Produced Variants Type 694 Lincoln B.Mk.ILong-range bomberfor the RAF, originally designated, to meet the requirements of Specification B.14/43. Four 1,750 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 powerplants.Type 694 Lincoln B.Mk.IIOriginally designated; as the B.Mk.I with 1,750 h.p. Packard Merlin 68, 68A or 300 powerplants.Type 694 Lincoln U.Mk.5Droneconversion of B.Mk.II, to meet the requirements of Specification D.171D&P.
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The serial number on the Perspex is First line: BX2305 2nd Line: 89820. Notes on the Avro Lancaster (Posted by Fluffy).
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Conversion by Avro using kits suppliedby Flight Refuelling Ltd.Type 694 Lincoln B.Mk.XVCanadianbuilt equivalent of the B.Mk.I.Type 694 Lincoln Mk.30Australian built equivalent of the B.Mk.I.Type 694 LincolnMk.30AMk.30 with higher all up weight. Four 1,750 h.p.
Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 or 1,650h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 102 powerplants.Type 694 Lincoln Mk.31 (GR.31)Generalreconnaissance version of Mk.30 for the RAAF, fitted with a longer nose. Four 1,750 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 or 1,650h.p. Merlin 102 powerplants.Type 694 LincolnMR.31Anti-submarine warfare and maritime reconnaissance version of Mk.31. Notes3 prototypes ordered from A.V.
Ltd., Chadderton,to contract Acft/3183. Delivered between October 1945 and January 1946.PW925, PW929, PW932Prototypes3250aircraft ordered from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract Acft/2221, 121 built as Lancasters I. Of theremainder, 80 were delivered between January and September 1945 as 28 Lincoln B.Mk.I and52 B.Mk.II, the remainder cancelled.RA628 - RA655B.Mk.I28RA640 - RA655 assembledat Avro Chester.RA656- RA658B.Mk.II3RA661 - RA69333RA709 - RA72416RA725- RA74925RA763 - RA78624395 aircraftordered from A.V. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract Acft/1807, 87 built as Lancaster III. Of the remainder, 50were delivered between February and July 1945 as Lincoln B.Mk.Is,112 delivered between July 1945 and April 1946 as Lincoln B.Mk.IIs. The remainder were cancelled.RE227 - RE268B.Mk.I42Avro Set Nos 1 - 42.RE281 - RE2888Avro Set Nos 43 - 50.RE289 - RE325B.Mk.II37Avro Set Nos 51 - 87.RE338 - RE38043AvroSet Nos 88 - 130.
RE364 & RE367 became Aries II & Aries III.RE393 - RE42432AvroSet Nos 131 - 162.RE425- RE43511RE449 - RE49345RE518 - RE56144RE575 - RE60531305 aircraft ordered from A.V. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract Acft/1807, originally asLancaster IV. Cancelled.RE621 - RE670B.Mk.II50RE683 - RE72644RE740 - RE78546RE798 - RE83942RE853 - RE89543RE918 - RE95538RE967 - RE99933RF111 - RF1199370 aircraft ordered from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Bagington, to contractAcft/239, 170 built as Lancaster B.Mk.Is and B.Mk.IIIs.
The remainder were originally ordered as Lancaster B.Mk.IVs butdelivered between March 1945 and March1947 as 2 Lincoln B.Mk.I and 198 B.Mk.II.RF329 - RF332B.Mk.II4RF333 - RF334B.Mk.I2RF335 - RF370B.Mk.II36RF383 - RF42745RF440 - RF48546RF498 - RF53942RF553 - RF57725100 aircraft ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., CastleBromwich, to contract Acft/1336. Originally ordered as Lancaster B.Mk.IV/V.
CancelledRS102 - RS147B.Mk.I/IIRS159 - RS189RS203 - RS225240 aircraft ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Chester, to contract Acft/2791. Originally orderedas Lancaster B.Mk.IV/V.
CancelledRT140 - RT183B.Mk.I/II44RT197 - RT22832.
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