For a description of the format and data included in
Production Tables, see here.
U.K. Produced Variants
Type 142 'Britain First'
Six passenger, two crew, low wing all metal high speed transport.
Two 650 h.p. Bristol Mercury VIS2 powerplants.
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.I
Three crew light bomber development
of the Type 142 to Specification 28/35 to meet the requirements of OR.26, with the wing moved from a low-wing to a mid-wing
position, allowing room under the main spar for a bomb bay, a dorsal gun position and a new nose design with a stepless
cockpit transparency. Two 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury VIII powerplants. Production also undertaken by A.V. Roe to Specification
2/37 and Rootes Securities Ltd to Specification 33/36.
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.IF
Long range fighter development of the Mk.I featuring
a pack under the fuselage for four .303 in Browning machine guns.
Type 142M Blenheim II
As
Blenheim Mk.I but featuring the additional outer wing tanks of the Mk.IV.
Type 143
Six passenger, two crew, low
wing high speed transport to Specification 14/37, featuring 70% commonality of components with the tpe 142, but with reduced
performance. Two 500 h.p. Bristol Aquilla I powerplants.
Type 149 Bolingbroke
Mk.I
General reconnaissance and coastal bomber, initially
to Specification G.24/35 to meet the requirements of OR.25, later to Specification 11/36 to meet the requirements of OR.39;
minimal change from the Type 142M Blenheim Mk.I but featuring a 3ft extended nose and extra fuel tanks in the outer wings.
Two 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury VIII powerplants. Production of the Bolingbroke was also proposed for Australia to
Specification 10/37, but this was cancelled and replaced by the Beaufort.
Type 149 Blenheim Mk.IV
Light bomber development of the Type 149 Bolingbroke Mk.I featuring the same extra fuel tanks in the outer wings
and increased fuselage length but with the pilots position moved back to that of the Mk.I, giving a more traditional stepped
cockpit. Two 920 h.p. Bristol Mercury XV powerplants. Production also undertaken by Rootes Securities Ltd to Specification
34/36.
Type 149 Blenheim Mk.IVF
Long range fighter development of the Mk.IV
featuring a pack under the fuselage for four .303 in Browning machine guns.
Type 149CS Bisley Mk.I
Iniial
designation of Type 160 Blenheim V in close support configuration.
Type 149HA Bisley Mk.I
Iniial
designation of Type 160 Blenheim in medium to high level bomber configuration.
Type 160 Blenheim Mk.V
Originally
named Bisley and proposed in two versions: a medium to high level bomber, or low altitude close support machine, both
to Specification B.6/40 to meet the requirements of OR.83. Based on the Type 149 Mk.IV featuring either a a glazed nose
or a solid nose with four .303 machine guns and extensive armour plating. Two 950 h.p. Bristol Mercury 25 or 30 powerplants.
Canadian Produced Variants
Bolingbroke Mk.I
As Blenheim Mk.IV with two 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury XIII powerplants.
Bolingbroke Mk.II
As Bolingbroke Mk.I with American equipment and instruments.
Bolingbroke Mk.III
Bolingbroke Mk.I converted to floatplane. Two 920 h.p. Bristol
Mercury XV powerplants (later machines fitted with Mercury XX).
Bolingbroke Mk.IV
Bolingbroke
Mk.II fitted with two 920 h.p. Bristol Mercury XV powerplants.
Bolingbroke Mk.IV-C
Bolingbroke
Mk.IV fitted with two 850 h.p. Wright Cyclone G3B powerplants.
Bolingbroke Mk.IV-T
Navigation and Gunnery training
version of Bolingbroke Mk.IV, with a Boulton Paul dorsal turret replacing the standard Bristol one.
Bolingbroke Mk.IV-W
Bolingbroke
Mk.IV fitted with two 825 h.p. Pratt & Whitney SB4-G Twin Wasp Junior powerplants.
Projected Variants
Type 143F
A convertible version of the Type 143 with interchangeable
nose and rear fuselage sections enabling it to perform a variety of roles, to meet a Finnish government requirement Two
Bristol Mercury VI powerplants.
