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Specifications (Manchester Mk I)
General characteristics
Crew: 7; pilot, flight engineer, navigator, bomb aimer/nose gunner, wireless operator, mid-upper and rear gunners
Length: 70 ft (21.34 m)
Wingspan: 90 ft 1 in (27.46 m)
Height: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Empty weight: 31,200 lb (14,152 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 50,000 lb (22,680 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Vulture I X-24 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,760 hp (1,310 kW) each
Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed feathering propellers
Performance
Maximum speed: 265 mph (426 km/h, 230 kn) at 17,000 ft (5,182 m)
Range: 1,200 mi (1,900 km, 1,000 nmi) with maximum bomb load of 10,350 lb (4,695 kg)
Service ceiling: 19,200 ft (5,900 m)
Armament
Guns: 8 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns, (nose (2), dorsal (2) and tail (4) turrets)
Bombs: 10,350 lb (4,695 kg) bomb load
Specifications (Lancaster I)
General characteristics
Crew: 7: pilot, flight engineer, navigator, bomb aimer/nose gunner, wireless operator, mid-upper and rear gunners
Length: 69 ft 4 in (21.13 m)
Wingspan: 102 ft 0 in (31.09 m)
Height: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Empty weight: 36,900 lb (16,738 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 68,000 lb (30,844 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Merlin XX V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 1,280 hp (950 kW) each
Propellers: 3-bladed
Performance
Maximum speed: 282 mph (454 km/h, 245 kn) at 63,000 lb (28,576 kg) and 13,000 ft (3,962 m) altitude
Range: 2,530 mi (4,070 km, 2,200 nmi)
Service ceiling: 21,400 ft (6,500 m) at 63,000 lb (29,000 kg)
Rate of climb: 720 ft/min (3.7 m/s) at 63,000 lb (29,000 kg) and 9,200 ft (2,800 m) altitude
Armament
Guns: 8 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns, (nose (2), dorsal (2) and tail (4) turrets)
Bombs: Maximum normal bomb load of 14,000 lb (6,400 kg) of bombs
Specifications (Winchester Mk III)
General characteristics
Crew: 6; pilot, flight engineer, navigator/ wireless operator, bomb aimer, nose and rear gunners
Length: 67 ft 6 in (21.43 m)
Wingspan: 90 ft (27.46 m)
Height: 18 ft (5.47 m)
Empty weight: 29,000 lb (13,154 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 60,000 lb (27,216 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × English Electric/Napier Sabre Vb H-24-cylinder, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, 2,850 hp (2,130 kW) each
Propellers: 4-bladed de Havilland or Rotol constant-speed propellers
Performance
Maximum speed: 295 mph (475 km/h, 256 kn) at 17,000 ft (5,182 m)
Range: 2,250 mi (3,620 km, 1955 nmi) with maximum bomb load of 12,000 lb (5445 kg)
Service ceiling: 20,500 ft (6,250 m)
Armament
Guns: 4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk.III autocannon, (nose (2) and tail (2) turrets)
Bombs: 13,000 lb (5,900 kg) maximum bomb load