A.V. Roe & Co Ltd - Chadderton
Avro Type 683 – Lancaster B I and B III. Serial Numbers PA964-PA999, PB112-PB158, PB171-PB213, PB226-PB267, PB280-PB308, PB341-PB385, PB397-PB438, PB450-PB490, PB504-PB542, PB554-PB596, PB609-PB653, PB666-PB708, PB721-PB768, PB780-PB823, PB836-PB899, PB900-PB936, PB949-PB994.
The ninth production batch of 723 aircraft, built by A.V. Roe & Co Ltd under Contract # 1807 in three parts.
Missing PB404 & PB414
Part 1.
B I’s (1): Serial PB592
B III’s (540): Serial PA964-PA999, PB112-PB158, PB171-PB213, PB226-PB267, PB280-PB308, PB341-PB385, PB397-PB438, PB450-PB490, PB504-PB542, PB554-PB596, PB609-PB642
Deliveries commenced May 1944 and completed Sep 1944
Part 2.
B I’s (111): Serial PB643-PB647, PB671-PB674, PB686-PB692, PB695-PB696, PB703-PB705, PB708, PB721-PB727, PB730-PB732, PB734-PB757, PB759-PB768, PB780-PB823, PB836-PB881, PB893-PB922, PB924-PB959, PB961
B III’s (38): Serial PB648-PB653, PB666-PB670, PB675-PB685, PB693-PB694, PB697-PB702, PB706-PB707, PB728-PB729, PB733, PB758, PB923, PB960
Deliveries commenced Oct 1944 and completed Mar 1945
Part 3.
B I’s (14): Serial PB981-PB994
B III’s (19): Serial PB962-PB980
Deliveries commenced Feb 1945 and completed Mar 1945
Most aircraft initially installed with Merlin 38 engines.
A.V. Roe produced the major components at Chadderton, with assembly and flight testing being undertaken at Avro Woodford. The Avro factory at Yeadon, Yorkshire, both built and flew the aircraft at that site.
