Avro 504
Avro 504K
Description
Role	trainer, bomber, reconnaissance
Crew	2
First flight
Entered service	July 1913
Manufacturer	Avro
Dimensions
Length	29 ft 6 in	9.0 m
Wingspan	36 ft	11.0 m
Height	10 ft 5 in	3.2 m
Wing area	ft²	m²
Weights
Empty	1230 lb	560 kg
Loaded	lb	kg
Maximum takeoff	lb	kg
Capacity
Powerplant
Engines	Gnôme Monosoupape rotary, Le Rhône rotary or Clerget 9B
Power	100, 110 or 130 hp	75, 82 or 97 kW
Performance
Maximum speed	82, 95 or 94 mph	132, 153 or 151 km/h
Combat range	miles	km
Ferry range	miles	km
Service ceiling	ft	m
Rate of climb	ft/min	m/min
Avionics
Avionics
Armament
Guns	1 Lewis gun, some have 1 Vickers machine gun & 1-2 Lewis guns
Bombs
Missiles
Rockets
Other

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The first 504 was built in 1913. Production totalled 8,340 and continued for almost twenty years. It was used by both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service as a trainer, bomber and recconaissance plane. The plane was withdrawn from frontline service in the summer of 1915 but remained the standard British trainer for the rest of the war. 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. Origin and Early History Formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... Personnel of No 1 Squadron RNAS in late 1914 The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I, when it merged with the British Armys Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form the Royal Air Force. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

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The 504 is easily recognisable because of the single skid between the wheels.

Variants

• 504
• 504A
• 504B
• 504C

Single-seat anti-zeppelin aircraft for the RNAS. The 504C was fitted with an extra fuel tank, in place of the observer.

• 504D

Single-seat anti-zepplin aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps. Six built.

• 504E
• 504F
• 504G
• 504H

Used for catapult trials.

• 504J

Used as a trainer.

• 504K

Two-seat training aircraft. The 504K han an universal mount to take different engines. Used for anti-zeppelin work, it was armed with a 0.303-inch Lewis machine-gun on the upper wing. Several were assembled in Australia by Australian Aircraft & Engineering.

• 504L

Floatplane version.

• 504M

Three-seat cabin biplane. Only one was ever built.

• 504N

Two-seat training aircraft.

• 504P

Unbuilt version of the 504N.

• 504Q

Three-seat cabin biplane. The 504Q was built for the Oxford University Arctic Expedition. Only one was ever built.

• 504R Gosport

Reworked trainer. Ten were sold to Argentina, and 100 more were built by FMA under licence in Argentina. Three were exported to Estonia, and an unknown number to Peru.

• 504S

Two-seat training aircraft. Built under licence in Japan by Nakajima.

• Yokosuka K1Y

Two-seat training aircraft for the Japanese Navy. Japanses version of the 504K. 104 were built in Japan.

• U-1

Russian copy of the 504K.

• NU-1

Russian seaplane version.

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Operators

• Argentina, Australia (RAAF), Belgium, Brazil, Canada (RCAF), Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), New Zealand (NZPAF), Norway, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Siam (Thailand), United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.

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External links

• British Aircraft Directory
• Avro 504