Avro 581, 594, 605, 616 and 625 Avian
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Produced Variants
Type 581 Avian
Two seat light touring aircraft designed to compete in the 1926 Lympne Light Aircraft Trials. The
wooden fuselage was based on that of the Avro 576 autogyro, but fitted with conventional, folding biplane wings and featured
a 'comma' type rudder with no fin. One 70 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet powerplant.
Type 581A Avian Modified first prototype, with reduced span and added fin.
One 85 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus II powerplant. Type 581E Avian Single seat modified
Avro 581A for long distance flights, with wings of R.A.F.28 section from the Type 594C, fuel tank replacing the front cockpit
and modified undercarriage. Type 594 Avian I Pre-production
aircraft, originally designated Type 581B; strengthened version of Type 581A with folding wings with rounded tips, a new
rudder profile and narrow track undercarriage. One 85 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus II powerplant. Type
594 Avian II Initial production featuring a new, folding, wide track undercarriage undercarriage.
One 85 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus II powerplant. Type 594A Avian II Experimental version of the Type 594 Avian
II fitted with a 100 h.p. Avro Alpha powerplant. Type 594B Avian II (8) Type
594 Avian II with 80 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet II powerplant.
Type 594C Avian II One Type 594A converted with experimental
wings of R.A.F.28 section with rounded tips. Type 594 Avian III As Type 594 Avian II with modified powerplant
mount and tubular steel interplane struts. One 85 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus II powerplant. Type 594B Avian III (8) Avian III fitted with 80 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet II
powerplant. Type
594 Avian IIIA Avian III fitted with 90 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus III powerplant.
Type 594 Avian IV As Type 594 Avian III with modified undercarriage and ailerons. One 95 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus III, 105
h.p. Cirrus Hermes I or 115h.p. Cirrus Hermes II powerplant.
Type 594B Avian IV (8) Avian IV fitted with 80 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley
Genet II powerplant. Type 605 Avian Seaplane Type 594 Avian III or IIIA converted into floatplanes. Type 616 Avian IVM
As Type 594 Avian IV with a welded steel tube fuselage, fabric
covered over wooden formers. One 105 h.p. Cirrus Hermes I or 115h.p. Cirrus Hermes II powerplant. Type 616B Avian IVM (8) Avian
IVM fitted with 100 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major powerplant.
Type 616 Sports Avian Type
616 Avian IVM modified for racing with reduced drag. One 105 h.p. Cirrus Hermes I or 120 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy II powerplant.
Type 616 Avian IVA
Single seat long range version of the Type 616 Sports Avian for
Charles Kingsford Smith, named "Southern Cross Junior". One 120 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy II powerplant with additional
fuel tank and revised, short span wings. Type
616 Avian V Single seat long range version of the Avian IVM for Charles Kingsford Smith, named "Southern Cross Minor".
One 120 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy II powerplant. Type 625 Avian Monoplane Low
wing, single seat racing monoplane development of the Sports Avian. One 105 h.p. Cirrus Hermes I powerplant.
Type 625B Avian Monoplane (8) Type 625 Avian Monoplane fitted with
100 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major powerplant. Alpha 25 See note
1. Avian
Special Avian III modified May 1930 by Air Associates Inc. in the USA with a 100 h.p. Wright
Gipsy powerplant.
Projected Variants
Type 581B Avian Became
the Type 594 Avian I. Type
588 Monoplane derivative of the Type 581. Type 589 Float-equiped derivative of the Type 581. Type 600 Avian II with wings
of R.A.F.15 section. Type
605A Avian Seaplane Type 605 with a 100 h.p. Avro Alpha powerplant. Type 605B Avian Seaplane Type 605 with 75 h.p. Armstrong
Siddeley Genet powerplant.
Foreign Produced Variants
Canton Aviation Department
Yang Ch'eng Copy of the Avro Avian, type unknown.
C/n (5)
Initial Registration
Type
Notes
1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe &
Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants, in 1926. 5116
G-EBOV
581
Avian To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd; built for 1926 Lympne Trials. Converted to Type 581A and later Type 581E.
384 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester,
between April 1927 and July 1933. R3/AV/100 G-EBQN 594 Avian
I To RAE Aero Club, Farnborough. Impressed April 1940 as 2081M.
R3/AV/117
G-EBQL
594 Avian I To Mrs Sophie C. Elliott-Lynn, Stag
Lane (later Lady Mary Heath). R3/AV/118
G-EBRC
594 Avian II To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. and loaned
to Lancashire Aeroplane Club, Woodford. R3/AV/119 G-EBRR 594 Avian
II To Lancashire Aeroplane Club, Woodford. R3/AV/120 G-EBRS
594
Avian II To Mrs Sophie C. Elliott-Lynn, Stag Lane. To Basle Air Transport Co (Balair) as CH-202 , September 1927.
R3/AV/121
G-EBSD
594A Avian II Temp modified to Type 594C; To Taxiplanes
Ltd, Clevedon, Somerset. R3/AV/122
G-UAAC
594 Avian II To Capetown Flying Club, Cape Town.
Later to ZS-AAC. R3/AV/123
G-AUGA
594B Avian II To Edgar W. Percival, Sydney. Later
to VH-UGA. R3/AV/124
G-EBTP
594 Avian II To Henry Hollingdrake, Cape Town, South
Africa. To G.L. Bateman, Johannesburg, as ZS-AAN. R3/AV/125 G-EBTU
594 Avian III To William N. Lancaster, Croydon. To
Australia as G-AUTU (later VH-UTU). R3/AV/126 G-AUFY
594B
Avian II To Wings Ltd, Melbourne. Later fitted with 105 h.p Genet Major I. R3/AV/127 G-AUFZ
594B Avian II To Wings Ltd, Melbourne (later VH-UFZ).
Later to Aircraft Engineers & Supply Co, Parafield and converted to Mk.IV. To US (2001?) as N7083.
R3/AV/128
G-EBTY
594 Avian II To Flt. Lt. J.P. Drew, Renfrew. Later
to Douglas K Fairweather, Renfrew and rebuilt as Avian IVM. Impressed as 2077M. R3/CN/101 G-EBUG
594 Avian III Probably also issued c/n R3/AV/412.
To Lady Heath. London W1. To Amelia Earhart as NC7083 in September 1928. R3/CN/102 G-AUHC
594 Avian III Probably also issued c/n R3/AV/413.
To Civil Aviation Branch, Dept of Defence, Melbourne; loaned to Australian Aero Club (NSW Section),
Mascot.
