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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000734072-97-000273.txt : 19971124
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000734072-97-000273
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19971121
SROS:			NYSE

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHAMPION ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814068
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOBILE HOMES [2451]
		IRS NUMBER:				382743168
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1225

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-38917
		FILM NUMBER:		97725643

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2701 UNIVERSITY DR
		STREET 2:		STE 320
		CITY:			AUBURN HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48326
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8103409090

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2701 UNIVERSITY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 320
		CITY:			AUBURN HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48326

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PIONEERING MANAGEMENT CORP                              /ADV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000734072
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				131961193
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		60 STATE ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6177427825

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		60 STATE STREET, 20TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109-1820
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<DESCRIPTION>SCHEDULE 13G CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC.
<TEXT>



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, DC 20549

                  Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934



                               (Amendment No. 0 )


                           CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                     Common
                         (Title of Class of Securities )


                                    158496109
                                 (CUSIP NUMBER)








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1)      Name of Reporting
        SS or IRS Identification      Pioneering Management
        Nos. of Above Persons         Corporation

2)      Check the Appropriate Box     (a)
        of A Member of  Group
        (See Instructions)            (b)  X

3)      SEC Use Only

4)      Citizenship of Place of
        Organization

        Number of                     (5)  Sole Voting Power      4710000
        Shares
        Beneficially Owned            (6)  Shared Voting Power    0
        by Each Reporting
        Person With                   (7)  Sole Dispositive       4710000
                                            Power

                                      (8)  Shared Dispositive     0
                                             Power

9)      Aggregate Amount Bene-        4710000
        ficially Owned by Each
        Reporting Person

10)     Check if the aggregate
        Amount in Row  (9) Ex-
        clude Certain Shares (See
        Instructions)

11)     Percent of Class Represented
        By Amount in Row 9.           10.03%

12)     Type of Reporting
        Person (See Instructions)     IA




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Item 1(a)         Name of Issuer.

                  CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC.

Item 1(b)         Address of User's Principal Executive Office's

                  Ms.  A.  Jacqueline  Dout
                  Chief Financial Officer
                  CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                  2701 University Dirve
                  Suite 320
                  Auburn Hills,  MI   48236

Item 2(a)         Name of Person Filing.

                  Pioneering Management Corporation

Item 2(b)         Address of Principal Business Office:

                  60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

Item 2(c)         Citizenship:

                  State Of Delaware - Pioneering Management Corporation.

Item 2(d)         Title of Class of Securities.

                  Common Stock

Item 2(e)         CUSIP Number.

                  158496109

Item 3            The person filing this statement pursuant to Rule 13-1(b)
                  or 13d-2 is:

                  (a)      Investment  Adviser  registered  under Section 203 of
                           the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.



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Item 4.  Ownership

(a)       Amount Beneficially Owned                                     4710000

(b)       Percent of Class                                              10.03%


(c)      Number of shares as to which such person has

         (i)      sole power to vote or to direct the vote             4710000

         (ii)     shared power to vote or to direct vote               0

         (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct disposition of 4710000

         (iv)     shared power to dispose or to direct disposition     0

Item  5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

         Inapplicable.


Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

         Inapplicable.

Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
         the Security Being Reported On By the Parent Holding Company.

         Inapplicable.

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

         Inapplicable.

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of the Group.

         Inapplicable.


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Item 10. Certification.

         By  signing  below I  certify  that,  to the best of my  knowledge  and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business  and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or  influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any  transactions  having
such purposes or effect.

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and believe, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


                  November 21, 1997
                  Date




         /s/Robert P. Nault
                  Signature


         Robert P. Nault
         Assistant Secretary
         Type Name and Title

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