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NOTES ON AIR MINISTRY FORMS 78
Some forms show A. V. Roe as the first entry on the top row. This is because the aircraft was
manufactured by Metropolitan Vickers and taken by road through Manchester to Avro at Woodford
where it was assembled and test flown. This first line date is the date on which the Lancaster
arrived, in kit form, at Woodford from Metro Vickers.
10 MU 10 Maintenance Unit, Hullavington
15 MU 15 Maintenance Unit, Wroughton
16 FU 16 Ferry Unit, Dunkeswell
22 MU 22 Maintenance Unit, Silloth
A.V. Roe Lincoln Avro, Bracebridge Heath, repair facility
Home Census March 1946. This was the count of all RAF aircraft held in March 1946 to clear up
all the paperwork anomalies that had occurred earlier during the War.
NEA Non-effective aircraft
ROS Repairable on site
SOC Struck off Charge (this is NOT the date the aircraft was scrapped, it’s just the date when
the RAF ceased to treat it as an aircraft i.e. when it became a lump of aluminium. It was scrapped
or sold as scrap as much as two years later.)
SOC E2 Struck off Charge Category E2 (As scrap)
CRO Civilian Repair Organisation.
(The body that controlled all Cat AC & Cat B repairs).
43 Grp 43 Group, Maintenance Command. 41 Grp or 41G, (41 Group Maintenance Command)