Later to VH-UHC. R3/CN/103
M-CCAB
594 Avian III Probably also issued c/n R3/AV/414.
To Juan Acuna (op Real Aero Club de Espana). R3/CN/104 G-EBVA 594 Avian
III To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. Temporarily converted in 1928 to the prototype Type 605 Avian
III Seaplane. Later to Lionel E.R. Bellairs, Shoreham/Burwash. R3/CN/105 G-CAWI
594 Avian III To Bowring Bros. Ltd., St John’s,
Newfoundland. R3/CN/106
R-119
594 Avian III To A. Baldacci Biondi, Mendoza, Argentina,
via J.B.P. Fernand. R3/CN/107
G-EBVI
594 Avian III To Hampshire Aeroplane Club Ltd.
R3/CN/108
M-CCAC
594 Avian III To Sociedad Aerotaxi S.L. via Marques
de Cordoba, H.C. Motors SA, Madrid, Spain. Later to EC-CAC.
R3/CN/109 G-UAAS 594 Avian
III To Durban Light Aeroplane Club, Durban, via British Motors Pty Ltd. Later to ZS-AAS.
R3/CN/110
G-IAAX
594 Avian III To Bengal Air Transport Co. Ltd., Calcutta,
via the French Motor Car Co Ltd. Later to VT-AAN. R3/CN/111 G-EBVU 594 Avian
III To H. Drummond Wolff as nominee for John Body (General Manager of Mexican Eagle Oil Corporation)
for a record flight Croydon to Capetown.
R3/CN/112 G-EBVZ 594 Avian
III To Miss Winifred S. Brown, Woodford.
R3/CN/113
G-EBWP
594 Avian III To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. To B.B. Melvill,
Durban, South Africa as G-UAAR. Later to ZS-AAR. R3/CN/114 G-EBWK 594 Avian
III To Liverpool & District Aero Club. R3/CN/115 G-CAUH
594 Avian III Regn G-CAQA allocated to R. Foley,
Hamilton, Ont. but badly damaged Scarborough, Ont. 28 May 1928 prior to formal registration
(replaced
by c/n 149). Rebuilt and regd G-CAUH to A.H. Munday, Toronto.
R3/CN/116
G-EBWR
594 Avian III To J.G. Crammond. To Aero Club Tucumán,
Argentina, as R-121 (Later R-132). R3/CN/117
G-EBWU
594 Avian III To Arthur G.H. Bond, Berkhamsted. Converted
to Mk,IV. R3/CN/118
G-EBWW
594 Avian III To F.P. Raynham. To Indian Air Survey
& Transport Ltd, Dum Dum as VT-AAW. R3/CN/119 594
Avian III To J.F. Costa. R3/CN/120 G-AUHK
594 Avian III To Australian Aero Club (NSW Section),
Mascot. R3/CN/121
G-EBXD
594 Avian III To Lancashire Aeroplane Club.
R3/CN/122
M-CDAA
594 Avian III To Marques de Cordoba. Later to EC-DAA. R3/CN/123 G-EBXE 594 Avian
III To Norfolk & Norwich Aero Club Ltd, Mousehold. R3/CN/124 G-EBXO
594 Avian III To The Agra Engineering Co Ltd, Haldon.
Converted to Mk,IV. R3/CN/125
J9182
594B Avian III To RAF. (See Military Table).
R3/CN/127
G-CANL
594 Avian III To Western Canada Airways Ltd.
R3/CN/128
G-CANM
594 Avian III To Western Canada Airways Ltd.
R3/CN/129
G-CANN
594 Avian III To Western Canada Airways Ltd.
R3/CN/130
G-CANO
594 Avian III To Western Canada Airways Ltd.
R3/CN/131
G-CANP
605 Avian III Seaplane. To Western Canada Airways
Ltd. R3/CN/132
G-CANQ
605 Avian III Seaplane. To Western Canada Airways
Ltd. Converted to 3-str with Cirrus III June 1932. R3/CN/133 G-EBXJ
594 Avian IIIA To Harold J.V. Ashworth, Ruddington,
Notts. To Linkopings Flygklubb, Linkoping as SE-AEM October 1935. R3/CN/134 G-EBYA
594 Avian IIIA To E.G. Hayes.
135 NC6881
594 Avian IIIA To Yale Flying Service Inc, West Haven,
Connecticut, via Air Associates Inc. 136 NC6882 594 Avian
IIIA To Earl E. Bach, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania via Air Associates Inc. Modified 5.30 by
Air Associates as Avian Special (100 hp Wright Gipsy).
137 NC7012 594 Avian
IIIA To William J. Guga, Glen Cove, N.Y. via Air Associates Inc.
138 NC7013
594 Avian IIIA To William H. Speakman, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania via Air Associates Inc. 139 NC7154 594 Avian
IIIA To Spook Rock Flying Club, Suffern, N.Y. via Air Associates Inc.
140 NC7155
594 Avian IIIA To H.B. Lundberg, Lansing, Michigan
via Air Associates Inc. 141
NC7289
594 Avian IIIA To Albert James Farmer, Leesburg, Florida,
via Air Associates Inc. 142
NC7290
594 Avian IIIA To J.W. Tatum, Morrisville, Pennsylvania,
via Air Associates Inc. 143
NC7625
594 Avian IIIA To Air Associates Inc.
R3/CN/144
G-AUHZ
594 Avian IIIA To Aircrafts Pty Ltd, Brisbane. Later
to VH-UHZ. R3/CN/145
G-AUIK
594 Avian IIIA To Charter Wing Ltd, Brisbane, via
Aircrafts Pty Ltd, Brisbane. Later to VH-UIK. R3/CN/146 G-AUIL 594 Avian
IIIA To Charter Wing Ltd, Brisbane, via Aircrafts Pty Ltd, Brisbane. Later to VH-UIL.
147 NC7869
594 Avian IIIA Sold on to Rafael Obregon Santacilia,
Mexico as X-BACH (later XB-ACH). 148
NC392
594 Avian IIIA To M.A. Northrop.
R3/CN/149
G-CAQA
594 Avian IIIA To R. Foley, Hamilton, Ont.
R3/CN/150
CF-AFQ
594 Avian IIIA To R. Foley, Hamilton, Ont.
R3/CN/151
G-EBYM
594 Avian IIIA To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. To Marques
de Cordoba as M-CAAE. R3/CN/152
G-EBYN
594 Avian IIIA To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. To Juan Ortiz
Munoz via Marques de Cordoba as M-CDDD, later EC-DDD.
R3/CN/153 G-EBYO 594 Avian
IIIA To Mrs E May Scott.
R3/CN/154 G-EBYP 594 Avian
IIIA To F. Gough. R3/CN/155 G-EBYR 594 Avian
IIIA To Edgar W Percival, Sydney. To Australia as G-AUJY (later VH-UJY).
