200 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Manchester, to contract 648770/37, Works Order
5723. 43 Delivered between October 1941 and March 1942. First 157 delivered
as Manchesters.
L7527 - L7549
Mk.I
23
L7565 - L7584
20
200 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Manchester, to contract 982866/39, Works Order
7671. Delivered between February and July 1942. Originally ordered as
Manchesters.
R5482 - R5517
Mk.I
36
R5537 - R5576
40
R5603 - R5640
38
R5658 - R5703
46
R5724 - R5763
40
100 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract 982866/39, Metro-Vick
G.O. 122056/122057. 57 Delivered between March 1941 and August 1942. First 43
delivered as
455 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract 69274/40, Works Order
7671. 207 delivered between July and November 1942, remainder cancelled.
Originally ordered as
200 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract 69275/40, Metro-Vick
G.O. 011030. Delivered between September 1942 and May 1943 as 170 Mk.I and 30
Mk.III.
W4761 - W4800
Mk.I
40
W4815 - W4864
50
W4879 - W4905
27
W4918 - W4967
50
(1)
W4926 converted To Mk.III
W4980 - W4982
3
W4983 - W5012
Mk.III
30
2 Mk.I prototypes
ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Manchester, to contract 135521/40.
BT308, DG595
Mk.I
2
200 aircraft ordered
from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Bagington, to contract
Acft/239. Delivered between September 1942 and October 1943.
DS601 - DS635
Mk.II
35
DS647 - DS692
46
DS704 - DS741
38
DS757 - DS797
41
DS813 - DS852
40
2 Mk.II prototypes
ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract 135521/40.
DT810, DT812
Mk.II
1
1
200 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract 69275/40, Metro-Vick
G.O. 122195. Delivered between September 1942 and May 1943 as 94 Mk.I and 106
Mk.III.
DV155 - DV202
Mk.III
48
(2)
DV170, DV199 converted To Mk.VI
DV217 - DV247
31
DV263 - DV290
28
DV277 - DV282 built as Mk.I
DV291 - DV312
Mk.I
22
DV298, DV310 Mk.III
DV324 - DV345
22
DV359 - DV407
49
DV383, DV384, DV395 built as Mk.III
200 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract B.69275/40.
Cancelled.
EA205 - EA245
Mk.I
41
EA259 - EA281
23
EA295 - EA344
50
EA360 - EA403
44
EA420 - EA461
42
620 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract 69274/40, Works Order
7671. Delivered between July and November 1942 as 138 Mk.I and 482 Mk.III
ED303 - ED334
Mk.I
32
ED347 - ED396
50
(1)
ED362, ED371, ED378, ED383, ED387, ED388,
ED390, ED393, ED396 built as Mk.III. ED388 later re-converted to Mk.I
ED408 - ED453
Mk.III
46
ED409, ED411, ED412, ED414, ED418, ED420,
ED422, ED425, ED430, ED436, ED439, ED443, ED446, ED447, ED451 built as Mk.I
ED467 - ED504
38
(2)
ED498 Mk.I.
ED474, ED485 converted to Mk.I
ED520 - ED569
50
ED521, ED522, ED525, ED528, ED533, ED537,
ED548, ED550, ED552, ED554, ED567, ED569 built as Mk.I
ED583 - ED631
49
ED586, ED588, ED591, ED594, ED600, ED601,
ED604, ED610, ED615, ED622, ED631 built as Mk.I
200 aircraft ordered
from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Castle Bromwich, to contract Acft/1336.
Originally ordered as Mk.II, changed to Mk.III but built as Mk.I. Delivered
between October 1943 and
February 1945.
HK535 - HK579
Mk.I
45
HK593 - HK628
36
HK644 - HK664
21
HK679 - HK710
32
(1)
HK710 converted to Mk.III
HK728 - HK773
46
HK787 - HK806
20
550 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract Acft/1807, Works Order
8545. Delivered between June and December 1943.
JA672 - JA718
Mk.III
47
JA843 - JA876
34
JA892 - JA941
50
JA957 - JA981
25
JB113 - JB155
43
(1)
JB127 converted To Mk.I
JB174 - JB191
18
JB216 - JB243
28
JB275 - JB320
46
JB344 - JB376
33
JB398 - JB424
27
JB453 - JB488
36
JB526 - JB567
42
JB592 - JB614
23
JB637 - JB684
48
(2)
JB675, JB713 converted To Mk.VI
JB699 - JB748
50
450 aircraft ordered
from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Baginton, to contract
Acft/239. 100 delivered between October 1943 and March 1944 as Mk.II, 350
delivered between
November 1943 and
August 1944 as Mk.I.
