As we have previously stated, the Avro 504 was soon outdated for frontline duties, but as it was a very simple airplane to flight, it was used in the trainer and school role.
The K version featured a modified engine bearer in order to fit different engines as they were running short during the World War I. As many as 8340 Avro 504K had been produced by the end of 1918.
During the winter of 1917-1918, some modified Avro 504K replaced the aging RAF B.E.2c which didn't perform well in higher altittudes. They were modified into single-seat fighters with a a Lewis Machine gun Mk.II mounted on the upper wing on a Foster Mounting and powered by either a 100hp Gnome engine or a 110hp Le Rhône one. Two-hundred and seventy-four of them were converted and served with eight Home Defence squadrons during 1918 in the anti-zeppelin role. It's known that at least one of those converted one was sold unarmed to Argentina after the war.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_504
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters.
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