Avro Lincoln - Specifications (Lincoln I)

Specifications (Lincoln I)

Data from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57

General characteristics

• Crew: 7 (pilot, flight engineer/co-pilot, navigator, wireless operator, front gunner/bomb aimer, dorsal and rear gunners)
• Length: 78 ft 3½ in (23.86 m)
• Wingspan: 120 ft (36.58 m)
• Height: 17 ft 3½ in (5.27 m)
• Wing area: 1,421 ft² (132.01 m²)
• Empty weight: 43,400 lb (19,686 kg)
• Loaded weight: 75,000 lb (34,100 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 82,000 lb (37,273 kg)
• Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 V piston engine, 1,750 hp (1,305 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 319 mph (475 km/h) at 18,800 (5,640 m)
• Cruise speed: 215 mph (346 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
• Range: 2,930 mi (4,720 km) with maximum bomb-load 1,470 miles (2,370 km)
• Service ceiling: 30,500 ft (9,295 m)
• Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (245 m/min)

Armament

• Guns: 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in nose and tail turrets, and dorsal turret with either twin .50 in machine guns or twin 20 mm Hispano cannon.
• Bombs: Up to 14,000 lb (6,400 kg) of bombs (normal maximum). Exceptionally one 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) DP bomb.