 After the war, he designed Britain's first pressurised airliner, the Avro Tudor, based around the Lancaster-derivative Avro Lincoln, though few were built and also the Avro Shackleton in 1946.His final involvement with Avro was overseeing the initial designs of the Avro Vulcan (Avro 698) from 1946.He died on 23 August 1947 in a crash during the takeoff of the prototype Avro Tudor 2 "G-AGSU" from Woodford Aerodrome, in the vicinity of Shirfold Farm.