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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
Super cool, hands down , the rolls royce merlin is my very favorite engine ever. I get mesmerized every time I go to the air and space museum , and cannot stop looking at it. I just want to take one apart, and put it back together.
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Dad during the mid 30's went to work for Packard as a Tool & Die Maker, during the war he worked on the RR Merlin's...I suspect they mostly went into P-51's. But he did mention that he worked on P-38's? There was an attempt to convert from the Allison to the RR Merlin in the P-38, but that was short lived. Also the PT Boats used 2 RR Merlins. Interesting stuff.
Also in the movie the B of B they used Spanish bought HE-111's bombers..I wonder what happened to those planes?