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Avro 626 and Variants

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Produced Variants

Type 626
 
3 seat, multi-purpose variant of the Type 621. 215 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC or 270 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley
Cheetah V powerplants.
Type 626 Prefect 2 seat navigation trainer variant of Type 626 to meet Specification 32/34. 215 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC powerplant.
Type 637 Lightly armed frontier patrol variant. 270 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah V powerplant.

Foreign Produced Variants

Czechoslovakia - Ringhoffer–Tatra Ltd, Studenka

Tatra T-126
Licence built 626, manufactured in Czechoslovakia; two versions were planned, one with 355 h.p. Avia Rk. 17 and an export version for Turkey and the Balkans with 270 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah V powerplant.


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Type 626 & Prefect - UK Built

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Type 626
Serial Range /
Initial Registration
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in November 1930.
 G-ABGG  476  1      Demonstrator, retained by A.V. Roe. Originally flew under Class 'B' conditions as K-7.
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in October 1930.
 G-ABFM  478  1      Demonstrator, registered to A.V. Roe. To Argentine military, September 1931.
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in March 1931.
 G-ABJG  496  1      Demonstrator. Retained by A.V. Roe. Used to develop the configuration of the Type 637, with 'B' condition serial K-10.
 9 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Kwangsi Air Force. Delivered in 1932.
   517-521  5      One machine serialed 105
   571-574  4      
 15 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, for the Argentinian Military Aviation Service (Servicio de Aviacion Militar). Delivered in 1931.
 1  478    (1)    Demonstrator G-ABFM to Argentinian Military Aviation Service.
 2 - 15  536-549  14      
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in October 1931.
 G-ABRK  553  1      Demonstrator, retained by A.V. Roe. To the Earl of Amherst, July 1932.
 5 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, for the Chinese Central Government, Nanking. Delivered between June 1932 and October 1933.
   569 - 571,  620, 634  5      Delivered via To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong, with temporay Hong Kong registrations
           VR-HAU, 'AW, 'BX, 'BZ and 'CA.
 1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, for the Far East Flying Training School. Delivered in March 1934.
 VR-HCO  573  1      To Chinese Central Government, Nanking, in November 1934.
 4 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Estonian Air Defense Force (Eesti Õhukaitse). Delivered in 1932
 141 - 144  593, 595, 596, 594  4      Supplied with interchangeable float undercarriages. A.S. Lynx powerplant.
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in July 1932.
 G-ABYM  622  1      To Air Service Training Ltd.
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in April 1933.
 G-ACFZ  643  1      Seaplane demonstrator. To Brazil, September 1936.
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in October 1931.
 G-ACFW  648  1      Demonstrator, retained by A.V. Roe.
 10 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, by the U.K. Government and supplied to the Egyptian Army Air Force. Delivered in November 1933.
 J300 - J309  668-677  10      
 16 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Egyptian Army Air Force. Delivered in 1934.
 J310 - J312  680, 695, 793  3      
 J320 - J331  761-770, 799, 942  12      
 J328  950  1      Replacement aircraft for original J328, c/n 769.
 4 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the  Irish Army Air Corps. Delivered April, 1934
 A.10 - A.13  687-690  4      
 2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Lithuanian Military Aviation (Lithuanian Karo Aviacijos). Delivered in 1937.
 703, 796(?)  703, 796(?)  2      See note 2.
 12 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Belgian Air Force (L'Aeronautique Militaire Belge). Delivered in 1935
 A-1 - A-12  783-790, 822-825  12      
 4 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 36122/34 for the Royl New Zealand Air Force. Delivered September, 1935
 NZ201 - NZ204  809-812  4      
 20 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile). Deivered in 1935.
 1 - 20  828-847  20      
 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath in July 1935.
 G-ADKZ  862  1      To Czechoslovakia (Presumably as pattern a/c for Tata)
 1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Austrian Air Force (OsterreichischeLuftstreitkrafte). Delivered late 1935.
 055  868  1      Ferry registration G-ADUJ.
 14 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Portuguese Army Air Service (Arma da Aeronautica Militar Portuguesa). Delivered in 1936.
   869, 890, 996-1007  14      
 6 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Austrian Air Force (OsterreichischeLuftstreitkrafte). Delivered between late 1936 and mid 1937.
 056 - 058  923 - 925  3      See note 1. Ferry registrations G-AEGA, 'GB, 'GC respectively.
 523 - 525  982 - 984  3      Ferry registrations G-AEVI, 'VJ, 'VK respectively.
 3 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Delivered between October and November, 1937.
 225 - 227  927-929  3      
 21 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Royal Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Vassiliki Aeroporia). Delivered in 1936.
 p1 - p21  930-938, 1099-1110  21      
 15 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Brazilian Air Force (Aviacao Militar). Delivered in 1937.
 1 - 15  952-966  15      
 9 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Delivered in 1939.
 266 - 274  1070-1078  9      
 2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Lithuanian Military Aviation (Lithuanian Karo Aviacijos). Delivered in 1939.
 901, 902  1089-1090  2      
 12 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Portuguese Naval Air Arm (Forcas Aereas da Armada Portuguesa). Delivered in 1939.
   1091-1098, 1123-1126  12      
 1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to Works Order 21050 for the Egyptian Air Force. Delivered in April, 1940.
 J332  1152  1      
 
Total Production
193
(1)
 
 

Prefect

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Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
 7 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 368655/34. Delivered between June and July, 1935.
 K5063 - K5069    7      
 
Total Production
7
 
 
 



Type 626 – Non-UK Built

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Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
 17 aircraft ordered from OGMA (Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronáutico) for the Portugese Army Air Service (Arma da Aeronautica Militar Portuguesa). Delivered in 1938.
     17      
 
Total Production
17
 
 
 



Type 626 and Prefect Civil Conversions

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C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
   G-AHRZ  Ex K6069. To Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd, May 1946.
 R3/MT/9979  G-AHVO  Ex K6066. To Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd, June 1946.
   ZK-APC  Ex NZ203. To J. Frogley, May 1947.
Total Conversions   (3)



Type 637

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Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
 8 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Kwangsi Provincial Government. Delivered in 1934
   635-637, 662-665, 681  8      
 
Total Production
8
 
 
 



Foreign Derivatives – Czechoslovakia

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Tatra T-126
Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
 1 aircraft under construction by Ringhoffer–Tatra Ltd, Studenka, Czechoslovakia starting in 1937 but construction abandoned in 1939.
         1  
 
Total Production
 
 
1
 




Production Summary

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Total Production By Type and Mark Total Production By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total Type Built New
 Type 626 193     193  Type 626 & Prefect 217
 Type 626 (Non-U.K. Built) 17     17  Type 637 8
 Prefect 7     7   225
 Type 637 8     8
  225 0 0  

Exports of British Built Aircraft to Foreign Air Arms Czechoslovakian Derivative Production
Customer Type 626 Type 637 Type Built New Canc'd
 Argentina 15    Tatra T-126   1
 Austria 7       1
 Belgium 12  
 Brazil 15  
 Canada 12  
 Chile 20  
 China 5  
 Egypt 27  
 Estonia 4  
 Greece 21  
 Ireland 4  
 Kwangsi 9 8
 Lithuania 4  
 New Zealand 4  
 Portugal Army 14  
 Portugal Navy 12  
  185 8

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Revised at Version 1.4.0
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