Avro 566 Avenger I and 567 Avenger II
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Produced Variants Type 566 Avenger
| Single seat biplane fighter
with unequal span wings. Private venture to meet Specification 21/23. Possibly also
a late submission to Specification 7/24. 525 h.p. Napier Lion VIII powerplant. | Type
567 Avenger II | Type 566 with equal span wings and streamlined interplane struts. 553 h.p. Napier
Lion IX powerplant. |
Projected Variants
Type 569 | As Type
566 with wings of RAF 30 section | Type 583 | As Type 566 with 570 h.p. Napier Lion XI powerplant. | Type 602 | Extensively modified Type 566. |
C/n | Initial Registration | Notes | 1 aircraft built as the Type
566 Avenger by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants. First flew June 1926. | 5109 | G-EBND | Converted to Type 567 Avenger II in May
1928. | Total Production 1 |
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