LL617 - LL653
Mk.II
37
LL666 - LL704
39
LL716 - LL739
24
LL740 - LL758
Mk.I
19
LL771 - LL813
43
LL826 - LL867
42
(1)
LL865 converted To Mk.III
LL880 - LL923
44
LL935 - LL977
43
(1)
LL948 converted To Mk.III
LM100 - LM142
43
LM156 - LM192
37
LM205 - LM243
39
LM257 - LM296
40
350 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Yeadon, to contract Acft/2010, Works Order 8589.
Delivered between October 1942 and October 1944 as 10 Mk.I and 340 Mk.III.
LM301 - LM310
Mk.I
10
(2)
LM306, LM308 converted to Mk.III
LM311 - LM346
Mk.III
36
LM359 - LM395
37
LM417 - LM448
32
(1)
LM448 converted to Mk.I
LM450 - LM493
44
(3)
LM483, LM489, LM492 converted to Mk.I
LM508 - LM552
45
LM569 - LM599
31
LM615 - LM658
44
LM671 - LM697
27
(1)
LM695 converted to Mk.I
LM713 - LM756
44
200 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Yeadon, to contract Acft/2010, Works Order 8589.
Delivered between October 1944 and March 1945 as 44 Mk.I and 156 Mk.III.
ME295 - ME337
Mk.III
43
ME328, ME330 built as Mk.I
ME350 - ME395
46
ME350, ME352, ME371 - ME375, ME383, ME384
built as Mk.I
ME417 - ME458
42
ME419 - ME421, ME431 - ME440, ME445 - ME451,
ME455 - ME458 built as Mk.I
ME470 - ME503
34
ME470, ME475 - ME477, ME479, ME480, ME482,
ME490, ME495 built as Mk.I
ME517 - ME551
35
(4)
ME525, ME527, ME528 converted to ASR.Mk.3;
ME525 later converted to GR.Mk.3
250 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract Acft/2221, Metro-Vick
G.O. 122700. Delivered between November 1943 and January 1944.
ME554 - ME596
Mk.I
43
(2)
ME567, ME590 converted to Mk.III
ME613 - ME650
38
(5)
ME620 - ME623, ME625 converted to Mk.III
ME663 - ME704
42
ME717 - ME759
43
ME773 - ME814
42
ME827 - ME868
42
600 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract Acft/1807, Works Order
8545. Delivered between December 1943 and May 1944.
ND324 - ND368
Mk.III
45
ND380 - ND425
46
(1)
ND418 converted To Mk.VI
ND438 - ND479
42
(1)
ND479 converted To Mk.VI
ND492 - ND538
47
ND551 - ND597
47
(2)
ND558 converted To Mk.VI, ND589 converted to
ASR.Mk.3
ND613 - ND658
46
ND671 - ND715
45
(1)
ND673 converted To Mk.VI
ND727 - ND768
42
ND781 - ND826
46
(1)
ND784 converted To Mk.VI
ND839 - ND882
44
ND895 - ND936
42
ND948 - ND996
49
NE112 - NE151
40
NE163 - NE181
19
400 aircraft ordered
from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Bagington, to contract
Acft/239. Delivered between July 1944 and February 1945.
NF906 - NF939
Mk.I
34
NF952 - NF999
48
NG113 - NG149
37
NG162 - NG206
45
NG218 - NG259
42
(1)
NG234 converted to Mk.III
NG263 - NG308
46
NG321 - NG367
47
NG379 - NG421
43
NG434 - NG469
36
NG482 - NG503
22
100 aircraft ordered
from Austin Motors Ltd., Longbridge Works, Birmingham, to contract Acft/2827.
Delivered between March 1944 and February 1945.
