Avro 679 Manchester je bil britanski dvomotorni težki bombnik, ki ga je razvil Avro med 2. svetovno vojno. Uporabljali sta ga Kraljeve letalske sile (RAF) in Kraljeve kanadske letalske sile (RCAF). Posebnost Manchestra je, da je za pogon uporabljal X-motorja in sicer dva 24-valjna Rolls-Royce Vulture. Kljub 1760 konjskim silam vsak, sta bila motorja za to letalo prešibka in nezanesljiva. Manchester je imel bombni tovor slabih pet ton, kar je bilo sorazmerno veliko za dvomotorni bombnik tistega časa. Proizvodnja Manchestra je trajala samo dve leti in obsegala okrog 200 letal. Je bil Manchester predhodnik zelo uspešnega Avro Lancastra.
Specifikacije (Manchester Mk I)
Glej tudi Avro Lancaster Handley Page Halifax Vickers Warwick Heinkel He 177 Seznam bombnikov druge svetovne vojne Seznam bombnikov
Sklici
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Zunanje povezave
Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary - Avro Manchester History, Specifications and Pictures of the Avro Manchester Painting of a Avro Manchester of the Royal Air Force Museum collection The Lancaster & Manchester Bomber Archive 1941 British Pathe news report on the newly introduced Avro Manchester "Avro Manchester" a 1942 Flight article
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