Piston engines that powered the fighters, bombers and transports of the Second World War and the airliners of the years after. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the engine a piston aero engine, radial or liquid-cooled aircraft engine. It excludes jet engines. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
All Piston Aero Engines
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Wikipedia: Rolls-Royce Merlin
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The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity.
Wikipedia: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a nominal displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L), and is part of the long-lived Wasp family of engines.
Wikipedia: Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
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The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is an American twin-row, supercharged, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine with 18 cylinders displacing nearly 3,350 cubic inches (54.9 L).
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp (Wikipedia)
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp is an American air-cooled radial aircraft engine.
Napier Sabre (Wikipedia)
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The Napier Sabre is a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D.
Junkers Jumo 205 (Wikipedia)
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The Jumo 205 aircraft engine was the most numerous of a series of aircraft diesel engines produced by Junkers.
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