50,000th Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine

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50,000th Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine
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 Issued:
1944-10-23
Format:
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Packard Collection
Filing Location:
Packard--Engines, Aircraft
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.