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Britain's Avro York transport¹

Avro York:
United Kingdom's Avro York transport

The Avro York was developed in 1942 and took only six months.¹

The design of the wings and tail unit were taken from the Lancaster.¹ The tail unit did add an additional fin.¹

The wings were mounted high in the fuselage.¹

The York prototype first flew on July 5, 1942.¹ It and the second prototype had only two fins.¹

One of the Yorks was constructed by Victory Aircraft in Canada.¹

The Avro York didn't receive any production priority until 1945.¹

Prototype: Had Merlin XX engines (1,280 HP).¹
York C.1:
York Mk II: This was one of the prototypes that had its engines replace by Bristol Hercules radials (1,650 HP).¹

In 1943 the third York prototype was converted to be Winston Churchill's personal transport.¹ It was only York to have square windows.¹

The No. 24 Squadron flew the Prime Minister and other cabinet members to meetings in Moscow, Yalta, and Tehran.¹

King George VI was flow to North Africa for a tour in 1943.¹

After World War II the York was delivered up until April 1948 to the Royal Air Force.¹

From 1948 - 1949 Yorks were used in the Berlin Airlift.¹

The Avro Yorks served until 1957.¹

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