Second prototype and company demonstrator

Andover prototype, converted from c/n 1534 on 12 Dec 1963.

The prototype Tudor 2 after modification with a taller fin. From A.V.Roe 60 years ago.

The prototype stretched Tudor 2 taking off on a test flight, Avro logo on the nose. Retains the original pointed fin shape. Crashed on take-off at Woodford on 23 August 1947 because of incorrect assembly of ailerons. Designer Roy Chadwick and others were killed. Obtained from Avro in the 1950s.

The prototype Tudor was assembled and tested at Ringway in 1945/46. It is seen preparing for another flight in Spring 1946 with several Barracuda Vs on Faireys apron (right). Became VX192 and withdrawn at Woodford in March 1949. Image taken, with permission, from private cine film.

Leads the Avro formation at the 1953 Farnborough Air Show with VX770 at the rear. The four surviving Avro 707 test aircraft act as escort to the two prototype bombers.

Temporarily civil registered for overseas sales tour in Spring 1950. Ex and to VR569 and lost in a crash on 27 June 1951.