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Country - Great Britain Manufacturer - Victory Aircraft, Canada Designation - Lancaster Type Bomber Service Dates - 1941 to the late 1950's Accomodation - Heavy bomber with crew of seven Power Plant: (MK.I) 4 - 1,640 HP Rolls Royce "Merlin 24" engines. (MK.II) 4 - 1,650 HP Bristol "Hercules V1" engines. Canadian (MK.III) 4 - 1,390 HP Packard "Merlin 224" engines. (MK.VI) 4 - 1,635 HP Rolls Royce "Merlin 87" engines. (MK.X) 4 - 1,280 HP Rolls Royce "Merlin" engines.
Dimensions Wing Span, 102 ft. 0 in. Length, 72 ft. 2 in. Height, 20 ft. 0 in. Gross Weight - 68,000 pounds Maximum Speed - 287 m.p.h. at 1500 feet Cruising Speed - 210 m.p.h. Service ceiling - 24,500 feet Range - 2,250 miles
Armament - Twin 0.303 machine gun in nose, dorsal and ventral turrets plus four 0.303 machine guns in tail turret. Bomb Load - One 22,000 pound or 14,000 pounds of smaller bombs.
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