Avro 604, 608, 622, 627 and 654
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Produced Variants
Type 604 Antelope Two seat high performance day bomber to meet Specification 12/26. One 480 h.p.
Rolls-Royce F.XIB powerplant. Type 608 Hawk Two seat fighter variant of Type 604. One 425 h.p. Bristol Jupiter powerplant.
Type 622 Type 608 redesigned to take the 540 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Panther II powerplant.
Type 627 Mailplane Single seat mailplane development of the Type 622. One 525 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley
Panther IIA powerplant. Type 654 Type 627 converted as a high performance testbed for the 700 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley
Tiger IV powerplant.
Projected Variants
Type 630 Day bomber
development of the Type 627. Armstrong Siddeley Panther powerplant.
Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton
Heath, Manchester, to contract 762628/27. Built at Manchester but erected at Hamble. First flew August 1928. J9183 1
Total
Production
1
C/n
Initial
Notes
1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester. Construction begun in 1928 but abandoned 5125 G-EBWM Airframe
used in development of Type 622 & subsequently Type 627.
Total (Not Completed)
1
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester. Construction begun in 1930 but abandoned 5125 G-EBWM Airframe
used in development of Type 627. Total (Not Completed) 1
C/n
Initial
Notes
1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester. First flew mid 1931. 502 G-ABJM Shipped to Canada for operational trials.
Later returned to England and entered in the 1932 King's Cup Race. Total Production 1
C/n
Initial
Notes
1
aircraft converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester. First flew June 1933.
502 G-ABJM Type 627 converted in 1933 to a high-speed
test bed for the Armstrong Siddeley Tiger powerplant.
Total Conversions
(1)
Type
Built New
Conv.
Canc'd
Total
Type 604 Antelope
1
1
Type 608 Hawk
1
1
Type 622
1
1
Type 627 Mailplane
1
1
Type 654
(1)
1
2
(1)
2
Production References Avro Aircraft
Since 1908 , A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1965)
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