156
M-CDAD
594 Avian IIIA To Marques de Cordoba.
157 NC7626
594 Avian IIIA To Air Associates Inc.
158 R-152
594 Avian IIIA To R. Altgelt, San Fernando, Argentina,
via J.B.P. Ferrand. 159
G-UAAZ
594 Avian IIIA To Cape Town Flying Club (later ZS-AAZ).
R3/CN/160
G-EBZM
594 Avian IIIA To Liverpool & District Aero Club.
R3/CN/161
G-EBZD
594B Avian III To Airways Publications Ltd. See note
9. 162
G-NZEE
594 Avian IIIA To Taumaranui Airways, via Goodwin-Chichester
Aviation Co Ltd. Later to ZK-AAF. 163
G-CAVB
594 Avian IIIA To Commercial Airways Ltd, Edmonton.
R3/CN/164
G-AUHY
594 Avian IIIA To C.A. Butler & F.H. Smith, Lithgow,
NSW, via F.L. Roberts Pty Ltd (later VH-UHY). 165 501 594 Avian IIIA
To
SAAF. (See Military Table). 166
NC7900
594 Avian IIIA To R.G. Durrant.
167 G-UAAT
594 Avian IIIA To Johannesburg Light Aeroplane Club,
via Aeros Pty Ltd (later ZS-AAT). To Rhodesia as VP-YAC.
168 G-UAAU 594 Avian
IIIA To Johannesburg Light Aeroplane Club, via Aeros Pty Ltd (later ZS-AAU). To Rhodesia as
VP-YAG. 169
G-AAAP
605 Avian IIIA Seaplane. To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd.
To G.H. Storek, Seattle, Washington as NX6663. Later converted to landplane as NC6663.
170 EI-AAA
594B Avian III To Eyars Auto Co. Later to J.F. Legard
& H. Clive-Smith as G-ABPU then to India as VT-AGC. See note 9. 171 EI-AAB 594B Avian III To Eyars Auto Co. Later to G-ACGT. See note 9.
172 G-AAAT
594 Avian IV To ADC Aircraft Ltd, Croydon. Temporarily
fitted with a 105 h.p. Cirrus Hermes I powerplant in late 1928. 173 G-AABZ 594 Avian IIIA To The Director of Surveys, Tanganyika. Later
to Tanganyka as VR-TAG . 174
G-NZAV
594 Avian IIIA To Capt Ken W.J. Hall, Hororata, via
Goodwin-Chichester Aviation Co Ltd. Later to ZK-AAC.
175 G-UABB 594 Avian
IIIA To British Motors Pty Ltd. To BB Melvill as ZS-ABB. 176 ZS-ADM
594 Avian IIIA To Aero Services, Capetown.
177 G-AAAU
594 Avian IIIA To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. Ntu. 178
G-AABR
616B Avian IVM To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. Flew under
B-Class markings as K-1, used in 1930 for experiments with a closely-cowled Genet Major. 179 G-AABS
616B Avian IVM To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. flew as G-AABS
in the 1930 Kings Cup Air Race. Later flew as K-2 to test new wings destined for G-ABCF
‘Southern Cross Junior’. 180 G-AABT 616 Avian IVM To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. Flew under B-Class
markings as K-3. Unlikely to have flown as G-AABT. To Mario Castelan, Mexico, as X-BADK
(later XB-ADK). 181
G-AABU
594 Avian IIIA To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. Ntu. 182
G-AADL
594B Avian IV To J.D. Siddeley.
183 G-AABX
594 Avian IIIA To P.T. Eckersley. Converted to Mk.IV
in the early 1930's. Impressed February 1940 as 2080M
184 G-AUJF
594 Avian IIIA To S.K. Howard, Bundaberg, Qld., via
Aircrafts Pty Ltd (later VH-UJF). 185 G-AUJG 594 Avian
IIIA To Aircrafts Pty Ltd, Brisbane and converted to Mk.IV (later VH-UJG).
186 NC10075
594 Avian IIIA To Air Associates Inc.
187 NC10076
594 Avian IIIA To John S. Carll, Commack, NY, via
Air Associates Inc. 188
NC367
594 Avian IIIA To Air Associates Inc.
189 NC362
594 Avian IIIA To Air Associates Inc.
190 NC540E
594 Avian IV To Wedekind Schmidlapp Flying Services
Inc., Middletown, Ohio, via Air Associates Inc. 191 PP-TCB
594 Avian IIIA To Braziltara Ltda.
R3/CN/192
G-AUIU
594 Avian IIIA To A. Dunoon, Swan Hill, Vic., via
FL Roberts Pty Ltd (later VH-UIU). R3/CN/193 G-AUIV 594 Avian
IIIA To L.H. Holden, Sydney, via FL Roberts Pty Ltd (later VH-UIV).
194 NC502E
594 Avian IV To C.L. Plumb, Anchorage, Alaska, via
Air Associates Inc. 195
NC503E
594 Avian IV To Alfred C. Inman, Losa Angeles,
California, vis Air Associates Inc. 196 NC541E 594 Avian
IV To Carl McGaughey, Broolyn, N.Y., via Air Associates
Inc. 197
NC549E
594 Avian IV To Bayside Flying Services Inc, Revere,
Mass., via Air Associates Inc. 198 M-CPAA 594 Avian IIIA To Marques de Cordoba. Later to EC-PAA
199 ZK-AAN
594 Avian IIIA To the Wellington Aero Club, via
Goodwin-Chichester Aviation Co Ltd. 200 ZS-AAK 594 Avian
IIIA To R. Blake, Capetown, via Holmes Motor Co Ltd. R3/CN/201 G-AUKD
594 Avian IV To Edgar W Percival, Sydney (later
VH-UKD). R3/CN/202
G-AUJZ
594 Avian IV To Edgar W Percival, Sydney (later
VH-UJZ). 203
R-202
594 Avian IIIA To C. Hoclzeldo, Paso de los Libres,
Argentina, via J.B.P. Ferrand. Later converted to a Mk.IV.
204 G-AADF 594 Avian
IV To Southern Aero Club Ltd, Shoreham. R3/CN/205 VH-UKR
594 Avian IV To Edgar W Percival, Sydney. Originally
allocated G-AUKR, ntu 206
R-142
594 Avian IV To J.B.P. Ferrand, Argentina.
207
594 Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government.
(See Military Table). 208
594 Avian IV To
Boyd & Co for Canton Government. (See Military Table).
209 594
Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government. (See Military Table).
210
594 Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government.
(See Military Table). 211
594 Avian IV To
Boyd & Co for Canton Government. (See Military Table).
212 594
Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government. (See Military Table).
213
594 Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government.
(See Military Table). 214
594 Avian IV To
Boyd & Co for Canton Government. (See Military Table).
215 594
Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government. (See Military Table).
