Avro Manchester Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

A.V. Roe and Co Ltd, Manchester

First Flight:

25 July 1939

Prototypes:

2 - A.V. Roe and Co Ltd

Manchester I:

156 - A.V. Roe and Co Ltd 44 - Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd, Trafford Park, Manchester

Type Specification

Applies to:

Avro Manchester I

Type:

Twin engined heavy bomber

Wing:

Mid wing cantilever monoplane. All metal structure with light alloy sheet covering

Fuselage:

Oval section structure of light alloy construction throughout

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane type with twin fins and rudders. All metal framework with metal covered fixed surfaces and fabric covered control surfaces

Landing Gear:

Retractable type. Wheels are raised backwards into tails of engine nacelles. Non retracting tail wheel

Power Plant:

Two Rolls-Royce Vulture twenty four cylinder X type liquid cooled engines which are stated to develop 2,000 hp each. Three bladed constant speed full feathering airscrews

Accommodation:

Turret in nose with bomb aimers position below. Pilots cockpit, seating two, forward of engines. Navigators position behind first pilot on port side facing aft. Radio operator aft of navigator. Gunners positions amidships and in extreme tail

Armament:

Three power driven turrets, one in nose with two machine guns, one on top of fuselage amidships with two machine guns and one in extreme tail with four machine guns. Internal bomb load of 11,200 lb

Span:

90 ft 1 in

Length:

68 ft 10 in

Height:

19 ft 6 in

Wing Area:

1,131 sq ft

All-up:

50,000 lb

Service Ceiling:

19,200 ft

Range:

1,630 miles

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