Austin produced its own aeroplanes in the early years, and
in the First and Second World Wars produced complete
aeroplanes along with making components for other
manufactures.
At the end of the article is a video showing the
production of the Hurricane and flight testing from
Austin's own airfield. (Running time 6
mins)
Herbert Austin decided to set up an aircraft design
department in 1917, to develop its own range of light
planes for sale.
Austin Designed Planes ( AFB 1)
This plane incorporated some ideas put forward by the
flying ace Capt. Albert Ball, VC, DSO, MC (He was killed
when only 20 years old). It was from this tie up that the
first aircraft produced went under the code name AFB1. The
plane was actually designed by C H Brooks and flew for the
first time in July 1917. It was of wooden construction with
fabric covering, and was powered by a 200hp Hispano-Suiza
eight-cylinder liquid-cooled engine. Austin's designed a
machine-gun that would fire through the centre of the
propellor shaft and was patented in December 1915, some six
months before Vickers came up with a similar idea called
the interrupter gear which was fitted to 7.7mm Lewis
machine gun firing through the hollow propeller shaft, and
a similar weapon on a Foster mounting above the upper wing
centre section. As originally built, the sole prototype of
the A.F.B.1 had slightly sweptback wing surfaces and
conventional single-bay bracing, but during the course of
development new upswept surfaces accompanied by revised
interplane bracing of two-bay form were introduced. These
modifications were carried out on the prototype and was
flown on 17 September 1917. It would appear that the
programme was cancelled soon after.
Specification:
Wing span: 29 ft. 9 in Length: 21 ft 6 in Height: 9 ft 3 in
Wing Area: 289 sq ft
Weights Empty:1562 lb. Loaded: 2077 lb.
Performance Max Level Speed: 138 mph
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Austin
Greyhound
J
Kenworthy designed the Greyhound tandem two-seat
fighter-reconnaissance aircraft was by as a potential
successor to the Bristol Fighter, but the first prototype
was not completed until after the Armistice of 1918 owing
to difficulties with its 320hp ABC Dragonfly I
nine-cylinder radial engine. Flight testing eventually
commenced in May 1919, and three prototypes were built and
flown, but soon after no further development was
undertaken. Armament comprised two fixed synchronised 7.7mm
Vickers guns and a single 7.7mm Lewis gun on a Scarff ring
in the rear cockpit.
Specification:
Wing span: 39 ft. 0 in Length: 26 ft 8 in Height: 10 ft 4
in Wing Area: 389 sq ft
Weights Empty:1839 lb. Loaded: 3031 lb.
Performance Max Level Speed: 130 mph
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Austin Osprey Triplane (AFT3)
This
plane which was designed in 1917 tended to have two names,
the Austin AFT3 or Osprey Triplane of which only one was
made, it was intended to compete with the Sopwith Snipe.
The Osprey was of wooden construction with fabric skinning,
the six wings were interchangeable. A 230hp Bentley B.R.2
nine-cylinder rotary engine supplied the power. The
armament comprised two fixed and synchronised 7.7mm Vickers
machine guns and one semi-free Lewis gun of similar calibre
on the rear spanwise member of the middle-wing centre
section. The Osprey was flown for the first time in
February 1918, but performance proved to be inferior to
that of the Snipe, and construction of the other two
prototypes was abandoned.
Specification:
Wing span: 22 ft. 7 in Length: 17 ft 5 in Height:10 ft 7 in
Wing Area: N/A
Weights Empty: 1100 lb. Loaded: 1883 lb.
Performance Max Level Speed: 118 mph
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Austin Whippet
(Replica)
The Whippet was designed by the Austin Motor Co. Ltd, (Aero
Division)
It
first flew in 1919, it was a Single seat biplane with an
open cockpit aft of the wings. The wings were made to fold
back, and this made it possible to house the aircraft in a
shed measuring just l8ft long, 8ft high, and only 8ft wide.
They were upswept, slightly staggered, un-tapered, it had
equal span and equal chord wings of wooden structure. The
Steel tube fuselage with fabric covering mounted on lower
wing with a braced tail-plane and single fin and rudder.
