Avro Lancaster - Chadderton Manufacture

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Lancaster Fuselage Sub-Assembly Production Lines.

The Machine Shop at Chadderton.

Taken from an Avro Apprentice Brochure from about 1948, this cutting includes a rare photograph of the Lancaster Production Line.

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Lancaster Centre Section Assembly Line - Rear Fuselage sections also visible top right hand corner of the photograph.

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A Publicity photograph showing cast components at different stages of manufacture. Some are still raw castings while others have had additional machining operations carried out.

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The iconic Wartime Lancaster production photograph showing the equipping of Lancaster Nose Sections at Chadderton.