Type 149
General reconnaissance and coastal
bomber to Specification G.24/35 to meet the requirements of OR.25, featuring a wider fuselage. Two Bristol Aquilla powerplants.
Eventually developed into the Type 152.
Type 149 Blenheim Mk.III
As Blenheim Mk.IV but without the additional outer wing tanks.
Type 142 prototype presented the Air Council
under contract 419009/35 in July 1935.
K7557
7838
Type 142
(1)
150
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 435061/35. Delivered between January 1937 and January
1938.
K7033 - K7182
7986-8135
Mk.I
150
See note 1
18
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), to contract 500/36.
Delivered between July 1937 and July 1938.
BL104 - BL121
8137-8154
Mk.I
18
12
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Delivered between
October 1937 and June 1938.
134
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, as Bolingbroke Mk.I, but cancelled and replaced by an equal number
of Blenheim Mk.IV and all serial numbers
reallocated.
L1531 - L1546
8168-8183
Bolingbroke
16
L4817 - L4834
8184-8201
18
L4835 - L4902
8202-8269
68
L4903 - L4934
8270-8301
32
450
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contracts 527111/36 and 529181/36. Delivered between February
1938 and March 1939.
L1097 - L1546
8380-8829
Mk.I
450
L1222 was fitted with extra fuel tanks and
was effectively a Mk.II.
L1431 to South Africa.
2 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
the Yugoslav Royal Air Force (Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno
Vazduhoplovstuo). Delivered in November 1937.
1, 2
8814-8815
Mk.I
2
Ferry flight regns G-AFCE, 'CF; Pattern
aircraft for Yugoslav production
118
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 529181/36. Delivered as 50 Mk.I and 68 Mk.IV between
March and July 1939.
L4817 - L4834
8830-8847
Mk.I
18
L4835 - L4902
8850-8917
Mk.IV
68
L4903 - L4934
8918-8949
Mk.I
32
250
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd, Chadderton, Lancs., to contract 588371/36. Delivered between August
1938 and March 1940.
L6594 - L6843
Mk.I
250
250
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 551920/37. Delivered between November 1938 and August 1939.
L8362 - L8407
Mk.I
46
L8433 - L8482
50
L8500 - L8549
50
L8597 - L8632
36
L8652 - L8701
50
L8714 - L8731
18
130
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 551920/37. Delivered between September and November 1939.
L8732 - L8761
Mk.IV
30
L8776 - L8800
25
L8827 - L8876
50
L9020 - L9044
25
18
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Turkish Air Force. Delivered between November 1938 and
February 1939.
2513 - 2530
9222-9239
Mk.I
18
Ferry flight regns G-AFLA-'LS
220
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 569202/36. Delivered between November 1939 and March 1940.
L9170 - L9218
Mk.IV
49
Built as Mk.I but modified to Mk.IV before
delivery.
L9237 - L9273
37
Built as Mk.I but modified to Mk.IV before
delivery.
L9294 - L9342
49
L9375 - L9422
48
L9446 - L9482
37
100
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd, Chadderton, Lancs., to contract 588371/36. Delivered between March
and June 1940.
N3522 - N3545
Mk.IV
24
N3551 - N3575
25
N3578 - N3604
27
N3608 - N3631
24
100
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 774679/38. Delivered between April and August 1939.
N6140 - N6174
9240-9274
Mk.IV
35
N6176 - N6220
9275-9319
45
N6223 - N6242
9320-9339
20
70
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 774679/38. 6
diverted to Grece, remainder delivered between August and October 1939.
P4825 - P4864
9340-9379
Mk.IV
40
P4898 - P4927
9380-9409
24
P4910, P4911, P4915, P4916, P4921, P4922
diverted to Greece.
62
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 774679/38. 6
diverted to Grece, remainder delivered between September 1939 and January
1940.
P6885 - P6934
9410-9459
44
P6891, P6892, P6897, P6898, P6903,
P6904 diverted to Greece.
P6950 - P6961
9460-9471
12
12
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF)
(Ἑλληνικὴ
Βασιλικὴ
Ἀεροπορία, Ellinikí Vasilikí
Aeroporía). Delivered between
255
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd, Chadderton, Lancs., to contract 588371/36. 30 delivered between June
and July 1940, the remainder cancelled.
R2770 - R2799
Mk.IV
30
R2800 - R2805
6
R2825 - R2864
40
R2877 - R2926
50
R2939 - R2963
25
R2995 - R3040
46
R3076 - R3128
53
R3140 - R3144
5
250
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 1485/39. Delivered between March and June 1940.
R3590 - R3639
Mk.IV
50
R3660 - R3709
50
R3730 - R3779
50
R3800 - R3849
50
R3870 - R3919
50
400
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 1485/39. Delivered between June and October 1940.
T1793 - T1832
Mk.IV
40
T1848 - T1897
50
T1921 - T1960
40
T1985 - T2004
20
T2031 - T2080
50
T2112 - T2141
30
T2161 - T2190
30
T2216 - T2255
40
T2273 - T2292
20
T2318 - T2357
40
T2381 - T2400
20
T2425 - T2444
20
800
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 1485/39. Delivered between October 1940 and May 1941.
V5370 - V5399
Mk.IV
30
V5420 - V5469
50
V5490 - V5539
50
V5560 - V5599
40
V5620 - V5659
40
V5680 - V5699
20
V5720 - V5769
50
V5790 - V5829
40
V5850 - V5899
50
V5920 - V5969
50
V5990 - V6039
50
V6060 - V6099
40
V6120 - V6149
30
V6170 - V6199
30
V6220 - V6269
50
V6290 - V6339
50
V6360 - V6399
40
V6420 - V6469
50
V6490 - V6529
40
420
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd, Chadderton, Lancs., to contract B.119994/40. Delivered between July
1940 and May 1941.
Z5721 - Z5770
Mk.IV
50
Z5794 - Z5818
25
Z5860 - Z5909
50
Z5947 - Z5991
45
Z6021 - Z6050
30
Z6070 - Z6104
35
Z6144 - Z6193
50
Z6239 - Z6283
45
Z6333 - Z6382
50
Z6416 - Z6455
40
600
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to
contract 1485/39. 430 delivered between May and November, 1941, remainder
cancelled.
Z7271 - Z7320
Mk.IV
50
Z7340 - Z7374
35
Z7406 - Z7455
50
Z7483 - Z7522
40
Z7577 - Z7596
20
Z7610 - Z7654
45
Z7678 - Z7712
35
Z7754 - Z7803
50
Z7841 - Z7860
20
Z7879 - Z7928
50
Z7958 - Z7992
35
Z7993 - Z8002
10
Z8050 - Z8099
50
Z8143 - Z8167
25
Z8202 - Z8236
35
Z8274 - Z8323
50
400
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd, Chadderton, Lancs., to contract B.119994/40. 200 delivered between
May and October, 1941, remainder cancelled.
Z9533 - Z9552
Mk.IV
20
Z9572 - Z9621
50
Z9647 - Z9681
35
Z9706 - Z9755
50
Z9792 - Z9836
45
Z9886 - Z9935
50
Z9949 - Z9978
30
AA100 - AA144
45
AA178 - AA202
25
AA224 - AA273
50
2 aircraft
ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to contract
124276/40. Cancelled and replaced by DJ702 and DJ707.
AA276, AA279
Mk.V
2
2 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 69296/40. First flew February 1941.
AD657
9874
Type 149CS
1
Originally designated
Bisley Mk.I.
AD661
9875
Type 149HA
1
Originally designated
Bisley Mk.I.
5 aircraft
ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to contract
1485/39 as replacement aircraft. No record of delivery; presumed cancelled.
AE449 - AE453
Mk.IV
5
L1431
re-serialed after its returm from South Africa.
AX683
Mk.I
780
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs.
(approx. 50 aircraft), and Blythe Bridge, Staffs., to contract 1485/39.
Delivered between October 1940 and May 1941.
AZ861 - AZ905
Mk.V
45
AZ922 - AZ971
50
AZ984 - AZ999
16
BA100 - BA118
19
BA133 - BA172
40
BA191 - BA215
25
BA228 - BA262
35
BA287 - BA336
50
BA365 - BA409
45
BA424 - BA458
35
BA471 - BA505
35
BA522 - BA546
25
BA575 - BA624
50
BA647 - BA691
45
BA708 - BA757
50
BA780 - BA829
50
BA844 - BA888
45
BA907 - BA951
45
BA978 - BB102
25
BB135 - BB184
50
375
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd, Chadderton, Lancs., to contract B.119994/40. Cancelled.
BE720 - BE769
Mk.IV
50
BE782 - BE816
35
BE834 - BE883
50
BE897 - B5941
45
BE955 - BE994
40
BF109 - BF138
30
BF152 - BF186
35
BE199 - BF248
50
BF264 - BF303
40
2 aircraft
ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Speke, Liverpool, Lancs, to contract
124276/40. Delivered in September 1941.
DJ702, DJ707
Mk.V
2
415
aircraft ordered from Rootes Securities Ltd., Blythe Bridge, Staffs., to
contract 1485/39. 160 delivered between December 1942 and June 1943,
remainder cancelled.
Aircraft Either Delivered Directly or Ex-RAF Aircraft Refurbished, Except as Noted (In alphabetical order by country)
Serial Range
C/n
Type
Qty
Notes
Finland
18
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), to contract 500/36.
Delivered between July
1937 and July 1938.
BL104 - BL121
8137-8154
Mk.I
18
I Series. Ferry serials OH-IBA - OH-IBR.
12 aircraft supplied to
the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) from RAF stock. Delivered in January 1940.
BL122- BL133
Mk.IV
12
III Series. Ex RAF L9025, L9026, L9028,
L9195 - L9203. Ferry serials OH-IPA - OH-IPL
12 aircraft supplied to
the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) from RAF stock. Delivered in February
1940.
BL134 - BL145
Mk.I
12
IV Series. Ex RAF L1345, L1347, L1354, L1362
+8. Ferry serials OH-IPA - OH-IPL
France
31
aircraft supplied to the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (FAFL, Free
French Air Force) from RAF stock. Delivered between August 1940 and November
1943.
Initial 12 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF)
(Ἑλληνικὴ
Βασιλικὴ
Ἀεροπορία, Ellinikí
Vasilikí Aeroporía). Delivered between
October 1939 and February 1940.
6 aircraft supplied to
the Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF)
(Ἑλληνικὴ
Βασιλικὴ
Ἀεροπορία, Ellinikí Vasilikí
Aeroporía) from RAF stock. Delivered in April 1941.
B.263 - B.268
Mk.I
6
Ex RAF L6658, L6670, L8384, L8385 +2. Serial
order unknown.
Portugal
13
aircraft handed over to Portugal as as result of the Azores treaty, one in
July 1941 (Z7366, force landed near Faro and interned), one in November 1942,
the
remainder in September 1943. All supplied to
the Portuguese Air Force (Aeronáutica Militar).
Ex RAF AZ986, AZ987, BA826 (serial order
unknown).
12 aircraft handed over to Portugal as as result of the
Azores treaty between September and November 1943. Supplied to the Portuguese
Navy (Aviação Naval)
Later
transferred to the Air Force.
B-1 - B-12
Mk.IV
12
Ex RAF R2775, V5429, V5434, Z5760, Z5762,
Z6030, N3600, R3623, V5729, Z6431, Z5736 and Z6035.
Romania
39
aircraft supplied to the Fortele Aeriene Regale ale Romanici (FARR, Royal
Romanian Air Force) from RAF stock. Delivered between May and June 1939.
BA925, EH320, E326, EH341, EH372 +1 (serial
order unknown).
USA
4
aircraft supplied to the USAAC from RAF stock. Delivered in October 1943.
Mk.IV
4
BB179, EH347, EH443, EH458. All retained RAF
serials.