Landing gear was the cross axle type with tail-skid. At the
Aero Show in 1919 a prototype was exhibited with a
2-cylinder horizontally opposed engine. For the production
version power would be supplied by one 45 hp
Anzanisix-cylinder air-cooled radial driving a two blade
propeller. It was hoped that the price would be about £450,
which at the time was the price you would pay for a
medium-sized car. An experienced RAF pilot remarked at the
time that he could teach anyone to fly her in ten minutes.
It had its first public showing at the Olympia Aero Show in
July 1920, by this time the price had risen to £500. As
only a few sales materialise, manly because amateur flying
simply did not catch on. so production was stopped with
about seven been produced.
Specification:
Wing span: 21 ft. 6 in Length: 16 ft 3 in Height:7 ft 6 in
Wing Area: 134 sq ft
Weights Empty: 580 lb Loaded: 810 lb
Performance Max Level Speed: 95 mph Initial Climb 5,000 ft
in 9 min Flying Time 2 hr
Landing speed: 30 mph
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Austin
Kestrel
Kestrel was next on the scene, this was designed by J
Kenworthy, in his early days had worked with Geoffrey de
Havilland at the Royal Aircraft Factory. The first
experimental prototype Whippets were made during the first
half of 1919. This new plane would have a steel tube
fuselage and have the unique feature that the wings could
be folded up thus making it easy to store in a garage or a
barn. Power for this two-seater plane would by a 200hp
Beardmore engine. The Air Ministry, to stimulate interest
among manufactures, arranged an Air Trial at Martlesham
airfield near lpswich in August 1920. with a total Prizes
money of £641.000. The company decided to enter the
Kestrel. Actually the Kestrel came third in its class,
winning £1,500 Because not many orders were forth coming,
Austin decided to close down the aircraft business and
concentrate on the cars.
Advert 1920
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World War I Planes
In World War I, The Austin Motor Company (Aircraft
Division) was given contracts by the Government to produce
aircraft for the war effort.
Bristol F2B
The Bristol Fighter was a two seat fighter and
reconnaissance plane of the first world war. The Bristol
F.2 Fighter was a two-seat biplane fighter and
reconnaissance aircraft of World War I flown by the Royal
Flying Corps. Despite being a two-seater, the F.2B proved
an agile aircraft that was able to hold its own against
single-seat scouts. Having overcome a disastrous start to
its career, the F.2B's solid design ensured that it
remained in military service into the 1930s and surplus
aircraft were popular in civil aviation.
Specification
RE 8 version
Wing span: 25 ft 10 in Length: 25 ft 10 in Height: 9 ft 9
in Wing Area: 405 sq ft
Weights Empty: 2,145 lb. Loaded: 3,243 lb.
Powered by 1× Rolls-Royce Falcon liquid-cooled V12 engine,
275 hp
Performance Max Speed: 123 mph at 5,000 ft Max. Rate of
Climb: 889 ft/min Service Ceiling: 18,000 ft
Armament: Guns:1× .303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing Vickers
machine gun in the upper fuselage and 2× .303 in Lewis guns
in the observer's cockpit
Bombs: 240 lb (110 kg)
Crew: 2: pilot & observer/gunner
It appears that according to the records the Austin Motor
Co made four.
RAF SE 5 - SE 5A
The plane it initially produced was the SE5 designed by
ex-Daimler engineer Fred Green of the Royal Aircraft
Factory, Farnborough; SE5 stood for Scout Experimental and
was regarded as the most successful plane produced by this
firm. The design brief was to produce a plane that was easy
to fly and that its characteristic enabled the Royal Flying
Corps to entrust the plane to relatively inexperienced
pilots. The final product met all its targets and although
not as manoeuverable as the Sopwith Camel, it was
noticeably faster and quieter. But although less agile for
dog-fighting it was capable of 138 mph and easily out
manoeuvring the German planes. Powered by a 150 HP
Hispano-Suiza V; the SE.5 entered service in April 1917. A
new more powerful engine was adopted, a 200 HP
Hispano-Suiza, so leading to the SE 5A and only minor
changes were made to the rest of the plane. It was mid 1917
that the new model arrive in service. One main weakness was
the unreliability of its engine and by the limited
effectiveness of Constantinesco synchronizing gear. It was
the first Allied scout with 2 machine guns: a Lewis gun on
a Foster-mount on the top wing, and a side-mounted Vickers
gun in front of the cockpit.
