The Avro 694 Lincoln

摘要

The war with Japan had been in progress for a year before Britain's Air Staff finally faced an unpalatable fact. Royal Air Force Bomber Command's four-engined heavy bombers were designed specifically to operate within the geographical confines of Europe. No indigenous aircraft had the range for conducting a similar bombing campaign over the vastly greater distances inherent in Far East operations.rnLong-range discussions Discussions were held with several aircraft manufacturers while Specification B.I4/43 was raised. Its basic parameters called for a bomber with an operational speed of 350 m.p.h. and a service ceiling of 34,000ft, while carrying a bomb load at least comparable with that currently being transported to mainland Europe every night.