Avro 504 | |
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General information | |
Type | Trainer, fighter, bomber |
Manufacturer | Avro |
Primary users | Royal Flying Corps |
Number built | 11,303 including Japanese, Soviet and other foreign production[1] |
History | |
Manufactured | 1913–1932 |
Introduction date | 1913 |
First flight | 18 September 1913[2] |
Retired | 1934 |
The Avro 504 is a single-engine biplane bomber made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during World War I totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years,[2] making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War. More than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932.[3][4]