The total number made of the SE 5 & SE 5A was 5,205 of
which the Austin Motor Co. made 1550 of the SE 5A version.
In one week in 1918 over 60 of these Scouting Experimental
machines were accepted by the Royal Aircraft Factory after
test flights from the Longbridge flying ground.
Specification SE 5A
Wing
span: 26 ft 7 in Length: 20 ft in Height:9 ft 5 in Wing
Area:257.5 sq ft
Weights Empty: Unknown Loaded: 2,048 lb.
Performance Max Level Speed: 132 mph at 6,500 ft Max. Rate
of Climb: 765 ft/min Service Ceiling: 20,000 ft
Armament was a forward-facing synchronised 7.7mm Vickers
machine-gun, and Lewis gun installed on top of the centre
section of the upper wing; four 18 kg. bombs.
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RAF RE7
Longbridge
Production
The Austin Motor Co. Ltd produced 52 of the RE 7 version
and 300 RE 8 to the RAFs specification.
The R.E. 7 was quoted as been the most useless aeroplane
ever made for the following reasons. It had a quoted top
speed of 82 mph, but it very seldom exceeded 60 mph and its
stall speed was just under 50 mph. With such a small
difference between these speeds it was very easy to stall
and spin out of control, also take-offs, landings and
manoeuvring in the air very difficult. A member of the
Royal Flying Corps. said the RE7 was "a pig - on a windy
day a boy on a bicycle could pass it." Only 250 were built,
it came armed with a forward firing machine gun mounted
oblique to the aircraft to avoid the propeller. This made
it very difficult to hit anything, as the aircraft had to
be crabbed to one side when aiming at another plane. The
observer could not stand, or turn around like in later
aircraft, so a machine gun in the back was nearly
ineffective as the observer had to aim it by leaning back
and swivelling the gun while looking over his shoulder.
Along came the RE 8 version but by all accounts it wasn't
much better.
Specification
RE 8 version
Wing span: 42 ft 7 in Length: 27 ft 10 in Height:0 ft 0 in
Wing Area: 00000 sq ft
Weights Empty: xxxx lb. Loaded: 2,678 lb.
Powered by the 150 hp RAF 4a engine
Performance Max Level Speed: 102 mph Max. Rate of Climb:
340 ft/min Service Ceiling: 13,000 ft
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World
War II Planes
FAIREY
BATTLE
The Fairey Battle was designed by the Fairey Aviation Co
Ltd at their factory in Hayes. It was designed to meet the
requirements of Air Ministry Specification P 27/32 which
had been issued in April 1933. The first prototype K 4303
made its first flight on 10th March 1936. This two-seater
medium bomber had a low-wing all metal cantilever
monoplane. The fuselage was a oval section all steel
structure. Tail unit was also a metal cantilever monotype
with the fin and elevator fabric covered. Main landing gear
was retractable with the a fixed tail wheel. Power came
from the Rolls-Royce Merlin III twelve cylinder Vee
liquid-cooled supercharged engine rated at 1,035 hp with a
three bladed variable pitch airscrew. It had a crew of two,
pilot who could fire the machine gun in the starboard wing.
Bombs were stowed in four cells in the wings. The rear
gunner operated a machine gun in the rear cockpit.
Specification:
Wing span: 54 ft Length: 42 ft 4 in Height:15 ft 6 in Wing
Area: 422 sq ft
Weights Empty: 6,647 lb Loaded: 10,792 lb
Performance Max Level Speed: 257 mph at 15,000 ft Service
Ceiling: 25,000 ft Range: 1,000 miles
The Austin Motor Co Ltd at Longbridge was given a contract
to build 1029 planes at the new shadow factory East Works
in 1938. The first plane off the production line had the
following Ref. No L4935. A further contract was placed for
200 planes, making a final total of 1229.
Fairey
Battle production starting up in East
Works
Fairey Battle Crash Lands at Longbridge
On the 25th July 1939 a Fairey Battle produced in the East
Works had taken off from the works airfield with the Chief
test pilot Capt. Neville Stack (aged 42) who lived in Kings
Norton and a mechanic Harold Crawford (aged 35) from Lickey
End. The plane which was coming into land from the railway
side of the airfield. According to eyewitnesses the
aeroplane had been put through various vigorous tests,
including power diving and looping. As he was preparing to
land, one wheel of the retractable under carriage failed to
drop into position. The pilot gained height and circled
round trying to shake the wheel free, but with no success.