216
594 Avian IV To Boyd & Co for Canton Government.
(See Military Table). 217
594 Avian IV To
S.K. Eng for Chinese Navy. (See Military Table). 218 594
Avian IV To S.K. Eng for Chinese Navy. (See Military Table). 219
594 Avian IV To S.K. Eng for Chinese Navy. (See
Military Table). 220
X-CRIA
594 Avian IV To S.K. Eng for Chinese Navy. (See
Military Table). 221
CF-CAQ
594B Avian IV To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa. 222
CF-CAR
594B Avian IV To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa. 223
G-AAEC
594 Avian IV To Lancashire Aeroplane Club.
224 R-145
594 Avian IV To J. Dirube, Bahía Blanca,
Argentina. 225
ZS-AAV
594 Avian IV To M. Brink, Capetown, via Holmes Motor
Co Ltd. 226
594 Avian IV To
Marques de Cordoba. Ferried as M-W111. 227 XB-ACH
594 Avian IV To Rafael Doregon for Aero Club of
Yucatan, Mexico. (Later X-BACH) 232
G-AAGR
594 Avian IV To E. Cohen.
R3/CN/233
G-EBXX
594 Avian IIIA To Liverpool & District Aero Club.
R3/CN/234
G-EBXY
594 Avian IIIA To Liverpool & District Aero Club.
R3/CN/235
G-EBXZ
594 Avian IIIA To Edgar Percival. To Mrs JP Nall,
Longueville, NSW., as G-AUHX (later VH-UHX). 236 G-AACE 594 Avian
IV To RAF as J9783 for evaluation (See Military Table). Later to RAE Aero Club, Farnborough.
237 G-AACF
594 Avian IV To Northern Air Line [Manchester] Ltd.
239 G-AACV
616 Avian IVM To Airwork Ltd, Heston.
240
616 Avian IVM
To
Mexico 242
NC550E
594 Avian IV To Air Associates Inc.
243 NC600E
594 Avian IV To Don N. Mason,Bangor, Maine, via
Air Associates Inc. 244
NC601E
594 Avian IV To Joseph Jacus, Manville, N.J., viaAir
Associates Inc. 245
NC602E
594 Avian IV To Clyde M. Jones and Gonza C. Hylton,
Akron, Ohio, via Air Associates Inc. 246 NC603E 594 Avian
IV To Ann Lee Shearer, Los Angeles, California via Air Associates Inc.
247 NC648E
594 Avian IV To George F. Clippert, Detroit, Mich,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 248
NC649E
594 Avian IV To Joseph Frank Bennie, Groton, Conn.,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 249
NC671E
594 Avian IV To Mokelumne Aviation Club, Mokelumne
Hills, California, via Whittelsey Body Co. 250 NC672E 594 Avian
IV To Floyd F. Dickey, Ashland, Oregon, via Whittelsey Body Co.
251 NC673E
594 Avian IV To John A Sipher, Norwalk, Ohio, via
Whittelsey Body Co. 252
NC11048
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
253 NC674E
594 Avian IV To Ward A. Meyer, Great Neck, N.Y.,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 254
NC675E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
255 NC676E
594 Avian IV To Robert M. Crawford, Greenwich, Conn,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 256
NC818E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
257 NC819E
594 Avian IV To John McClintock, via Whittelsey
Body Co. 258
NC820E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
259 NC821E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
260 NC833E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
261 NC834E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
262 NC835E
594 Avian IV To Gaston T. Munoz, Valley Stream,
N.Y., via Whittelsey Body Co. 263 NC221H 594 Avian
IV To Whittelsey Body Co. 264 NC836E 594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
265 NC222H
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
266 NC223H
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
267 NC224H
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
268 NC321H
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
269 NC632E
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
270 NC524K
594 Avian IV To Charles Francis Stage, Elwood, Indiana,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 271
NC525K
594 Avian IV To William R. Watson, Holly, Michigan,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 272
NC710K
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
273 NC711K
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
274 NC550K
594 Avian IV To Harold W. Trott, Hemlock, N.Y.,
via Whittelsey Body Co. 275
NC551K
594 Avian IV To Kathleen A. Ali Shiraz, New York,
N.Y., via Whittelsey Body Co. 276 NC552K 594 Avian
IV To Whittelsey Body Co. 277 NC553K 594 Avian IV To Chester Foust, Chicago, Illinois, via Whittelsey
Body Co. 278
NC712K
594 Avian IV To E.S. Lamm, Danville, Illinois, via
Whittelsey Body Co. 279
NC713K
594 Avian IV To Whittelsey Body Co.
280 NC577K
594 Avian IV To Frederick J. Scott, Port Jervis,
N.Y., via Whittelsey Body Co. 281 NC737K 594 Avian
IV To James R. Neely Jr., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa, via Whittelsey Body Co.
282 92
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
notes 2 and 4) 283
93
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 284
94
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 285
95
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 286
96
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
notes 2 and 4) 287
97
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
notes 2 and 4) 288
98
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 289
99
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 290
100
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 291
101
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 292
616B Avian IVM
To
Canada. (See note 2) 293
CF-CBA
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Brant-Norfolk Aero Club, Brantford, Ont. (See note 2)
294 616B
Avian IVM To Canada. (See note 2) 295
616B Avian IVM To Canada. (See note 2)
296 132
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 297
125
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 298
CF-CBD
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Brandon Aero Association, Brandon, Man. (See note 2)
299 CF-AHV 616B Avian
IVM To Winnipeg Flying Club Ltd, Winnipeg. (See note 2) 300 CF-CBC
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Brandon Aero Association, Brandon, Man. (See note 2)
301 CF-CBB 616B Avian
IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated by Brant-Norfolk Aero Club, Brantford, Ont. (See
note 2) 302
Unknown.
Possibly intended for Canada but not delivered. (see note 2). 303 ZS-AAG 594 Avian IV To M. Brink, Wynberg, C.P. , via Holmes Motor
Co. 304
G-AAGP
594 Avian IV To AV Roe & Co Ltd. Sold to ??
305 X-BACI
616 Avian IVM To C. Trejo, Mexico (Later XB-ACI).
306 130
616 Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 307
126
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 308
127
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 309
128
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 310
129
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 311
131
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
notes 2 and 4) 312
136
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
notes 2 and 4) 313
133
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 314
134
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 315
135
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). (See
note 2) 316
G-AAHJ
616 Avian IVM To ADC Aircraft Ltd, Croydon.
317 G-AAHK
594 Avian IV To J.C. Cantrill, as nominee for Pinchin
Johnson & Co Ltd. 318
G-AAHD
594 Avian IV To Norman A Brett, Drayton, Norwich.
To Sweden as SE-ADT. 319
G-AAHE
594 Avian IV To W.P. Cubitt.
320 G-AAHN
594 Avian IV To A.P. Turner. Impressed as 2079M.
323
N-38
594 Avian IV To Alf Gunnestad, Norway. Later to
Norsk Lufttransport, Oslo as LN-ABF. 324 G-AAKA 616B Avian
IVM To Malayan Motors Ltd. 325 M-CIAA 594 Avian IV To Jose Canudas Busquets, later EC-IAA (Initially
registered G-AAIJ to AV Roe & Co Ltd.) 326 M-CAIA 594 Avian
IV To Sociedad Aerotaxi S.L., later EC-AIA (Initially registered G-AAIK to AV Roe &
