A.V. Roe and Company

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A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.

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A.V. Roe and Company canonical 22

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
aerospace company ⓘ
aircraft manufacturer ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
alternativeName Avro Ltd ⓘ
basedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
commonName Avro ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1963 ⓘ
foundedBy Alliott Verdon Roe ⓘ
Humphrey Verdon Roe ⓘ
hasMotto The World’s First Aircraft Manufacturer to be Registered as a Company ⓘ
headquartersLocation England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
inception 1910 ⓘ
industry aerospace ⓘ
defence ⓘ
locationOfFactory Chadderton, Lancashire ⓘ
linked to: Chadderton

Woodford, Cheshire ⓘ
Yeadon, Yorkshire ⓘ
linked to: Yeadon
mergedInto Hawker Siddeley Aviation ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Siddeley
namedAfter Alliott Verdon Roe ⓘ
notableFor production of the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber ⓘ
production of the Avro Vulcan V-bomber ⓘ
training aircraft for the Royal Air Force ⓘ
notableWork Avro 504 ⓘ
Avro Anson ⓘ
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck ⓘ
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow ⓘ
Avro Lancaster ⓘ
Avro Shackleton ⓘ
Avro Tudor ⓘ
Avro Vulcan ⓘ
linked to: Vulcan bomber

Avro York ⓘ
linked to: Avro York aircraft
operatedDuring First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
parentOrganization Hawker Siddeley Group ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Siddeley
product airliners ⓘ
bombers ⓘ
civil aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
trainers ⓘ
servedClient Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
significantEvent acquired by Hawker Siddeley in 1935 ⓘ
subsidiary Avro Canada ⓘ
timePeriod first half of the 20th century ⓘ

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Avro Lancaster → manufacturer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley → parentCompanyOf → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley → acquired → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro → hasPredecessor → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro → alternativeName → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Lincoln → manufacturer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Roy Chadwick → employer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Vulcan XH558 → manufacturer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Type 698 → manufacturer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Stuart Davies → employer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Woodford Aerodrome → operator → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Humphrey Verdon Roe → coFounded → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Humphrey Verdon Roe → employer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Woodford Aerodrome → operatedBy → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Woodford
Alliott Verdon Roe → founded → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Hamble airfield → operatedBy → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Athena → developedBy → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Ltd → foundedAs → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Tudor → manufacturer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Vulcan (early design work) → developedBy → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
Avro Ashton → manufacturer → A.V. Roe and Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Avro Ashton (testbed)