So Capt. Stack decided to try and land on one wheel. As he
made his approach over the railway embankment a sudden loss
of altitude put the plane in jeopardy, so as to avoid a
head on crash he swung it round so that the wing took most
of the impact and it crashed into the embankment just feet
away from the airfield, the time off the crash was put at
6.45 pm.
The plane had its back broken and the engine and cockpit
was damaged. The plane slipped a few feet down the bank and
came to rest with its nose facing towards Bamt Green. The
works fire tender and ambulance rushed to the scene, and
Captain Stack and his mechanic were pulled out. Capt. Stack
waved to the rescue party as they approached, although he
must have been in great agony with both his legs broken.
Crawford, however was unconscious suffering from fractures
of an arm and leg and severe scalp wounds. They were taken
by ambulance to Selly Oak Hospital, and relatives were
speedily informed. Hoses were played on the damaged plane
to check any outbreak of fire, ropes were fastened to the
wreckage to prevent it from sliding down the embankment on
to the railway. Later cables were substituted for the ropes
and the plane was removed on Thursday morning.
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HURRICANE
Austin
built Hurricane on the works
airfield
The Hurricane was design by the Hawker Aircraft Ltd which
had its main factory at Kingston. Under the code name of
F.36/34 it first flew on the 6th November 1935.
A
single seat fighter with a wing that is described as a low
wing cantilever monoplane. Wings were of two spar metal
construction with metal skin. The main fuselage frame was
constructed of steel and aluminium alloy tubing, formed
into an oval shape. This was then covered with metal panels
in the forward sections with fabric stretched over the
wooden sections at the rear. Landing Gear was the
retractable type which was hinged to the front spar and
retracted inwards and slightly backwards, the tail wheel
was non-retractable. The pilot sat in an enclosed cockpit
over the wing. The one Rolls-Royce Merlin XX twelve
cylinder Vee liquid cooled engine which was rated at 1,185
bhp driving a three blade constant speed airscrew. Twelve
Browning 0.303 in machine guns mounted in the wings.
Specification
IIB
Wing span: 40 ft Length: 32 ft 3 in Height:13 ft 1.5 in
Wing Area:257.5 sq ft Weights Empty: 5,640 lb Loaded: 8,250
lb
Performance Max Level Speed: 340 mph at 21,500 ft Max Rate
of Climb: 2,950 ft/min Service Ceiling: 40,000 ft Range:
470 miles
The Austin Motor Company produced 300 Hurricanes probable
the IIB version
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Shorts Stirling Bomber
The Short Stirling was the first of the four-engined
bombers to fly, the prototype taking to the air in May of
1939. However its undercarriage collapsed on landing and it
was not until February, 1941 that the aircraft flew its
first operation against the enemy. Tragically, the aircraft
was needlessly limited at its conception. The engineers at
Short's were faced with the restriction that the wingspan
had to be less than one hundred feet so that it could fit
into the standard RAF hangars of the day. This resulted in
poor high altitude performance and a low ceiling. At low
altitudes however, the Stirling was the fastest of the
heavy bombers.
