British Aircraft costs

[DavidIsby]

Harry Holmes, Avro Lancaster, The Definitive Record, Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1997 p. 35 gives a price of 58,974 pounds for a lancaster

Lancaster 31,985
Wellington 14, 367
Manchester 36,812
Halifax 23,354
Mosquito 9,829
Blenheim 9,880
Hampden 10,572
Whitley 11,160
Stirling 23,491
Battle 9,722

Government furnished equipment
Lancaster 900
Wellington 815
Manchester 710
Halifax 935
Mosquito 395
Blenheim 605
Hampden 570
Whitley 640
Stirling 900
Battle 465

The above figures are all from John Fahey's Australian dissertation. Britain 1939-1945: The Economic cost of Strategic Bombing. I believe it can be down-loaded for free on the Web. He cites the MAP Price Books as the source of basic airframe costs and he believes that these understate the cost of the aircraft even beyond the cost of GFE, noting the Holmes figure on Lancaster cost.