aircraft. Simple design economy is all it comes down to. Center aligned controls, like those on Douglas Boston were actually much more rare.