The
Avro 679 Manchester was a
British twin-engine
heavy bomber developed during the
Second World War by the
Avro aircraft company in the
United Kingdom. Serving in the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force, the Manchester was an operational failure because of its underdeveloped, underpowered and unreliable engines. The aircraft was the forerunner of the successful four-engined
Avro Lancaster, which would become one of the most capable British strategic bombers of the war.