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.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heavy bomber → military aircraft → twin‑engine bomber →
aircraftConfiguration	mid‑wing monoplane →
aircraftFamily	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 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	Second World War →
wingspan	27.43 m →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Avro Lancaster → Avro Lancaster →	derivedFrom
Guy Gibson →	aircraftFlown
Royal Air Force Bomber Command →	aircraftType