Avro Manchester
| Avro 679 Manchester | |
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| Type: | bomber |
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| First flight: |
July 25, 1939 |
| Commissioning: |
November 1940 |
| Number of pieces: |
200 |
The Avro 679 Manchester was a twin-engine bomber of World War II from British production.
history
The first flight took place in July 1939. The AV Roe and Company built only 20 of the original Manchester Mk I; This was followed by the Manchester Mk IA with larger vertical stabilizer surfaces and an increased stabilizer span from 6.71 m to 10.06 m. The total production amounted to 200 copies, which were in service from November 1940 to mid-1942. The Manchester proved to be a failure in action, the fault not being in the airframe, but in the drive. The four-engine further development Manchester Mk III led from the beginning of 1941 to the far more powerful Avro Lancaster bomber .
Production numbers
The Manchester was built in Great Britain by AV Roe and Metro-Vickers.
| version | Metro Vickers | AV Roe | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mk I | 43 | 156 | 199 |
| year | number |
|---|---|
| 1940 | 24 |
| 1941 | 163 |
| 1942 | 12 |
| total | 199 |
Military use
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Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data Avro Manchester Mk. IA |
|---|---|
| crew | 7th |
| length | 20.98 m |
| span | 27.46 m |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 25,402 kg |
| drive | two Rolls-Royce Vulture I with 1,312 kW (1,784 hp) each |
| Top speed | 426 km / h at an altitude of 5,181 m |
| Max. Range | 2,622 km with 3,629 kg bombs |
| Armament | eight Browning machine guns of caliber .303 British (7.7 mm), up to 4,695 kg bombs |
See also
literature
- Avro Manchester - Details and Performance of Our Heaviest Twin-engined Bomber. In: Flight International , June 4, 1942, pp. 555-557.
- Tony Buttler: British Secret Projects: Fighters and Bombers 1935–1950. Midland Publishing, Hickley 2004, ISBN 978-1-85780-179-8 .
- AJ Jackson: Avro Aircraft since 1908. Second edition, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1990, ISBN 0-85177-834-8 .
- Jon Lake: The Great Book of Bombers. The World's Most Important Bombers from World War I to the Present Day. Zenith Imprint, 2002, ISBN 0-7603-1347-4 .
- Manchester. In: Aeromilitaria No. 2, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., Tonbridge 1990.
- Owen Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57. First edition, Putnam, London 1957, ISBN 0-370-00101-X .
Web links
- Avro Manchester recovered in France (French) ( Memento from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )