& LANCASTER
The Avro Manchester
was a twin engined bomber built to
a RAF specification for a new generation of twin-engined
medium bombers. Unfortunately the Rolls-Royce Vulture
engine used had been rushed into production and proved
extremely unreliable. About 200 examples of the Manchester
were built and all were withdrawn by 1942.
Avro had a new version
of the aircraft on the drawing boards
using four examples of the now proven Rolls-Royce Merlin
engine and this aircraft first flew in 1941 as the Lancaster.
(Surviving Manchesters were re-built as Lancasters.)
The Lancaster proved
very successful and was the mainstay
of RAF Bomber Command, with over 7,700 being built, including
400 odd in Canada.
The CD includes the flight
manuals (titled Pilot's Notes) for
the Avro Manchester and Lancaster, has been scanned
from
the original flight manuals and retains any colour pages.
This CD contains:
1. RAF Pilot's
Notes for the Manchester I, AP 1600A-PN dated
August 1940.
2. RAF Pilot's Notes for the Lancaster
I, AP 2062A-PN dated
March 1942.
3. RAF Pilot's
Notes for the Lancaster I, III, X, AP 2062A,B,C-PN
dated May 1944.
EO 05-25A-1 dated 10-6-53, revised to 27-4-55.
| CD TITLE | LANCASTER |
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