Avro Lincoln
| Avro Lincoln | |
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| Type: | Heavy bomber |
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| First flight: |
June 9, 1944 |
| Commissioning: |
August 1945 |
| Production time: |
1945-52 |
| Number of pieces: |
604 |
The Avro Type 694 Lincoln was a four-engine long - range bomber from British production. The maiden flight took place on June 9, 1944. This type, developed from the Avro Lancaster , was the last Royal Air Force bomber to be powered by piston engines. A total of 604 machines were manufactured.
history
The Avro Lincoln entered service in August 1945, making it too late for World War II . However, it was used against uprisings in two British colonies, namely Kenya ( Mau Mau uprising ) and Malaya , before being decommissioned and replaced by new jet-propelled bombers . The air forces of Canada , Australia, and Argentina also flew the type. The Avro Lincoln was further developed to become the Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft . Individual machines later served as test carriers for propeller turbines .
Production numbers
The Lincoln was built in Australia by Government Aircraft Factories in Fisherman's Bend / Victoria. The first 25 were B.30, the rest B.30A.
| year | number |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 7th |
| 1947 | 17th |
| 1948 | 13 |
| 1949 | 9 |
| 1950 | 10 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1952 | 0 |
| 1953 | 12 |
| total | 73 |
Military use
- Fuerza Aérea Argentina : 30 from 1947 to 1967
- Royal Australian Air Force : 54 from 1946 to 1961
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- Royal Canadian Air Force : 3 from 1946 to 1948
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 7th |
| length | 23.86 m |
| span | 36.58 m |
| height | 5.27 m |
| Empty mass | 19,686 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 34,019 kg |
| Engines | four 12-cylinder V-engines Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 with 1,774 hp (1,305 kW) each |
| Top speed | 475 km / h |
Whereabouts
There are still a total of four machines of different designs. None of them are airworthy.
literature
- Richard A. Franks: The Avro Lancaster, Manchester and Lincoln. SAM Publications, Bedford 2000, ISBN 0-9533465-3-6 .
Web links
- Spyflight.co.uk
- Lincoln fly over Lincoln Cathedral
- The Avro Lincoln - Flight archive - 1946
- Avro Lincoln in the aircraft dictionary by W. Bredow
Individual evidence
- ^ Avro Lincoln. In: www.tangmere-museum.org.uk. September 2013, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Air Britain: Aeromilitaria 1988/2, p. 31 ff.
- ↑ El Bombardero Avro Lincoln en Argentina on taringa.net (Spanish), accessed May 24, 2016