Avro Manchester

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heavy bomber military aircraft twin‑engine bomber

The Avro Manchester was a British twin‑engine heavy bomber of the early Second World War whose design problems led to its rapid replacement by the more successful Avro Lancaster.

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Label Occurrences
Avro Manchester canonical 18

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heavy bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine bomber ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftFamily Avro Lancaster ⓘ
surface form: Avro Manchester/Lancaster family
aircraftRole heavy bomber ⓘ
armament .303 in Browning machine guns ⓘ
defensive gun turrets ⓘ
bombLoad 4570 kg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 7 ⓘ
designer Avro ⓘ
designIssue insufficient power ⓘ
unreliable Rolls‑Royce Vulture engines ⓘ
developedInto Avro Lancaster ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine ⓘ
engineType Rolls‑Royce Vulture I ⓘ
Rolls‑Royce Vulture I ⓘ
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Vulture II
firstFlightDate 1939-07-25 ⓘ
height 6.45 m ⓘ
introduced 1940 ⓘ
length 21.34 m ⓘ
manufacturer Avro ⓘ
maximumSpeed 426 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 22680 kg ⓘ
notableFor being the direct predecessor of the Avro Lancaster ⓘ
numberBuilt 200 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator No. 106 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 207 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 49 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 50 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 61 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 83 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 97 Squadron RAF ⓘ
powerplant Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1941 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1940 ⓘ
range 1660 km ⓘ
replacedBy Avro Lancaster ⓘ
retired 1942 ⓘ
serviceCeiling 5790 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Avro Lancaster ⓘ
survivingExamples 0 ⓘ
tailConfiguration twin‑fin tail ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
wingspan 27.43 m ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Royal Air Force Bomber Command → aircraftType → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Lancaster → derivedFrom → Avro Manchester ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
Avro Lancaster → derivedFrom → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Guy Gibson → aircraftFlown → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Avro → notableWork → Avro Manchester ⓘ
No. 207 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraftType → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Specification P.13/36 → resultedIn → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Lanc → derivedFrom → Avro Manchester ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
Guy Penrose Gibson → aircraftFlown → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → notableWork → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → designed → Avro Manchester ⓘ
No. 50 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Manchester ⓘ
Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine → usedInAircraft → Avro Manchester ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Vulture
Rolls‑Royce Vulture I → powerplantFor → Avro Manchester ⓘ
No. 61 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Manchester ⓘ
No. 49 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Manchester ⓘ
No. 83 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Manchester ⓘ
No. 97 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Avro Manchester ⓘ