Co Ltd.) 327
VH-UMW
594 Avian IV To Motors Ltd, Adelaide.
328 VH-URM
594 Avian IVM To Dr C.R.E. Downing, Adelaide.
329 X-BADL
616 Avian IVM To Cia Mina SA, Mexico (later XB-ADL).
330 G-AAIX
594 Avian IV To G.F. Surtees.
332 VT-ABD
616 Avian IVM To Indian Air Survey & Transport
Ltd, Dum Dum. 334
504
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
335 505
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
336 506
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
337 507
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
338 508
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
339 509
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
340 510
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
341 511
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
342 512
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
343 513
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
344 514
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
345 515
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
346 516
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
347 517
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
348 518
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
349 519
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
350 520
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
351 521
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
352 522
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
353 523
616B Avian IVM To SAAF. (See Military Table).
354 G-AAWF
616 Avian IVM To Ferrand & Rayson.
361 VR-HAA
616 Avian IVM To Hong Kong Flying Club, Hong Kong,
via Far East Aviation Co Ltd. 362
VR-HAB
616 Avian IVM To Hong Kong Flying Club, Hong Kong,
via Far East Aviation Co Ltd. 363
116
616B Avian IVM To the Estonian Air Force (See Military
Table). 364
117
616B Avian IVM To the Estonian Air Force (See Military
Table). 365
118
616B Avian IVM To the Estonian Air Force (See Military
Table). 366
119
616B Avian IVM To the Estonian Air Force (See Military
Table). 367
120
616B Avian IVM To the Estonian Air Force (See Military
Table). 368
121
616B Avian IVM To the Estonian Air Force (See Military
Table). 369
VH-UMX
616 Avian IVM To Kellow Falkiner Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
372 VH-UOE
616 Avian IVM To C.T.P. Ulm, Sydney; named “Southern
Cross Pup” 385
ZS-ABQ
616B Avian IVM To Vacuum Oil Co of South Africa Ltd.
via the Holmes Motor Co Ltd. 386 ZK-ABJ 616 Avian
IVM To A.V. Jury, Greytown, via the Goodwin-Chichester Aviation Co Ltd
387
616 Avian IVM Not registered; Airframe to Hamble.
414 VH-UOB
616 Avian IVM To Australian National Airways Ltd,
Sydney. To UK as G-ACKE. 415
G-AATL
616 Avian IVM To T.W. Hay via Henlys (1928) Ltd.
416 G-AAVM
616 Avian IVM To Henlys (1928) Ltd.
417 G-AAVP
616 Avian IVM To N.H. Player.
418 G-AAWH
616 Avian IVM To C.P. Hunter.
419 G-AAYU
616 Sports Avian To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd.
420 G-ABCD
616 Avian IVM To Lionel M.J. Balfour, Hanworth.
421 G-ABCE
616 Sports Avian To A.H. Youngman, nominee for Gordon
Selfridge Jnr. To J.P. van Gelderen, Scheveningue as PH-OVG. To Entreprise Aerienne Lonbard
Frevez,
Paris, as F-APFL. 422
G-ABCO
616 Avian IVM To C.H. Wilson via Henlys (1928) Ltd.
423 G-ABDN
616 Sports Avian To R.A. Carder.
424 G-ABEA
616 Sports Avian To Norman Holden, Selsey. To Mrs Beryl
Markham, Rongai, Nairobi, as VP-KAN. Later to VP-KBY.
425 137 616B Avian IVM
To
RCAF. (See Military Table). Later to Calgary Aero Club, Calgary as CF-CDV. (see note 2) 426 138
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). Later
to London Flying Club, London, Ont. as CF-CDT.(see note 2).
427 141 616B Avian IVM
To
RCAF. (See Military Table). Later to London Flying Club, London, Ont. as CF-CDW. (see note 2).
428 142
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). Later
to Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa as CF-CDK. (see note 2).
429 143 616B Avian IVM
To
RCAF. (See Military Table). Later to Regina Flying Club, Regina, Sask. as CF-CDX. (see note 2).
430 144
616B Avian IVM To RCAF. (See Military Table). Later
to Brant-Norfolk Aero Club, Brantford, Ont. as CF-CDL. (see note 2). 431 CF-CBJ 616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated by Ottawa
Flying Club, Ottawa. (see note 2). 432
CF-CBW
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by London Flying Club, London, Ont. (see note 2).
433 CF-AIF 616B Avian
IVM To J.E. Palmer, Calgary. (see note 2). 434 CF-AIE 616B Avian IVM To G.T. Steeves, Ottawa. (see note 2).
435 G-AATV
616B Avian IVM To Shell Mex Co of Egypt Ltd. as SU-AAG.
To K.R. Johnstone, Timaru, as ZK-ADQ. 438 G-AAUN 616 Avian
IVM To The Director of Surveys, Tanganyika. Later to The Governor of Tanganyika, Dar-es-Salaam,
as VR-TAA. 443
CF-CFC
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by St Catharines Aero Club, St Catharines, Ont. (see note 2). 444 CF-CFH 616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated by Brandon
Flying Club, Brandon, Man. To RCAF as Inst. Airframe A.129 March 1941 (see note 2). 445 CF-CFI
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Brandon Flying Club, Brandon, Man. (see note 2).
446 CF-CEW 616B Avian
IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated by Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa. (see note 2).
447 ??
616B Avian IVM Unknown. Possibly intended for Canada
but not delivered. (see note 2). 448
CF-CEX
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Border Cities Aero Club, Walkerville, Ont. (see note 2).
449 CF-CEY 616B Avian
IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated by Border Cities Aero Club, Walkerville, Ont. (see
note 2). 450
CF-CEZ
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Saskatoon Aero Club, Saskatoon. (see note 2). 451 CF-CFA 616B Avian
IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated by Saskatoon Flying Club, Saskatoon. (see note
2). 452
CF-CFB
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by St Catharines Aero Club, St Catharines, Ont. (see note 2).
453 CF-CEV
616B Avian IVM To Dept of National Defence; operated
by Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa. (see note 2). 454 G-AAWI 616 Sports
Avian To Lancashire Aeroplane Club. To South Africa as ZS-ANP.
Impressed as SAAF 2028. 455
(X-BAEM?)
616 Sports Avian To Mexico. Most likely X-BAEM to Alonso
Garibaldi 27 August 1931. 456
G-AAXH
616 Sports Avian To J Leigh via Henlys (1928) Ltd.
459 G-AAYV
625B Avian Monoplane To A.V. Roe &
Co Ltd. Converted to Avro 616 Avian IVM in 1931. 460 G-AAYW 625 Avian Monoplane To Flt Lt Richard L.R. Atcherley, RAF, Amman.
