Avro Lincoln

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four‑engined bomber heavy bomber aircraft military aircraft

The Avro Lincoln was a British four‑engined heavy bomber developed in the final stages of World War II and used into the early Cold War era.

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Label Occurrences
Avro Lincoln canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf four‑engined bomber ⓘ
heavy bomber aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory long‑range bomber ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration tail‑wheel landing gear ⓘ
armamentType bombs ⓘ
defensive machine guns ⓘ
bombLoadComparedToLancaster similarOrGreater ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 7 ⓘ
designFeatures longer wings than Avro Lancaster ⓘ
taller fin and rudder than Avro Lancaster ⓘ
developedFrom Avro Lancaster ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Royal Air Force ⓘ
era 1940s military aircraft ⓘ
1950s military aircraft ⓘ
firstFlight 1944-06-09 ⓘ
fuselageType stretched Avro Lancaster fuselage ⓘ
introduced 1945 ⓘ
manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator No. 100 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 57 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 61 Squadron RAF ⓘ
powerplant Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Merlin engines
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
rangeComparedToLancaster greater ⓘ
retiredFromRAF 1963 ⓘ
role heavy bomber ⓘ
serviceEntryEra early Cold War ⓘ
late World War II ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Avro Shackleton ⓘ
V bomber force ⓘ
survivingExamples museum exhibits only ⓘ
usedBy Argentine Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
usedFor maritime patrol (some variants) ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
training ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II (late stages)
wingConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ
wingSpanComparedToLancaster greater ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lancaster → successor → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
Avro Lancaster → successor → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
Avro Shackleton → derivedFrom → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
Avro → notableWork → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
No. 12 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → notableWork → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → designed → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Lincoln ⓘ
617 Squadron → usedAircraft → Avro Lincoln ⓘ