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Type 691 Lancastrian Delivered As Military

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Serial Range	Avro Set No	Type	Batch Qty	Conv.	Canc'd	Notes
49 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Chadderton, to contract Acft/5328, Avro Works Order 9199. Progressively reduced with the cancellation of VD306 - VD316, VD340 - VD352 and later VD300 - VD305,
before being cancelled altogether.
VD281 - VD316		C.Mk.II			36
VD340 - VD352					13
2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/4780, Avro Works Order 9126, for use by BOAC, but retained by the MOD.
VH737, VH742	16, 29	C.Mk.I	2			Originally intended as Lancaster III  airframes PD193, PD194. To Rolls-Royce as a Nene engine test beds.
20 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/5328 (see note 1), Avro Works Order 9199. 15 Delivered between January and March, 1946, remainder cancelled.
VL967 - VL981	43-57	C.Mk.II	15			Ex Lancaster III airframes PD192, PD195, PD196, RE100 -  RE111 respectively.
						VL967 - VL971 originally ordered as C.Mk.I and allocated serials VD248 - VD252.
VL982 - VL986					5
18 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/5328 (see note 1), Avro Works Order 9199. Delivered between December, 1945 and January, 1946.
VM701 - VM704	23-26	C.Mk.II	4			See Civil Table for correlation with Lancaster III airframes.
VM725 - VM738	27-39, 41, 42		14
8 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/5666, Avro Works Order 9243. Delivered between March and April 1946.
TX283 - TX290	63-70	C.Mk.IV	5		3	TX287 - TX289 ntu and transferred directly to civil.
Total Production			40		57

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Type 691 Lancastrian - Aircraft Delivered As Civil	Production List Top Page Top
Lancastrian I

C/n	Avro Set No	Initial Registration	Allocated Military Serial	Notes
60 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/4780, Avro Works Order 9126, using airframes ordered as  Lancaster B.III as indicated. Order reduced to 41 with two retained by the MOD
(see military table), 21 delivered to BOAC between March and October 1945, the remainder cancelled.
1172	1	G-AGLF	VB873	Ex PD140. First flew marked PD140 October 1944. To BOAC as VB873. Civil markings applied May 1945.
1173	2	G-AGLS	VD238	Ex PD141. To BOAC
1174	3	G-AGLT	VD241	Ex PD142. To BOAC
1175	4	G-AGLU	VD253	Ex PD143. First flew as VD253. To BOAC Civil markings applied June(?) 1945.
1176	5	G-AGLV	VF163	Ex PD144. To BOAC To Skyways (East Africa) Ltd., January 1949 as VP-KGT.
1177	6	G-AGLW	VF164	Ex PD145. To BOAC named 'Northampton'.
1178	7	G-AGLX	VF165	Ex PD146. First flew marked PD146. To BOAC
1179	8	G-AGLY	VF166	Ex PD159. To BOAC named 'Norfolk'.
1180	9	G-AGLZ	VF167	Ex PD160. First flew marked PD160.To BOAC named 'Nottingham'.
1181	10	G-AGMA	VF152	Ex PD161. First flew marked PD161.To BOAC named 'Newport'.
1182	11	G-AGMB	VF153	Ex PD162. To BOAC named 'Norwich'.
1183	12	G-AGMC	VF154	Ex PD163. To BOAC
1184	13	G-AGMD	VF155	Ex PD164. To BOAC named 'Nairn'. To Quantas Empire Airways October 1947 as VH-EAS.
1185	14	G-AGME	VF156	Ex PD165. To BOAC named 'Newhaven'.
1186	15	G-AGMF	VF160	Ex PD166. To BOAC
1187	17	G-AGMG	VF161	Ex PD193. First flew marked VF161.To BOAC, named 'Nicosia'.
1188	18	G-AGMH	VF162	Ex PD168. To BOAC
1189	19	G-AGMJ	VF145	Ex PD169. To BOAC named 'Naseby'.
1190	20	G-AGMK	VF146	Ex PD170. To BOAC named 'Newbury'.
1191	21	G-AGML	VF147	Ex PD171. To BOAC named 'Nicobar'. To Quantas Empire Airways September 1947 as VH-EAT.
1192	22	G-AGMM	VF148	Ex PD172. To BOAC named 'Nepal'.
1193	23	G-AGMN	VF149	Ex PD173. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM701.
1194	24	G-AGMO	VF150	Ex PD174. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM702.
1195	25	G-AGMP	VF151	Ex PD175. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM703.
1196	26	G-AGMR	VF137	Ex PD176. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM704.
1197	27	G-AGMS	VF138	Ex PD177. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM725.
1198	28	G-AGMT	VF139	Ex PD178. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM726.
1199	30	G-AGMU	VH742	Ex PD179. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM727.
1200	31	G-AGMV	VF141	Ex PD180. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM728.
1201	32	G-AGMW	VF142	Ex PD181. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM729.
1202	33	G-AGMX	VF143	Ex PD182. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM730.
1203	34	G-AGMY	VF144	Ex PD183. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM731.
1242	35	G-AGPK	VD239	Ex PD184. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM732.
1243	36	G-AGPL	VD240	Ex PD185. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM733.
1244	37	G-AGPM	VD242	Ex PD186. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM734.
1245	38	G-AGPN	VD243	Ex PD187. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM735.
1246	39	G-AGPO	VD244	Ex PD188. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM736.
1247	42	G-AGPP	VD247	Ex PD190. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM738.
1248	41	G-AGPR	VD246	Ex PD191. For BOAC but cancelled. Became C.Mk.II VM737.
Total Production   21
Total Cancelled   18