465 VR-HAD
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong.
466 VR-HAF
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 467
G-ABCF
616 Avian IVA To Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith; named
“Southern Cross Junior”. Regn VH-UPT reserved; ntu.
469
616 Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military
Table). 470
616 Avian IVM
To
Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 471 616
Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 472 G-ABDP
616 Avian IVM To J.R. Chaplin
473 G-ABEE
616 Sports Avian To R.H. Dobson, Woodford.
474 G-ABED
616 Sports Avian To Miss Winifred S Brown, Woodford.
475 VR-HAE
616 Avian IVM To Hong Kong Flying Club, Hong Kong,
via Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong. 479 G-ACNK 616 Avian
IVM To Holmes Motor Co Ltd., South Africa but not registered. To
E.H. Wheelwright. 486
G-ABIC
616 Avian IVM To The Director of Surveys, Tanganyika.
Later to The Governor of Tanganyika, Dar-es-Salaam, as VR-TAD. 489 G-ABHL 616 Avian IVM To A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. Sold abroad (Argentina?)
September 1931. 490
G-ABIB
616 Sports Avian To British Petroleum Co Ltd. To P.M.
Reddy, Hyderabad as VT-AEV. 491
G-ABIE
616 Avian IVM To R.A.. Garder
494 VR-HAG
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 495
VR-HAH
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 499
ZK-ACM
616 Sports Avian To Ronald A Kirkup, Auckland via the
Goodwin-Chichester Aviation Co Ltd. 500 G-ABIW 616 Avian
IVM To Kenneth Greenacre, Gatwick. 501 G-ABIM 616 Sports Avian To Shell Mex Co Ltd.
503 G-ABKA
616B Avian IVM To Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble.
504 G-ABKB
616B Avian IVM To Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble.
505 G-ABKI
616 Sports Avian To Lionel E.R. Bellairs, Shoreham,
via Henlys [1928] Ltd. To T Eliasson, Stockholm
as SE-AEN. 522
G-ABLF
616 Avian IVM To Allan Bilbo-Robinson, London NW1,
via Henlys [1928] Ltd. To C.H. Fischer, Hurstville, NSW. as VH-UVX. To A.G. Murrell, Penola,
South
Australia, as VH-UQE[2]. 523
G-ABLK
616 Avian V To Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith; named
"Southern Cross Minor"; directly to Australia as VH-UQG but returned to G-ABLK in April 1933 to
E.W.
[Bill] Lancaster. 529
G-ABME
616B Avian IVM To A.J.A. Wallace Barr. To A.H. Tweddle,
Hawthorn, Vic. as VH-UVR. 530
SE-ACP
616 Avian IVM To KSAK/Göteborgs Aero AB, Göteborg,
Sweden. 531
VH-UQE
616 Sports Avian To Australian National Airways.
532 G-ABMO
616 Avian IVM To Liverpool & Merseyside Aero
Club. 533
616 Avian IVM
Not
registered; Airframe to Hamble. 534 616
Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 535
616 Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military
Table). 554
VR-HAI
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 555
VR-HAJ
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 556
VR-HAL
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 557
VR-HAK
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 559
VR-HAM
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 560
VR-HAN
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 562
G-ABSC
616B Avian IVM To Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble.
563
616 Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military
Table). 564
616 Avian IVM
To
Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 565 616
Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 566
616 Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military
Table). 567
616 Avian IVM
To
Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 568 616
Avian IVM To Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 576 G-ABSS
616 Sports Avian To W. Cunningham.
577 VR-HAO
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 578
VR-HAP
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 579
VR-HAS
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 580
VR-HAT
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 587
G-ABUN
616B Avian IVM To Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble.
588 G-ABVL
616 Avian IVM To A.M. Dayre Grenfell. To Jonkopings
Flygaktiebolag as SE-AEZ. 590
VR-HBB
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 591
VR-HBC
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 598
VR-HBJ
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 599
VR-HBI
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 600
VR-HBO
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 601
VR-HBL
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 602
VR-HBS
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 603
VR-HBT
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 604
VR-HBM
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 605
VR-HBP
616 Avian IVM To Far Eastern Aviation Co Ltd, Hong
Kong. 608
VR-HBV
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 609
VR-HBW
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 610
VR-HBY
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 611
VR-HBU
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 612
VR-HBR
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 613
616 Avian IVM
To
Kwangai Air Force (See Military Table). 614 VR-HCG 616 Avian
IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong, for Government of China.
615 VR-HCF
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 616
VR-HCB
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 617
VR-HCC
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 618
VR-HCK
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 619
VR-HCJ
616 Avian IVM To Far East Aviation Co Ltd, Hong Kong,
for Government of China. 649
G-ACGV
616 Sports Avian To Liverpool & District Aero Club,
Hooton. Impressed as instructional airframe 2235M in October 1940. 656 G-ACIF 616 Avian IVM To Liverpool & District Aero Club, Hooton.
R3/AV/423
G-ACBV
594 Avian
IV To S.H.R. Higgs, via Phillips & Powis Aircraft [Reading] Ltd, Woodley. See note 7.
C/n
Initial Registration
Type
Notes
7 aircraft built by the Whittlesey
Body Co. Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A., in 1930. See Note 3. 100 NC530M 616 Avian IVM To
Cleo P. Howe, Binghampton, NY. 101 NC199N 616 Avian IVM
102
NC804N 616 Avian IVM
103 NC805N 616 Avian IVM
104
NC806N 616 Avian IVM
105 NC47V 616 Avian IVM To Sampson Held, NY.
106 NC48V 616 Avian IVM
OCM c/n Range
Initial Registration
Type
Notes
52 aircraft assembled by the Ottawa
Car Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Ottawa, between 1929 and 1937, from UK supplied airframes. See Note 2.
221-222 See
Avro c/ns 594B Avian IV To Dept of National
Defence for flying clubs. See Avro c/ns 221-222 and note 2.
282-301 See Avro c/ns 616B Avian
IVM 12 aircraft to RCAF, remainder to Dept of National Defence for flying clubs. See Avro
c/ns 282-301 and note 2. 306-315
See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM 10 aircraft to RCAF.
See Avro c/ns 307-315 and note 2. 316-325 See Avro c/ns 616B Avian
IVM 6 aircraft to RCAF, 2 to Dept of National Defence for flying clubs and 2 to private buyers.
See Avro c/ns 425-434 and note 2. 65249 See Avro c/ns 616B Avian
IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453 and notes 2 and 4. 65250 See Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453 and notes 2 and 4.
65251 See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. 65252
See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. (65253) See Avro c/ns 443-453 and note 2. Untraced - presumed not delivered.
65254 See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. 65255
See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. 65256
See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. 65257
See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. 65258
See
Avro c/ns 616B Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453
and notes 2 and 4. 65259
See
Avro c/ns 616B
Avian IVM See Avro c/ns 443-453 and notes 2 and 4.