NN694 - NN726
Mk.I
33
(1)
NN723 converted to Mk.III
NN739 - NN786
48
NN798 - NN816
19
(1)
NN801 converted to Mk.VII
100 aircraft ordered
from Austin Motors Ltd., Longbridge Works, Birmingham, to contract Acft/2827.
Delivered between February and November 1945 as 50 Mk.I and 150 Mk.VII.
NX548 - NX589
Mk.I
42
Originally to be designated Mk.VII
(Interim).
NX603 - NX610
8
NX611 - NX648
Mk.VII
38
NX661 - NX703
43
NX715 - NX758
44
NX770 - NX794
25
500 aircraft ordered
from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Chester, to contract Acft/2791. 235 delivered
between June 1944 and September 1945.
PA158 - PA198
Mk.I
41
PA214 - PA239
26
PA252 - PA288
37
PA303 - PA351
49
PA365 - PA396
32
(21)
PA379 - PA396 modified to B.Mk.I (FE);
PA379, PA390, PA394 converted to PR.Mk.1
PA413, PA419, PA427, PA434, PA439 converted
to PR.Mk.1
PA473 - PA478
6
(2)
PA474, PA475 converted to PR.Mk.1
PA479 - PA508
30
PA509
1
PA510 - PA512
3
PA526 - PA563
38
PA579 - PA625
47
PA646 - PA687
42
PA701 - PA737
37
PA752 - PA799
48
PA816 - PA835
20
798 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract Acft/1807, Works Order
8545. 755 Delivered between December 1943 and May 1944 as 224 Mk.I, 33 Mk.I
(Special) and
498 Mk.III. Remaining
43 airframes used for Lancastrians.
PA964 - PA999
Mk.III
36
PB112 - PB158
47
PB171 - PB213
43
(1)
PB179 converted to ASR.Mk.3
PB226 - PB267
42
PB280 - PB308
29
(1)
PB305 converted to ASR.Mk.3
PB341 - PB385
45
PB397 - PB438
42
PB415 built as Mk.I
PB450 - PB490
41
(1)
PB473 converted to ASR.Mk.3
PB504 - PB542
39
(2)
PB529 converted to ASR.Mk.3; later converted
To GR.Mk.3
PB554 - PB596
43
PB592 built as Mk.I (Special)
PB609 - PB653
45
(2)
PB643 - PB647 built as Mk.I ; PB641
converted to ASR.Mk.3; later converted To GR.Mk.3
PB666 - PB708
43
PB671 - PB674, PB686 - PB691, PB695, PB696,
PB703 - PB705, PB708 built as Mk.I
PB721 - PB768
Mk.I
48
PB733, PB758 built as Mk.III
PB780 - PB823
44
PB836 - PB881
46
PB893 - PB936
44
PB923 built as Mk.III
PB949 - PB998
50
PB962 - PB980, PB991 - PB994 built as
Mk.III; PB995 - PB998 built as Mk.I (Special)
(2)
PB968 converted to ASR.Mk.3, later converted
To GR.Mk.3
200 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract Acft/2221, Metro-Vick
G.O. 124000. Delivered between June and December 1944.
PD198 - PD239
Mk.I
42
PD252 - PD296
45
PD309 - PD349
41
PD361 - PD404
44
PD381 Mk.III
PD417 - PD444
28
200 aircraft ordered
from Short Bros. & Harland, Swindon, to contract Acft/3000. Cancelled.
PE251 - PE296
Mk.I
46
PE319 - PE359
41
PE372 - PE416
45
PE428 - PE459
32
PE471 - PE507
37
200 aircraft ordered
from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Castle Bromwich, to contract Acft/1336. 100
delivered between February and August 1945, remainder cancelled.
PP663 - PP695
Mk.I
33
PP713 - PP758
46
PP772 - PP792
21
PP793 - PP806
14
PP820 - PP866
47
PP880 - PP918
39
250 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract Acft/2221, Metro-Vick
G.O. 124184. 121 delivered between December 1944 and April, 1945, remainder
of the contract
395 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Yeadon, to contract Acft/1807, Works Order 8545.
