Private company

Avro

British aircraft manufacturer

Avro (an initialism of the founder's name, A.V. Roe) 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.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1910Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry, aviation, manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery, vehicle construction, weapons industry1
  • HeadquartersManchester1
  • Legal formpublic limited company1

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Products and brands

  • Avro Lancaster
  • Avro Vulcan

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Armstrong Siddeley
  • Hawker Siddeley

Subsidiaries

  • Avro Canada

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Hawker Siddeley1

Timeline

  1. 1963Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1910Founded Founded1

Sources

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