Serial Range
C/n (5)
Type
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester,
to contract 787176/27. Delivered December, 1928. J9182 R3/CN/125 594B Avian III
1
1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton
Heath, Manchester, to contract 924141/29. Delivered March 1929. J9783 236 616 Avian
IVM 1
Ex
G-AACE. Later to RAE Aero Club, Farnborough.
Total Production
2
Aircraft Delivered for Export As Military (In Alphabetical Order of Country)
Serial Range
C/n (5)
Type
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
Canada
10 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the RCAF.
Assembled in Canada and delivered between August and November 1929. See Note 2. 92 - 101 282-291
616B
Avian IVM 10
18 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the RCAF. Assembled
in Canada and delivered between April and May 1930. See Note 2. 125 - 138 297, 307-310, 306, 311, 296,
616B Avian IVM 14
313-315, 312, 425, 426
141
- 144 427-430 4
China (Canton)
10
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Cantonese Government. Delivered via via
Boyd & Co in early 1929.
207-216
594
Avian IV 10
China
4 aircraft ordered
from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Chinese Naval Air Service. Delivered via S.K. Eng May 1929.
217-220
594
Avian IV 4
C/n 220 regd X-CRIA. Estonia
6
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Estonian Air Defense Force (Eesti Õhukaitse).
Delivered in 1929. 116
- 121 R3/CN/363-368 616B Avian IVM 6
Kwangai
5 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Kwangai Air Force.
Delivered in 1930 and 1931.
469-471
616
Avian IVM 3
534-535
2
6 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Kwangai Air Force.
Delivered in early 1932 via the Far East Aviation Co Ltd., Hong Kong. 563-568 616 Avian IVM
6
South Africa
1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the SAAF for evaluation.
Delivered in November 1928. 501
165
594
Avian IIIA 1
20 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the SAAF. Deliveries
commenced in March 1930. 504 - 523 334-353 616B Avian IVM
20
Total
Production
80
C/n
Initial Registration
Type
Notes
5116 G-EBOV
581A
Avian Ex 581 Avian. Converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants,
in 1927. To Herbert J.L. Hinkler, Hamble. 5116 G-EBOV 581E Avian
Ex
581A Avian. Converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants, in 1927, for Herbert
J.L. Hinkler's flight to Australia. R3/AV/117 G-EBQL 594 Avian
IV Ex Type 594 Avian I. To Lancashire Aeroplane Club, Woodford and rebuilt as Mk.IV.
R3/AV/121
G-EBSD
594C Avian II Ex Type 594A Avian II, temporarily
modified to Avro 594C by by A.V. Roe & Co Ltd., for height record attempt in October 1927. Returned to
Type
594A Avian II. R3/CN/104
G-EBVA
605 Avian III Temporarily converted to Avian III
Seaplane by A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. in 1928 from Type 594 Avian III. R3/CN/117 G-EBWU
594 Avian IV Ex Type 594 Avian III converted 1933.
R3/CN/124
G-EBXO
594 Avian IV Ex Type 594 Avian III.
R3/AV/126
G-AUFY
594B Avian II Ex Type 594B Avian II. Later to VH-UFY.
R3/AV/127
G-AUFZ
594 Avian IV Ex 594B Avian II. To Aircraft Engineers
& Supply Co, Parafield, and converted to Mk.IV.
R3/AV/128 G-EBTY 594 Avian
IV Ex 594 Avian II. To Douglas K Fairweather, Renfrew and rebuilt as Avian IVM. Impressed
as 2077M. 136
NC6882
Avian Special Ex Type 594 Avian III, modified May
1930 by Air Associates as Avian Special, fitted with a 100 h.p. Wright Gipsy powerplant. 172 G-AAAT
594 Avian IV Ex Type 594 Avian IIIA, with to W.P.
Cubitt and converted in the early 1930's. 183 G-AABX 594 Avian
IV Ex Type 594 Avian IIIA. Converted in the early 1930's.
Impressed February 1940 as 2080M 185
G-AUJG
594 Avian IV Ex Type 594 Avian IIIA. Converted by
Aircrafts Pty Ltd, Brisbane (later VH-UJG). 203 R-202 594 Avian IV
Ex
Type 594 Avian IIIA. 459
G-AAYV
616 Avian IVM Ex Type 625 Avian Monoplane. To Samuel
H Beech, Hanley, Staffs. A25/1 G-ADEO Alpha 25 Ex Cierva C.17 G-AAGJ,
converted by AST in 1935. One 100 h.p. Avro Alpha powerplant. Impressed as instructional airframe 2075M.
Civil Conversions of Military Aircraft
C/n
Initial Registration
Type
Notes
284 CF-CAZ
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 94; to Cape Breton Flying Club,
Sydney, NS. 285
CF-CAY
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 95; registered to Cape Breton
Flying Club, Sydney, NS., but ntu. To Ottawa Technical School. 288 CF-AEZ 616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 98; to Hamilton Flying Club.
289 CF-CAJ
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 99; to Ottawa Flying Club,
Ottawa. 296
CF-CDI
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 132; to Brandon Aero Association,
Brandon, Man. 297
CF-CDF
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 125; to Cape Breton Flying
Club, Sydney, NS. 307
CF-CDG
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 126; to the Cape Breton Flying
Club, Sydney, NS. 308
CF-CDU
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 127; to the Toronto Flying Club, Toronto. 309 CF-CDH 616 Avian
IVM Ex RCAF 128; to the Brandon Aero Association, Brandon, Man.
310 CF-CDE
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 129; to the Cape Breton Flying
Club, Sydney, NS. 313
CF-CDJ
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 133; to the Brant-Norfolk Aero
Club, Brantford, Ont. 314
CF-CDQ
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 134; to the Moose Jaw Flying
Club, Moose Jaw, Sask 315
CF-CDR
616 Avian IVM Ex RCAF 135; to the Winnipeg Flying
Club, Winnipeg. 165
594 Avian IIIA
Ex
SAAF evaluation aircraft. To J. Williamson. See Note 6 ZS-AGK 616 Avian
IVM Ex SAAF. Impressed as SAAF 2029 in March 1940.
See Note 6
ZS-AGL
616 Avian IVM Ex SAAF. Impressed as SAAF 2030 in
March 1940. See
Note 6 ZS-AGM 616 Avian IVM
Ex
SAAF. Impressed as SAAF 2031 in March 1940. See Note 6 ZS-AGN 616 Avian
IVM Ex SAAF. Impressed as SAAF 2032 in March 1940.