87 delivered between March and June 1945, 15 cancelled and the remainder of
the contract
RE200, RE205 - RE207, RE211, RE217, RE221,
RE222 later converted to GR.Mk.3
RE225 - RE226
2
370 aircraft ordered
from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth
Aircraft Ltd., Bagington, to contract Acft/239. Delivered between February
and May 1945 as 65 Mk.I and 105 Mk.III, the remainder of the
70 aircraft ordered
from Austin Motors Ltd., Longbridge Works, Birmingham, to contract Acft/2827.
30 aircraft delivered between November and December 1945, the remainder of
the contract
37 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract Acft/2221, Metro-Vick
G.O. 124624. Assembled by Avro. Delivered between November and December 1944
SW243 - SW279
Mk.I
37
34 aircraft ordered
from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Whitley, Coventry, to
contract Acft/239. Delivered between May and June 1945 as 2 Mk.I, 18 Mk.I(FE)
and 14 Mk.III.
SW283 - SW296
Mk.III
14
(2)
SW296 converted to Mk.I, later PR.Mk.1
(23)
SW283 - SW295 converted to ASR.Mk.3; SW283 -
SW289, SW293 - SW295 later converted to GR.Mk.3
SW297 - SW316
Mk.I (FE)
20
(2)
SW297 built as Mk.I;
SW297, SW304 conv PR.I
47 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Yeadon, to contract Acft/1807, Works Order 8545.
Delivered between June and September 1945.
SW319, SW320, SW324, SW325, SW327, SW330,
SW334, SW336, SW338, SW34 later converted to GR.Mk.3
SW358 - SW377
20
(29)
SW361 - SW377 converted to ASR.Mk.3; SW362 -
SW370, SW372, SW374, SW377 later converted to GR.Mk.3
280 aircraft ordered
from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Chester, to contract Acft/2791. Cancelled
SX558 - SX589
Mk.I
32
SX605 - SX648
44
SX663 - SX698
36
SX713 - SX759
47
SX772 - SX813
42
SX828 - SX863
36
SX879 - SX921
43
75 aircraft ordered
from Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth
Aircraft Ltd., Bagington & Bitteswell, to contract Acft/239. Delivered
between June 1945 and March 1946.
TW647 - TW671
Mk.I
25
(9)
TW649, TW650, TW666, TW669 converted to
B.Mk.I (FE); TW654, TW658, TW662,
TW665, TW671 converted to PR.Mk.1
TW858 - TW873
16
(2)
TW859, TW868 converted to PR.Mk.1
TW878 - TW911
34
(5)
TW884, TW899, TW901, TW904, TW905 converted
to PR.Mk.1
15 aircraft ordered
from Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd., Manchester, to contract Acft/2221, Metro-Vick
G.O. 124809. Assembled by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Chester and delivered
between June and
August 1945.
TW915 - TW929
Mk.I
15
(10)
TW915 - TW922, TW927, TW928 converted to
B.Mk.I (FE)
19
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Yeadon, to contract Acft/1807,
Works Order 8545. 11 delivered between September and October 1945 as Mk.III,
remainder delivered as Lancastrian
C.IV.
TX263 - TX273
Mk.III
11
(11)
All converted to ASR.Mk.3; TX264, TX265,
TX267, TX268, TX270 - TX273 later converted to GR.Mk.3
150 aircraft ordered
from Austin Motors Ltd., Longbridge Works, Birmingham, to contract Acft/2827.
Cancelled.
Aircraft Either Diverted From RAF Assignments and/or Stocks or Ex-RAF Aircraft Refurbished (In
alphabetical order by country)
Serial
Range
C/n
Type
Batch Qty
Notes
Argentina
15 aircraft reconditioned by A.V. Roe & Co.
Ltd., Langar, Nottinghamshire, for the Argentine Air Force to Works Order SALES 106. Delivered between May, 1948 and January,
1949.
PA378,L7913 - L7922 respectively.
B031 originally serialled O-001 pre October 1948.
B038 converted to transport as TC038 in 1963.
Australia
2 aircraft supplied to the RAAF. To Australia late 1943 and late 1944 respectively. See note 3.
A66-1 - A66-2
Mk.I
2
Ex
ED930, W4783
4 aircraft allocated to the RAAF for research but not taken up.
