Avro 504
| Avro 504 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Trainer, fighter, bomber |
| Manufacturer | Avro |
| Primary users | Royal Flying Corps |
| Number built | 11,303 including Japanese, Soviet and other foreign production |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1913–1932 |
| Introduction date | 1913 |
| First flight | 18 September 1913 |
| Retired | 1934 |
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The Avro 504 is a single-engine biplane bomber made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during World War I totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War. More than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932.