See Note 6
ZS-AGO
616 Avian IVM Ex SAAF.
See Note 6
ZS-AGP
616 Avian IVM Ex SAAF.
See Note 6
ZS-AGR
616 Avian IVM Ex SAAF.
See Note 6
ZS-AGS
616 Avian IVM Ex SAAF. Impressed as SAAF2033 in March
1940. See
Note 6 ZS-AGT 616 Avian IVM
Ex
SAAF. See
Note 6 ZS-AGU 616 Avian IVM Ex SAAF.
C/n
Initial
Registration
Type
Notes
4 aircraft built
by the Canton Aviation Department, Canton, China, in May 1933. 70 - 73
All bore the name Yang Ch'eng (City of Five Sheep - the ancient name of Canton)
All Aircraft By Type And Mark
Type
Built New
Conv.
Canc'd
Total
Type 581 Avian
1
1
Type 581A Avian
(1)
1
Type 581E Avian
(1)
1
Type 594 Avian I
2
2
Type 594 Avian II
6
6
Type 594A Avian II
1
1
Type 594B Avian II
3
(1)
4
Type 594C Avian II
(1)
1
Type 594 Avian III
29
29
Type 594B Avian III
4
4
Type 594 Avian IIIA
58
58
Type 594 Avian IV
85
(9)
94
Type 594B Avian IV
3
3
Type 605 Avian III Seaplane
2
(1)
3
Type 605 Avian IIIA Seaplane
1
1
Type 616 Avian IVM
90
(1)
91
Type 616B Avian IVM
86
86
Type 616 Sports Avian
16
16
Type 616 Avian IVA
1
1
Type 616 Avian V
1
1
Type 625 Avian Monoplane
1
1
Type 625B Avian Monoplane
1
1
Alpha 25
(1)
1
Avian Special
(1)
1
391
(17)
0
Production By Type
Production By Manufacturer
Type
Built New
Conv.
Total
Type
Built New
Assemby Only
Type 581
1
1
Avro
384
Type 594
191
191
Ottawa
52
Type 605
3
(1)
4
Whittlesey
7
Type 616
194
(1)
195
391
52
Type 625
2
2
Alpha 25
(1)
1
Avian Special
(1)
1
391
(4)
Exports of British Built Aircraft to Foreign Air Arms
Chinese Produced Variants
Customer
Type 594 Avian IIIA
Type 594 Avian IV
Type 616 Avian IVM
Type 616B Avian IVM
Type
Built New
Canada
162
CAD Yang Ch'eng
4
Canton
10
4
China
4
Estonia
6
Kwangai
11
South Africa
1
20
1
14
11
188
Notes In 1935, a team of Air Service
Training engineers rebuilt Avro 612 (Cierva C.17 Mk.II) G-AAGJ to Avian II standard under the name Alpha 25.
Assembled by the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Ottawa, from UK supplied complete airframes. There appears to be confusion
of c/ns between aircraft assembled by the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Co. Ltd., with those c/ns as assigned by A.V. Roe. The
most likely, though speculative, reason for this comes from Terry Judge [10]. "I am willing to speculate ... –
about how all these numbers hang together. All I have is one assumption (and) one fact. - the assumption is that the c/ns
were issued in chronological order. it also seems to be accepted that Canada initially received 30 aircraft (282/302 and 307/315).
According to Jackson [1] the next set of 10 aircraft sent to Canada were 425/434 (produced c. 12.29/1.30). At this point (theoretically)
there was a great deal of misunderstanding between Avro and Ottawa Car. Ottawa Car were led to believe (or decided to believe)
that they had been sent c/ns 316/325. Avro appear to have understood that the latest aircraft they had sent were assigned
to RCAF 92/101. I believe that Canadian "316/325" were one and the same as Avro 425/434. As the Canadian market
seemed to be quite buoyant Avro sent a further ten aircraft, 443/452 (produced c. 6.30). Unfortunately, by this time, the
Depression was making its mark on the economy, and the market dried up. In March 1931 Ottawa Car sent a letter to the DND
saying they had 12 Avians in stock on which they were prepared to make drastic price reductions; these were Genet Major landplanes.
(This is my one fact.). These 12 aircraft can be accounted for as follows; CF-AIF (sold in 1932) and CF-AIE (sold in 1933)....
The final ten (443/452) remained in storage until early 1936 when they were bought for the flying clubs as CF-CEV/CF-CFC and
CF-CFH/CF-CFI. They were delivered quoting their Avro fuselage frame numbers (to allow the DND to identify them as containing
Canadian-built components (see Molson [13]). These aircraft are usually quoted as 65249/65259 (11 aircraft) with 65253 as
untraced. I submit that 65253 was never sent to Canada and that the remaining 10 fuselage numbers were for c/ns 443/452."
Originally the Whittlesey Manufacturing Co., importers of Avian IIIs to the USA. Tooled up for the production
of 2000 aircraft a year, but went bankrupt after only about 10 machines were built. Tie up between Serial
and c/n cannot be confirmed Starting from the first Avian III, the c/n prefix changed from R3/AV/ to
R3/CN/. The c/n's as shown are those as given in the in the references, and, as can be seen, some were recorded with the R3/CN/
prefix, some without. It seems that the use of the prefix died out entirely by the early 1930s. C/n's
for the 20 SAAF Avian !VMs were 334-353. Six aircraft were crashed/damaged beyond repair while in service: 506-508, 515, 516
and 522. The 14 aircraft converted for civilian use come from the remaining c/n's. This aircraft is somewhat
enigmatic: Not only is it a Mk.IV produced in 1933, four years after the previous Mk.IV, but it's c/n is extremely out of
sequence. According to Jackson [1], all Armstrong Siddeley Genet powered aircraft had the 'B' suffix
to their Type Number, although this seems to rarely be used in the references. These aircraft have been
erroneously shown as Avro 594B Avian IIIA with AS Genet II powerplant. The use of the Genet II powerplant makes these Type
594B Avian III (See Produced Types list).
Production References Avro Aircraft
Since 1908, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1965)85 Years Of South African Air Force, Winston Brent
(Freeworld Publications, 2007)Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers at http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/index.htm British Civil Aircraft Registers 1911-1999 (Air-Britain Publications, 1999)Aircraft of the
Spanish Civil War, Gerald Howson (Putnam, 1990)Air Britain Digest, 1990/4 (Air-Britain Publications)The
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1928, Peter W. Moss (Air Britain Publications, 1969)The British Civil
Aircraft Registers G-FAAA-'FAAZ (1920-1928) & G-AAAA-'AAZZ (1928-1930), Peter W. Moss (Air Britain Publications,
1971)Avian Production List at http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/avian.pdf Terry Judge, via Air Britain Information Exchange (AB-IX) forum, 19 Feb 2011. (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ab-ix/ ) http://aerohistoriaargentina.blogspot.com/2015/05/aviones-que-volaron-en-argentina-avro.html http://www.airhistory.org.uk Canadian Aircraft Since 1909 , K.M. Molson and H.A. Taylor (Putnam, 1982)
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