Plant:

Metropolitan-Vickers - Trafford park, Manchester

Type:

Avro Type 683 – Lancaster Mk. I

S/N Range:

R5842-R5868 and R5888-R5917

Data:

Part of the first production batch of 57 aircraft ordered from Metropolitan-VIckers Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester (originally ordered under Contract No. B108750/40 as Manchesters but completed as Lancasters), under Contract No. 982266/40 and built at the Mosley Road Works, Manchester. R5842-R5868 and R5888-R5917. Deliveries commenced 1-42; completed 9-42 (average rate of production, approximately 7 aircraft per month).

Type:

Avro Type 683 – Lancaster Mk. I & Mk. III

S/N Range:

W4761-W4800, W4815-W4864, W4879-W4905, W4918-W4967 and W4980-W4982 and W4983-W5012

Data:

Part of the second production batch of 200 aircraft ordered from Metropolitan-VIckers Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, under Contract No. B69275/40 and built at the Mosley Road Works, Manchester.

170 aircraft were Mk.Is: W4761-W4800, W4815-W4864, W4879-W4905, W4918-W4967 and W4980-W4982;

30 aircraft were Mk.III's (American built Packard-Merlin engines): W4983-W5012. Deliveries commenced 9-42; completed 5-43 (average rate of production 6 aircraft per week).

Type:

Avro Type 683 – Lancaster Mk. I & Mk. III

S/N Range:

DV155-DV202, DV217-DV247, DV263-DV312, DV324-DV345 and

DV359-DV407

Data:

Part of the third production batch of 200 aircraft ordered from Metropolitan-VIckers Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, under Contract No. B69275/40 and covered by Works Order No. GO.122195. DV155-DV202, DV217-DV247, DV263-DV312, DV324-DV345 and DV359-DV407, Deliveries commenced 5/43; completed 11-43 (average rate of production, approximately 8 aircraft per week). 2 aircraft converted to Lancaster Mk.VI after leaving Manufacturers.

91 airframes completed as Mk. I’s, remainder as Mk. III's

Type:

Avro Type 683 – Lancaster Mk. I

S/N Range:

TW915-TW929

Data:

Part of the seventh production batch of 15 aircraft built by Metropolitan-VIckers Ltd. and assembled by Vickers-Armstrong  Ltd., Chester. TW915-TW929. Deliveries commenced 6/45; completed 8/45 (average rate of production, approximately 2 aircraft per week.)