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Avro 679 Manchester
YEAR BUILT:
1939
NUMBER BUILT:
202
WINGSPAN:
90 ft 1 in
LENGTH:
68 ft 10 in
HEIGHT:
19 ft 6 in
CREW:
7
MAX SPEED:
294 mph
POWERPLANT:
2 x Rolls Royce Vulture (1,170 hp) or Napier Sabre 1 (2,100 hp) or Brisol Centaurus (2,520 hp) or 4 x Rolls Royce Merlin X (1,145 hp)
ARMAMENT:
8 x 303 Browning machine guns + 56,000 lb bombs
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Avro Manchester (Type 679)
NOTES:
Twin-engined World War II bomber. Plagued by engine unreliability. Withdrawn from service in 1942.
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