Specification Mk I:
Wing span: 99 ft 1 in Length: 87 ft 3 in Height:22 ft 9 in
Weights Empty: 46,900 lb Loaded: 70,000 lb
Performance Max Level Speed: 255 mph Service Ceiling:
16,500 ft (Max. Load) Range: 2,330 miles
Powerplants: Four
1,500 hp Bristol Hercules XI 14 cylinder, sleeve valve air
cooled radial engines
Armament:
Eight
.303 Browning machine guns, nose turret (2), dorsal turret
(2), tail turret (4), 17.000 Pounds of bombs
The
first production Stirling rolled off the assembly line in
August 1940
Crew:
Eight
Specification: Mk III
Wing span: 99 ft 1 in Length: 87 ft 3 in Height:22 ft 9 in
Wing Area:
Weights Empty: 43,200 lb Loaded: 70,000 lb
Performance Max Level Speed: 270 mph Service Ceiling:
16,500 ft (Max. Load) Range: 2,330 miles
Crew: Seven
Powerplant: Four
1,650 hp Bristol Hercules VI or XVI air cooled radial
engines
Armament: Nine .303 Browning
machine guns, nose turret (2), dorsal turret (2), tail
turret (4) and underfuselage hand held mount (1), 17,000
Pounds of bombs
An
Austin assembled Stirling Bomber
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Avro Lancaster
The Avro Lancaster was designed by A.V. Roe and Co Ltd at
the Newton Heath factory Manchester. The first prototype BT
308 was originally known as the Manchester III. Various
modifications were made and the the second prototype DG 585
made its first flight on 13 May 1941. The first production
Lancaster I Ref. L 7527 flew on the 31 October 1941, the
main difference from the prototype was a more powerful
engines and addition of dorsal and ventral turrets with the
loaded weight increased from 50,00 lb. to 60,00 lb.
Avro Lancaster was a four engined heavy bomber with a mid
wing cantilever monoplane. The two spar wing structure ribs
were aluminium alloy pressings and the entire wing is
covered in an aluminium alloy skin. Ailerons have metal
noses, and fabric covered rear of the hinges. The fuselage
was an all metal oval structure. Tail unit was an all metal
cantilever monoplane type with twin oval fins and rudders.
All metal structure. Tailplane, fins and rudders are metal
covered, elevators covered with fabric. Main landing gear,
with the wheels retracting into the inboard engine
nacelles. Power can from four 1,280 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin
XX twelve cylinder Vee liquid cooled engines fitted with
three bladed constant speed airscrews. Provision for a crew
of seven, with a bomb aimer in the nose below the front gun
turret. Above and behind is the pilots position and rear of
them is the fighting controllers position. Further down the
fuselage is seating for the navigator and the radio
operator. Then we have the upper turret and the tail
turret. The three powered turrets had eight 0.303 in
Browning machine guns between them. Bomb compartment could
accommodate 8 tons of bombs.
Specifications:
Wing span 102 ft. Length: 69 ft 4 in. Height: 20 ft. Wing
Area: 1,297 sq ft
Weights: Empty 37,000 lb. Loaded 68,000 lb.
Performance Max Speed: 287 mph. Max rate of climb 250
ft/min. Service Ceiling 19,000 ft. Range 3,800 miles.
Austin Production
Austin Aero received a contract No 2827 late 1942 to supply
150 Mk 1 Lancaster's for delivery between March 1944 and
April 1945 almost three a week. From April 1945 the
contract was for 150 Mk VII to be completed by September
1946 which works out at about 5.8 planes per week. After
this a further 30 Mk VII were required between November
1945 to January 1946, giving a grand total of 330
planes.
Fuselages
lined up ready to be transported to
Elmdon
Because of the short runway at Longbridge the Lancaster
could not fly out from the factory site. So the Lancaster's
were produced as kits in East Works. All of the various
parts such as fuselages, wings etc. were transported to
Elmdon Airfield. Because of the large sections much of the
street furniture en-route had to be removed, on the
roundabout in Kings Norton a road was cut straight through.
The picture above shows the assemble of a Lancaster in
Austin's own Hanger at Elmdon. Other suppliers of
components including engines, landing gear etc, would be
delivered direct to the hanger.
Lancaster
built by the Austin Motor Co Ltd at Elmdon airfield
1941.
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Austin produced parts for other aircraft
Bristol
Beaufighter
The Bristol Aeroplane Company decided that there was a need
for a two-seat all-metal fighter using components from the
Beaufort torpedo-bomber. The first prototype R 2052 was
complete and ready for its maiden flight when the Air
official Spec. F 17/39, the plane then first flew on 17
July 1939. With government order placed a new factory was
built at Weston-super-Mare with the first production plane
flew on 20 February 1941. The Beaufighter eventually
equipped 52 RAF squadrons, giving outstanding service
during World War II, in particular as a night-fighter and
torpedo-bomber. It continued as a night-fighter until 1943,
with the last aircraft a TT10 staying in service with the
RAF until 1960, nearly 21 years after the type's first
flight.
