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Avro 555 Bison

YEAR BUILT:

1921 -

NUMBER BUILT:

55

WINGSPAN:

46 ft

LENGTH:

36 ft

HEIGHT:

13 ft 6 in

CREW:

4

MAX SPEED:

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POWERPLANT:

1 x 480 hp Napier Lion II

ARMAMENT:

1 x .303 Vickers machine gun 1 x .303 Lewis gun plus bombs on bomb racks

Avro Bison (Type 555)

NOTES:

Designed to meet Specification 3/21 for a deck landing marine reconnaissance aircraft. Served in the RAF from 1923-29.

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