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Type: Heavy Bomber Origin: Avro Models: Lancaster I to MR.7 Crew: Seven First Flight: January 9, 1941 Service Delivery: September 1941 Final Delivery From New: February 2, 1946 Number Produced: 7,377 (430 Canadian built) Mark I: 3,425 Mark II: 300 Mark III: 3,039 Powerplant: Lancaster Mk. I: Model: Rolls-Royce Or Packard Merlin 20 or 22 Type: 12-Cylinder liquid cooled vee Number: Four Horsepower: 1,460 hp Lancaster Mk. II Only: Model: Bristol Hercules VI Type: 14-Cylinder two-row, sleeve-valve radials Number: Four Horsepower: 1,650 hp Dimensions: Lancaster Mk. I Wing span: 102 ft. (31.1m) Length: 69 ft. 4 in. (21.1m) Height: 19 ft. 7 in. (5.97m) Wing Surface Area: N/A |
Weights: Lancaster Mk. I Empty: 36,900 lb. (16,705 kg) Loaded: 68,000 lb. (30,800 kg) Overload with 22,000 lb. Bomb: 70,000 lb. (31,750 kg) Performance: Lancaster Mk. I Maximum Speed at 11,500 ft. (3500m): 287 mph (462 km/h) Cruising Speed: 210 mph (338 km/h) Climb to 20,000 ft. (6095m) at max. load: 41 Minutes Service Ceiling: 24,500 ft. (7467m) Range with 14,000 lb. (6350 kg.) bomb load: 1,660 miles (2675 km) Armament: Nose and dorsal turrets (sometimes also ventral) with two .303 in. Brownings (some including Mk. VII, had Martin dorsal turret with two .50 in. Brownings), tail turret with four .303 in. Brownings. Payload: 14,000 lb. (6350 kg.) in 33 ft. (10.06m) bomb bay. With modification can accept 22,000 lb. (9979 kg.) Images: Image 1 - 'Ropey'. |
