50,000th Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine

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Description

View of the 50,000th built Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Sign displayed over engine reads: "Packard's 50,000th war engine. Packard-built Rolls-Royce airplane engine powers Mustang, Mosquito, Warhawk, Lancaster, Hurricane." On back: "Neg. no. 9292 J. Date: Oct 23, 1944. Main guide: RR. Comment: Packard-built Rolls-Royce Merlin airplane engine, the 50,000th built, October 1944."

Details

Resource ID:: na051726
Subject:: Merlin engines; Rolls-Royce engines; Packard Motor Car Company; Photographic prints
Date:: 1944-10-23
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Packard Collection
Location:: Packard--Engines, Aircraft
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.