Mk.III
4
ExPB974, PB992 - PB994
Egypt
9 aircraft reconditioned
by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire, for Egypt to Works Order 1054 . Delivered in between November
1949 and October 1950.
57 aircraft converted to Maritime Reconnaissance standard by A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, for the
French Navy (L’Aeronavale). Delivered as 36 Mk.I and 21Mk.VII between
December 1951 and
October 1953. See Note 4.
WU-01
Mk.VII
1
Ex NX613
WU-02
Mk.I
1
Ex SW297
WU-04
Mk.I
1
Ex RT682
WU-05
Mk.VII
1
Ex NX666
WU-06
Mk.I
1
Ex RT698
WU-07
Mk.I
1
Ex RT699
WU-08 - WU-16
Mk.VII
9
Ex NX703,
NX627, NX633, NX619, NX615, NX665, NX623, NX611, NX622
5
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Manchester, for the Secretariat General a l'Aviation Civile et Commerciale,
France, to Works Order 1670. Delivered between
November 1953 and April 1954.
FCL.01 - FCL.05
1521-1525
Mk.VII
5
Ex
RT693, NX738, RT689, RT673 and RT679 respectively.
Sweden
1 aircraft converted
by Air Service Training Ltd., Hambleas an engine test-bed for the Royal Swedish
Air Force (Flygvapnet), to Avro Works Order 1080. First flew April 1951.
80001
1520
Mk.I
1
ExRA805. Known as Type Tp 80 with the Flygvapnet.
USSR
2
aircraft acquired by the Soviet Navy, left behind in Soviet Union following Operation Paravineto attack the German battleship "Tirpitz" in Altenfjord (Norway).
300 aircraft ordered from Victory Aircraft Ltd., Malton, Ontario, Canada,
to contract BSB.1310 against Mutual Aid Requisition AID-GB-738. Delivered between September 1943 and March 1945.
KB700 - KB999
37001-37300
Mk.X
300
200 aircraft ordered from Victory Aircraft Ltd., Malton,
Ontario, Canada, against Mutual Aid Requisition AID-GB-1-9103A. 130 delivered between April and August 1945, remainder
cancelled.
FM100
- FM229
3301-3430
Mk.X
130
FM230 - FM299
70
Total Production
430
70
Canadian Lancaster Variants - All Aircraft Converted From Lancaster Mk.X Except As Noted
Serials
3 aircraft converted to Mk.10AR by Avro Canada, Malton, Ontario.
One aircraft to BOAC Development Flight, delivered September 1946
G-AGJI
Mk.I
Ex DV379. Returned to military markings December
1946. Fitted with blunt nose and tail fairings.
4 aircraft converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire, for British South
American Airwaysin early 1946. 2 further aircraft not converted.
G-AGUJ
Mk.I
Ex PP689. Fitted with Lancastrian type nose cone
and bulged bomb bay doors. Named 'Star Pilot'.
G-AGUK
Mk.I
Ex
PP688. Fitted with Lancastrian type nose cone and bulged bomb bay doors. Named 'Star Gold'.
G-AGUL
Mk.I
Ex PP690. Fitted with Lancastrian type nose cone
and bulged bomb bay doors. Named 'Star Watch'.
G-AGUM
Mk.I
Ex
PP751. Fitted with Lancastrian type nose cone and bulged bomb bay doors. Named 'Star Ward'.
G-AGUN
Mk.I
Ex
PP744; allocated name 'Star Belle' but not converted. Returned to RAF. Later to G-AHVN.
G-AGUO
Mk.I
Ex
PP746; allocated name 'Star Bright'. Fitted with Lancastrian type nose cone but otherwise not converted. Returned to RAF.
4 aircraft to MoS in April 1946 and loaned to Flight
Refuelling Ltd., Ford, Sussex, for development of in-flight refuelling.
G-AHJT
Mk.I
Ex LL809. Converted at Staverton to a receiver
aircraft.
G-AHJU
Mk.III
Ex
LM681. Converted at Staverton to tanker aircraft Tanker18.
G-AHJV
Mk.III
Ex LM639. Converted at Staverton to a receiver aircraft.
