Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
Avro Type 683 – Lancaster B II. Serial Numbers LL617-LL653, LL666-LL704 and LL716-LL739
The second production batch of 100 aircraft ordered from Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd as the second part of Contract No. 239/SAS/C4(C), and built at Whitley, Coventry. All Powered by Bristol Hercules XVI radial engines.
Deliveries commenced Oct 1943 and completed Mar 1944
10 Lancaster 1's (to LM310) and 340 Mk 111s (remainder) delivered between November 1942 and October 1944 by Avro Yeadon
44 Lancaster 1's and 156 Lancaster 111's delivered between October 1944 and March 1945 by Avro Yeadon and Woodford