Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign
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Produced Variants Ensign Mk.I | Four-engined monoplane airliner of all metal construction. 850 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IXC powerplants.
Western Type |
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with
seating for 40 pax for European routes, Eastern Type accomodating 27 pax by day, 20 by night in sleeping berths. |
Ensign
Mk.II | As Mk.I with four 950 h.p. Wright GR-1820-G102A Cyclone powerplants. |
C/n | Initial Registration | Type | Notes | 12 aircraft ordered from
Armstrong Whitworth and assembled at Air Service Training, Hamble. Delivered between October 1938 and October 1939 |
1156 | G-ADSR | Mk.I | To Imperial
Airways as Ensign. Later conv. to Mk.II (see note 1) | 1157 | G-ADSS | Mk.I | To Imperial Airways as Egeria. Regd
Nov 1937 to Indian Trans-Continental Airways Ltd, Karachi, as VT-AJE, but ntu. Later conv. to Mk.II (see
note 1). | 1158 |
G-ADST | Mk.I |
To
Imperial Airways as Elsinore. Later conv. to Mk.II (see note 1) | 1159 | G-ADSU | Mk.I | To Imperial
Airways as Euterpe. Regd Nov 1937 to Indian Trans-Continental Airways Ltd, Karachi, as VT-AJF, but ntu. Later conv.
to Mk.II (note 1). | 1160 |
G-ADSV | Mk.I |
To
Imperial Airways as Explorer. Later conv. to Mk.II (see note 1) | 1161 | G-ADSW | Mk.I | To Imperial
Airways as Eddystone. Later conv. to Mk.II (see note 1) | 1162 | G-ADSX | Mk.I | To Imperial Airways as Ettrick. |
1163 | G-ADSY | Mk.I | To Imperial
Airways as Empyrean. Later conv. to Mk.II (see note 1) | 1164 | G-ADSZ | Mk.I | To Imperial Airways as Elysian. |
1165 | G-ADTA | Mk.I | To Imperial
Airways as Euryalus.. Regd Nov 1937 to Indian Trans-Continental Airways Ltd, Karachi, as VT-AJG, but ntu. |
1166 | G-ADTB | Mk.I | To Imperial
Airways as Echo. Later conv. to Mk.II (see note 1) | 1167 | G-ADTC | Mk.I | To Imperial Airways as Endymion. Regd
Nov 1937 to Indian Trans-Continental Airways Ltd, Karachi, as VT-AJH, but ntu. | 2 aircraft ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Whitley. Delivered between
June and October 1941 | 1821 |
G-AFZU | Mk.II |
Originally
allocated G-ADTE. To Imperial Airways as Everest. |
1822 | G-AFZV | Mk.II | Originally allocated G-ADTD To Imperial
Airways as Enterprise. | Total Production 14 |
Type |
Built New |
Conv. |
Canc'd |
Total |
Ensign Mk.I |
12 |
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12 |
Ensign Mk.II |
2 |
(8) |
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10 |
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14 |
(8) |
0 |
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Notes - The eight surviving Ensigns
were modified to Mk.II standard by BOAC at RAF Bramcote, between October 1940 and early 1943.
Production References Armstrong
Whitworth Aircraft Since 1913, Oliver Tapper (Putnam, 1973)
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