G-AHJW
Mk.III
Ex ED866. Converted at Staverton to tanker aircraft
Tanker 28.
One aircraft to BOAC Development
Flight, delivered in July 1946.
G-AHVN
Mk.I
Ex
G-AGUN; later to Flight Refuelling Ltd. March 1949.
2 aircraft converted to crew trainers for Avro Lancastrians.
G-AJWM
Mk.I
Ex PP741. To BEA June 1947 for training of Alitalia
crews.
G-AKAB
Mk.I
Ex
PP739; to Skyways Ltd. June 1947. Named 'Sky Trainer'.
7 aircraft acquired by Flight Refuelling Ltd., Ford, Sussex, between July 1947 and January 1948 for
development of in-flight refuelling. 4 aircraft used for spares.
G-AKAJ
Mk.I
Ex HK557; used for spares.
G-AKAK
Mk.I
Ex
PP743; used for spares.
G-AKAL
Mk.I
Ex PP742; used for spares.
G-AKAM
Mk.I
Ex
PP734; used for spares.
G-AKDO
XMP
Ex
CF-CMV. Converted at Staverton to tanker aircraft Tanker19.
G-AKDP
XPP
Ex CF-CMY. Used as a fuel transport in Berlin airlift.
G-AKDS
XPP
Ex CF-CNA. Used as a fuel transport in Berlin
airlift.
1 aircraft acquired by the Ministry
of Civil Aviation as G-AKDR, August 1947.
G-AKDR
XPP
Ex
CF-CMZ. Used as a fuel transport in Berlin airlift. Later to Flight Refuelling Ltd as spares.
1 aircraft acquired by Eagle Aviation Ltd. in August
1949 as a source of spares for Avro Yorks
G-ALVC
Mk.VII
Ex
NX726. To Eagle Aviation Ltd, registered for ferry flight only to Luton. Used as a source of spares for airlines Yorks.
4 aircraft to UK Register as vintage warbirds.
G-ASXX
Mk.VII
Ex Aeronovale WU-15. To Malcolm Dudley Norwood
Fisher and William Russell Snadden for the Historical Aviation Preservation Society.
G-BCOH
Mk.10
Ex CF-TQC. To Sir William James Denby Roberts
for the Strathallen Collection.
G-BVBP
Mk.10
Ex
KB994. To Aces High Ltd, North Weald.
G-LANC
Mk.10
Ex
KB889. To Doug Arnold Bitteswll Ltd, Biggen Hill.
Total Conversions(21)
Total Not Converted/Used
For Spares(6)
Canadian Registered
C/n (1)
Intial Registration
Type(2)
Notes
Prototype civil
conversion initiated at Victory Aircraft Ltd., Malton, Ontario, Canada and completed by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. in England
in 1943.
T.C.A.100
CF-CMS
Mk.I Transport
Ex R5727; operated by TCA from January
1943, still as R5727. Returned to UK May 1943 and converted to Mk.I Transport by Avro using parts
supplied
by Victory Aircraft.
2 civil
conversions by Trans Canada Air Lines at Montreal, Canada. Delivered September, 1943.
T.C.A.101
CF-CMT
Mk.X Transport
Ex KB702. Converted to Mk.XPP in December
1945.
T.C.A.102
CF-CMU
Mk.X Transport
Ex KB703
6 civil conversions by Victory Aircraft Ltd., Malton,
Ontario, Canada. Delivered between March, 1944 and August, 1945.
T.C.A.103
CF-CMV
Mk.XMP
Ex KB729. To Trans Canada Air Lines. Converted
to Mk.XPP in December 1945. To Flight Refuelling Ltd as G-AKDO, September 1947.
T.C.A.104
CF-CMW
Mk.XMP
Ex KB730. To Trans Canada Air Lines. Converted
to Mk.XPP in December 1945. To Onzeair Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan as AP-ACM, August 1948.
T.C.A.105
CF-CMX
Mk.XPP
Ex FM184. To Trans Canada Air Lines. To Onzeair
Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan as AP-ACL, August 1948.
T.C.A.106
CF-CMY
Mk.XPP
Ex
FM185. To Trans Canada Air Lines. To Flight Refuelling Ltd as G-AKDP, May 1948.