Yugoslavia
Initial 2 aircraft ordered from the Bristol
Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for the Yugoslav Royal Air
Force (Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno
Vazduhoplovstuo) as pattern aircraft for
local production. Delivered in November 1937.
1 - 2
8814-8815
Mk.I
2
Ferry flight regns G-AFCE, G-AFCF
20 aircraft supplied to
the Yugoslav Royal Air Force (Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno Vazduhoplovstuo)
from RAF stock. Delivered in February 1940.
43 - 62
Mk.I
20
Ex RAF L6813, L6814, L6817 - L6834;
See table for ferry registrations.
60
aircraft ordered from Valtion Lentokonetehdas, Tampere, Finland, for the
Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat). Delivered between June 1941 and April 1944.
40
aircraft ordered from Ikarus A.D., Zemun, Beograd, Yugoslavia, for the
Yugoslav Royal Air Force (Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno Vazduhoplovstuo).
Delivered between March 1939 and April 1941.
Only 6
completed.
3 - 42
Mk.II
6
34
24 destroyed while partially built, 10 not
built..
Total Production By Type and Mark, All Manufacturers (excl Canada)
Total Canadian Bolingbroke Production By Mark
Type
Built New
Conv.
Canc'd
Total
Type
Built New
Conv.
Canc'd
Total
Type 142
'Britain First'
1
1
Bolingbroke Mk.I
17
17
Type 143
1
1
Bolingbroke Mk.II
(1)
1
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.I
1206
34
1240
Bolingbroke Mk.III
1
1
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.II
45
(1)
46
Bolingbroke Mk.IV
135
135
Type 149 Bolingbroke Mk.I
(1)
134
135
Bolingbroke Mk.IV-C
1
1
Type 149 Blenheim Mk.IV
3302
980
4282
Bolingbroke Mk.IV-T
507
507
Type 149CS Bisley Mk.I
1
1
Bolingbroke Mk.IV-W
15
15
Type 149HA Bisley Mk.I
1
1
676
(1)
0
Type 160 Blenheim Mk.V
942
257
1199
5499
(2)
1405
UK Blenheim Production By Mark and Manufacturer
Non-UK Blenheim Production By Mark and Manufacturer
Type
Bristol
Avro
Rootes
Total
Type
Ikarus
Valtion
Total
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.I
700
250
250
1200
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.I
6
6
Type 149 Blenheim Mk.IV
312
750
2230
3292
Type 142M Blenheim Mk.II
45
45
Type 149CS Bisley Mk.I
1
1
Type 149 Blenheim Mk.IV
10
10
Type 149HA Bisley Mk.I
1
1
6
55
61
Type 160 Blenheim Mk.V
942
942
1014
1000
3422
5436
Aircraft Supplied to Foreign Air Arms
Country
Mk.I
Mk.IV
Mk.V
Total
Finland
30
12
42
France
24
7
31
Greece
6
12
18
Portugal
22
3
25
Romania
52
52
Turkey
43
19
62
USA
4
4
Yugoslavia
22
22
153
74
29
256
Notes
K7072 (c/n 8025) was
converted to the prototype Bolingbroke Mk.I, later Blenheim Mk.IV. Shipped to Canada late in 1940 as a pattern aircraft for
the Bolingbroke. RCAF srial 701 reserved but apparently never carried.
Although diverted from an RAF
contract and already possessing c/n's, these apparently received new c/n's for export.
Production References
Bristol Aircraft
Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
Bristol Blenheim, Chaz Bowyer (Ian Allan, 1984)
Air Britain RAF Aircraft Register Series, Various Volumes (Air-Britain Publications)
Air Enthusiast Quarterly
No 16
Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 54
RAF Contracts - Air Britain Aeromilitaria, various issues
RAF Contract Cards, held by the Air Historical Branch of the RAF and retained at the RAF Museum, Hendon.
Hungarian
Eagles the Hungarian Air Forces 1920-1945, Gyula Sarhidai; Viktor Kozlik; Gyorgy Punka (Hikoki Publications / Howell
Press, 1999)