Specifications
Mark VI
Wing span 57 ft. 10 in Length: 41 ft 8 in. Height: 15 ft.
10 in Wing Area: 503 sq ft
Weights: Empty 14,600 lb. Loaded 21,600 lb.
Performance Max Speed: 333 mph at 15,600 ft Climb 7-8 min
to 15,000 ft Service Ceiling 26,500 ft. Range 1,480 miles
max.
Crew:
Pilot, Gunner and Radar operator
Production
of parts for the Bristol Beaufighter
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AIRSPEED HORSA AS.51 & AS.58
The Airspeed Horsa was designed by Hessell Tiltman for
Airspeed to Specification X.26/40 which was to make a
troop-carrying glider. With an all-wood construction the
Horsa had been designed so that parts could be made by
various manufactures who did not normally make aircraft,
but had the necessary skills. The various parts were
brought together for final assemble. The first of two
prototypes had been assembled at Fairey's Great West
Aerodrome with the first flight on September 12, 1940,
behind a Whitley Tug. Another five more prototypes were
built and tested.
The
Airspeed Horsa Mk I production version which could carry
20-25 troops was ordered by the Air Ministry. A total of
1,461 were made of which 300 fuselages were built by the
Austin Motor Co. Wolverton was chosen for for the
manufacture of the wings. No factory produced aircraft
completely from start to finish. This was to prevent
production being totally destroyed by a German air raid
AS51 Horsa Mk I specification
Crew 2 Wingspan 26.8 m Length 20.4 m Height 5.9 m
Wing area 102.6 sq. m Empty weight 3797 kg Takeoff weight
7031 kg Max. speed 241 km/h Cruise speed 161 km/h Payload
25 passengers
A
further development in 1943 took place with a Mk II version
called AS 58. This had a hinged nose and reinforced floor
to carry vehicles; twin nose wheels, and twin tow-rope
attachment moved from under the wing to the nosewheel
strut. A total of 1,271 were produced with the Austin only
making 65.
AS58 Horsa MkII specification
Crew 1 Wingspan 26.8m Length 20.7m Height 6.2m
Wing area 102.6 sq.m Empty weight 3797 kg Takeoff weight
7144 kg Max. speed 241 km/h Cruise speed 161 km/h Payload
25 passengers
Both
the MkI & MkII could also carry a modified jeep or a 6
pounder cannon and no passengers. Later development of the
Mk. II provided the glider with a hinged nose for easier
access for large loads. A grand total of 3,655 of these
reliable aircraft were provided in the war to ferry the
airborne troops.
Austin Fuselage Production at West Works
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Miles Master MkI - MkII - MkIII
Miles
Master MkI
The Miles Master was an advanced trainer which used the
Miles M9 Kestral as its base, to cover the RAF
Specification 16/38 which had been issued in June 1938. The
MkI first flew in March 31 1939, in all seven prototypes
were delivered to the RAF and a production run of 900 were
produced. Various modifications were carried out, one been
that the upward hinged canopy was replaced with a sliding
version. Wings span was reduced from 39ft to 35ft 9in. Just
over twenty were fitted with six 0.303in Browning guns in
wings as emergency fighters. MkII was armed for practice
firing with a single fixed forward firing Vickers .303
machine gun and could be armed with small practice bombs.
The MkIII main change was that the Bristol Mercury engine
was replaced by a Pratt & Whitney.
Total produced of the Mark I was 1,748
MkII & MkIII combined figure was 1,554
Specifications
Mark I
Wing span 39ft. 0 in Length: 30 ft 5 in Height Not know
Wing Area: 235 sq ft Weights: Empty 4,370 lb. Loaded 5,573
lb.
Performance Max Speed: 226 mph Cruising speed 160 mph at
10,00 ft Endurance 3hr
Powerplant
Rolls Royce Kestrel XXX
715hp engine
Total
production 1,748
MkII
Wing
span 35ft.9 in
Length: 29 ft 6 in
Height Not know
Wing Area: 235 sq ft Weights: Empty 4,293 lb
Loaded 5,573 lb
Performance
Max Speed: 242 at 6,000 mph
Range 393miles
Endurance 1.8hr
Powerplant
Bristol Mercury Bristol Mercury XX 870hp radial piston
engine,
MkIII
same as MkII but a change to a Pratt &
Whitney
Wing
span 35ft.9 in Length: 29 ft 6 in Height Not know
Wing Area: 235 sq ft Weights: Empty 4,293 lb Loaded 5,573
lb
Performance Max Speed: 242 at 6,000 mph Range
393miles
Powerplant
Pratt & Whitney 825hp R-1535-SB4G Twin Wasp Junior
Production of Miles-Master parts
Austin
produced a total of 1,100 wings and centre-sections as
shown above.
