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Also known as A.V. Roe and Company

Avro (an initialism of the founder's name) was a British aircraft manufacturer. Its designs include the Avro 504, used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.

Key facts

Company.name
A.V. Roe and Company
Company.logo
Avro.png
Company.type
Private
Company.founded
in Brownsfield Mill, Manchester, U.K.
Company.fate
Merged with Hawker Siddeley Aircraft
Company.successor
Hawker Siddeley Aviation
Company.hq_location_city
Alexandra Park, Woodford,Stockport
Company.hq_location_country
United Kingdom
Company.area_served
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Company.parent
Hawker Siddeley

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
public company
Headquarters
Manchester
Parent organization
Hawker Siddeley
Subsidiary
Avro Canada
Image
Avro Vulcan Bomber RAF.JPEG
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Commons category
Avro
inception
1910-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1963-01-01
topic's main category
Category:Avro
Commons gallery
Avro
product or material produced
Avro Vulcan
replaced by
Hawker Siddeley
has works in the collection
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
native label
Avro
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