Variants Vickers Warwick

1 variants

1.1 warwick mark i
1.2 warwick mark ii
1.3 warwick mark iii
1.4 warwick mark v
1.5 warwick mark vi

variants

a rigged airborne lifeboat in front of warwick d-day identification stripes



air-sea rescue warwick airborne lifeboat under fuselage


warwick mark i

warwick b mk –; original production bomber, of 150 ordered, 16 aircraft built. used variety of tests.
warwick c mk or vickers type 456 –; transport version boac, use on mediterranean , north african routes. 14 built.
warwick b/asr mk –; 40 aircraft converted warwick b mk bomber. warwick asrs used air-sea rescue aircraft. carry 2 sets of lindholme lifesaving equipment.
warwick asr (stage a) –; 10 aircraft converted warwick b mk bomber. warwick asr (stage a) used air-sea rescue. carry 1 airborne lifeboat , 2 sets of lindholme lifesaving equipment.
warwick asr (stage b) –; 20 aircraft converted warwick b mk bomber. warwick asr (stage b) air-sea rescue aircraft, carrying same equipment warwick asrs , asr (stage as).
warwick asr mk or vickers type 462 air-sea rescue version, carry airborne lifeboat. aircraft powered 2 1,850 hp (1380 kw) pratt & whitney double wasp r-2800-s1a4g radial piston engines; 205 built.

warwick mark ii

warwick b mk ii or vickers type 413 –; bomber prototype, 1 example ever built, converted warwick b mk i.
warwick gr mk ii or vickers type 469 –; anti-submarine, general reconnaissance version. equipped carry torpedoes , bombs. powered 2 2,500 hp (1,864 kw) bristol centaurus vi radial piston engines; 118 built.
warwick gr mk ii met –; meteorological reconnaissance version of warwick gr mk ii; 14 built.

warwick mark iii

warwick c mk iii or vickers type 460 –; transport version. had pannier-like extension below central fuselage, normal loaded weight being raised 45,000 lb (20,400 kg). carry 24 equipped troops or 8 10 passengers in vip version. no armament carried; 100 built.

warwick mark v

warwick gr mk v or vickers type 474 –; anti-submarine, general reconnaissance aircraft. powered 2 bristol centaurus vii radial piston engines, armed 7 machine guns , carry 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg) of bombs, mines or depth charges. leigh light fitted ventrally. first operational sortie carried out 179 squadron on 4 december 1944; 210 built.

warwick mark vi

warwick asr mk vi or vickers type 485 –; final air-sea rescue version. aircraft powered 2 pratt & whitney r-2800-2sbg double wasp radial piston engines; 94 built.




^ barfield 1972, p. 168.