T.C.A.107
CF-CMZ
Mk.XPP
Ex FM186. To Trans Canada Air Lines. To UK Ministry
of Civil Aviation as G-AKDR, August 1947.
T.C.A.108
CF-CNA
Mk.XPP
Ex
FM187. To Trans Canada Air Lines. To Flight Refuelling Ltd as G-AKDS, August 1947.
6 aircraft converted as noted between 1952 and 1957
CF-GBA
Mk.I
Ex TW870. Converted by Airlift Ltd in April 1952
as a fuel transport for Air Freight Lift Inc. Featured nose fairing fom CF-CMT.
CF-IMF
Mk.10SR
Ex FM222. To Spartan Air Survey in April 1956
.
CF-IMG
Mk.10
Ex
KB907. To Spartan Air Survey in April 1956. Conversion not proceded with.
CF-IMH
Mk.10N
Ex KB909. To Spartan Air Survey in April 1956.
Conversion not proceded with.
CF-KHH
Mk.10MP
Ex
FM208. To World Wide Airways Inc in May 1957.
3aircraft to Canadian Register as vintage warbirds.
CF-NJQ
Mk.10
Ex FM136. To the Lancaster Club Memorial Fund,
December 1960. Civil markings for ferry purposes only and since preserved in Calgary.
CF-TQC
Mk.10SR
Ex KB976. To Alberta Aviation Museum, May 1964.
To Strathallan Collection, Scotland, as G-BCOH, June 1975.
C-GVRA
Mk.10MR
Ex
FM213. To Canadaian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, Ontario, September 1988.
According to King [11]: 'Mk.XMP denotes Mk. Ten Mail Plane. Mk.XPP denotes Mk. Ten Passenger Plane (Some sources
denoted CF-CMS as a Mk.IT and CF-CMT/CF-CMU as Mk.XT, these designations are incorrect and were not used in CGTAS/TAS records'.
Neither aircraft saw active service with the RAAF. Both were used for various War Loan/Victory Loan tours.
There appears to be some room for doubt with the Aeronavale Lancaster serials. Serials given here are
from the Lancaster Archive [6] and repeated in http://www.ffaa.net/aircraft/lancaster/fleet.htm [9], with some modifications
as indicated below. Lancaster Archive gives WU-04 as both RT682 and RT687, both delivered in the same month, where both
Robertson [1] and Air Britain RAF Aircraft Registers [2] have RT687 as going to 1689 Flight then scrapped June 1954 (allowing
for Robertson having mis-typed 1944!). This author believes WU-04/RT687 may have resulted in a mis-transcription of RT682
and inadvetantly being considered a seperate machine. A further, and less understandable, duplication occurs with WU-24.
Two are given by the Lancaster Archive, Robertson and Air Britain RAF Aircraft Registers as B.I PA389, delivered April 1952,
and B.VII NX668, delivered in October 1952. Possibly a replacement aircraft? But further, the Lancaster Archive also gives
B.I PA448 as WU-24, delivered in February 1953, though in this case both Robertson and Air Britain RAF Aircraft Registers
give PA448 as going to the Aeronavale as WU-45. However, the confusion does not stop there, as all three have WU-45 as TW918,
a B.I delivered in October 1953. Finally, although the Lancaster Archive gives TW920 as WU-47 and RA800 as WU-51, these
are given as WU-48 and WU-52 respectively in both Robertson and Air Britain RAF Aircraft Registers, so I consider this likely
to be just a mis-type in the Archive, and are recorded here accordingly. References variously give the total aircraft to the
Aeronavale as 54 or 58; If RT687 were included to the list shown, the total would be 58, or if without RT687 and the three
with unknown Aeronavale serials, the total would be 54. Either, or neither, of these speculations may be the reason for those
figures, or there may be an entirely different reason.
Production References
Lancaster - the
Story of a Famous Bomber, Robertson & Russell (Harleyford Publications, 1964)
Air Britain RAF Aircraft
Register Series, Various Volumes (Air-Britain Publications)
Avro Aircraft Since 1908, A.J. Jackson (Putnam,
1965)
