Manchester: Petrol and Oil Capacities and System Diagrams

 

Updated: January 2008

Petrol System

 

Capacity:

 

  • 2,154 UK Imp. gal. (9,792 L) located in six (6) main tanks (three in each wing).- No. 1 Tank holding 580 Imp. gal. (2637 L) located between the main fuselage and the inner engine.
  • No. 2 Tank holding 383 Imp. gal. (1741 L) located between the inner and outer engines.
  • No. 3 Tank holding 114 Imp. gal. (518 L) located in the wing tip. 

Oil System

 

Capacity:

 

  • 100 Imp. gal. (455 L) per engine

Data shown is for the Lancaster. Systems and capacities are similar for the Manchester