Austin Motor Company - Longbridge
Record of Aircraft built -1916 to 1946
For Royal Flying Corps. (WW1)
|
Date
|
Type
|
Serial Numbers
|
Batch
|
Comment
|
|
1916 on -
|
RE 8
|
A3169 – A3268
|
100
|
|
|
|
|
A4261 – A4410
|
150
|
|
|
1916 - 17
|
RE 8
|
B5851 – B5900
|
50
|
Delivery not confirmed
|
|
|
SE 5A
|
B8231 – B8580
|
350
|
|
|
1917 -
|
SE 5A
|
C8661 – C9310
|
650
|
26 supplied to U.S. Air Service
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Royal Air Force (WW1)
|
1918 -
|
SE 5A
|
E5637 – E5936
|
300
|
|
|
|
SE 5A
|
F7951 – F8200
|
250
|
Several supplied to U.S. Air Service
|
|
1918 -
|
Austin AFT3 Osprey
|
X15 – X17
|
3
|
Only X15 built
|
|
1919 -
|
Austin Greyhound
|
H4317 – H4319
|
3
|
H4317 delivered to Martlesham on 15/5/19
|
|
|
Bristol F2B fighter
|
H5940 – H6519
|
600
|
Siddeley Puma engines
Only 2 confirmed deliveries. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Royal Air Force (WW2)
|
1937-
|
Fairy Battle mk 1
|
L4935 – L5797
|
863
|
|
|
1939-
|
Fairy Battle mk 1
|
R3922 – R4054
|
100
|
|
|
1940-
|
Fairy Battle T.T. 1
|
V1201 – V1250
V1265 – V1280 |
66
|
|
|
1940-
|
Short Stirling mk 1 (S29)
|
W7426 –W7475
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
W7500 – W7539
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
W7560 – W7589
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
W7610 – W7639
|
30
|
|
|
1940-
|
Hawker Hurricane mk 11b
|
AP516 – AP550
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35
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AP564 – AP613
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50
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AP629 – AP648
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20
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All except AP516 shipped to U.S.S.R.
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1940-
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Hawker Harricane mk 11b
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AP670 – AP714
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AP732 – AP781
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AP801 – AP825
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AP849 – AP898
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AP912 – AP936
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195
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Aircraft up to AP879 sent to U.S.S.R.
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1940-
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Short Stirling mk1 mk111 (S.29)
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BK592 – BK628
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Mk 1
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BK644 – BK647
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41
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BK648 – BK667
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Mk 111
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BK686 – BK727
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BK759 – BK784
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BK798 – BK818
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109
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1941-
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Airspeed Horsa mk1 (AS51)
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DP714 – DP726
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Glider
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DP739 – DP777
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DP794 – DP841
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98
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DP725 transferred to USAAF
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1941-
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Short Stirling mk 111 (S29)
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EH875 – EH909
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EH921 – EH961
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EH977 – EH996
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EJ104 – EJ127
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120
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EH897,Eh950,EJ106 converted to mk IV
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1941-
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Airspeed Horsa mk 1 (AS51)
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HG736 – HG770
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Glider
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HG784 – HG819
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HG831 – HG880
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HG897 – HG944
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HG959 – HG989
|
200
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1942-
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Airspeed Horsa mk 1 (AS51)
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LF886 – LF923
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Glider
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LF937 – LF963
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65
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20 transferred to USAAF
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1942-
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Short Stirling mk 111 (S29)
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LK375 – LK411
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LK425 – LK466
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LK479 – LK521
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LK535 – LK576
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LK589 – LK624
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200
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33 converted to mk 1V
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1942-
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Avro 683 Lancaster mk 1
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NN694 – NN726
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NN739 – NN786
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NN798 – NN816
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