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Produced Variants

Type 549 Aldershot Mk.I	Four seat, 3 bay biplane long range heavy bomber to meet Specification DofR Type 4B (later Air Ministry Specification 2/20). Tubular steel fuselage with plywood and fabric covering. One 650 h.p. Rolls-Royce Condor III powerplant.
Type 549 Aldershot Mk.II	As Mk.I with lengthened fuselage and 1000 h.p. Napier Cub powerplant.
Type 549 Aldershot Mk.III	Production version featuring the lengthened fuselage of the Mk.II with the Rolls-Royce Condor III powerplant of the Mk.I, along with strengthened undercarriage and additional fuel tanks. Possibly to Specification 10/23, although Avro may have had a new design to this spec [3].
Type 549M	One Mk.III experimentally fitted with a set of steel wings.
Type 549 Aldershot Mk.IV	As Mk.II with 850 h.p. Beardmore Typhoon I powerplant.
Type 561 Andover	Military transport and air ambulance based on the Aldershot with new passenger fuselage to meet Specification 29/23. One 650 h.p. Rolls-Royce Condor III powerplant.
Type 563 Andover	12 passenger civil variant of Type 561.

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Type 549 Aldershot

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Serial Range	C/n	Type	Batch Qty	Conv.	Canc'd	Notes
2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 324861/20. Built at Manchester but erected at Hamble. Delivered in January and August 1922.
J6852 - J6853		Mk.I	2			J6852 converted to the sole Aldershot Mk.II, later converted to the sole Aldershot Mk.IV
1 aircraft converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants. First flew in December 1922.
(J6852)		Mk.II		(1)		Mk.I J6852 converted to the sole Aldershot Mk.II.
3 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants, to contract 369334/22. Built at Manchester but erected at Hamble. Delivered between March and August 1924.
J6942 - J6944		Mk.III	3
12 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants, to contract 375620/22. Built at Manchester but erected at Hamble. Delivered between June and December 1924.
J6945 - J6956		Mk.III	12			J6952 converted to the sole Type 549M in March 1925.
1 aircraft converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants. First flew in January, 1927.
(J6852)		Mk.IV		(1)		Mk.I J6852 converted to the sole Aldershot Mk.IV.
	Total Production		17	(2)

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Type 561 Andover

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Serial Range	C/n	Batch Qty	Conv.	Canc'd	Notes
3 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 458918/23. First flew early 1924.
J7261 - J7263		3
	Total Production	3

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Type 563 Andover

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C/n	Initial Registration	Notes
1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester. First flew early 1925.
5097	G-EBKW	Built to Air Ministry order. Leased to Imperial Airways Ltd. for cross-ehannel proving flights, but did not go into airline service. To RAF as J7264.
Total Production   1

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