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WWII Aircraft Manufacture
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WWII US Aircraft Engine Manufacturing Sites
This includes both reciprocating and
jet engines. |
| Company |
Location |
Engine Quantities and Types |
Applications |
Remarks |
| Air
Cooled Motors |
Syracuse, NY |
(178) O-805, (6,044) O-405 |
L-6,
others |
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Allison (GM) |
Indianapolis, IN |
(69,305) V-1710, V-3420, (297) J-33, (16) J-31 |
P-38,P-39, P-63, P-40, P-51, A-36, P-59, P-80 |
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Buick (GM) |
Flint, MI |
(?)
R-2800 |
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Buick (GM) |
Melrose, IL |
(74,198) R-1830
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B-24 |
In
1945 International Harvester (now Navistar) bought the plant for the
production of 6 cylinder Diesel Engines. It is still in
production. |
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Chevrolet (GM) |
Tonawanda, NY |
(60,766) R-2800and R-1830 |
Various |
Returned to civilian V-8 automotive production after WW II and is still in
operation. |
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Chrysler |
Chicago, IL |
C-W
R-3350 |
B-29 |
This
plant was built from the ground up with the express purpose of
producing the new R-3350 for the B-29 program. |
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Continental |
Muskegon, MI |
(797) V-1650, (23) I -1430, (11,828) R-670, (16,977) O-170, (5,100)
R-1340, (19) R-975 |
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Continental built license built
engines from Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Wright along with its own
designed engines. |
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Curtiss Wright |
Patterson, NJ |
(77,554) R-3350, R-2600, R-1820, R-975, R-760 |
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Curtiss Wright |
Lockland, OH |
(61,940) R-3350, R-2600 |
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Government built plant. |
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Dodge (Chrysler) |
Chicago, IL |
(18,349)
R-3350 |
B-29 |
This
plant was built from the ground up with the express purpose of
producing the new R-3350 for the B-29 program. There is a book
published by Chrysler after WWII that give a very good narration on this
plant and is available. |
| Ford |
Dearborn, MI |
(57,178) R-2800 |
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General Electric |
West
Lynn, MA |
(40)
J-33, (337) J-31, |
J-33
for P-80, J-31 for P-89 |
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General Electric |
Syracuse, NY |
(211) J-33 |
J-33
for P-80, |
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Jacobs |
Pottstown, PA |
(5,759) R-915, (14,746) R-755 |
AT-17, T-50, UC-78 |
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Kinner Motors |
Glendale, CA |
(2,356) R-540, (802) R-440 |
R-740
for PT-22, PT-25 and R-440 for PT-20, PT-24 |
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Lycoming |
Williamsport, PA |
(12,476) R-680, (12,395) O-435, O-290, O-235, O-145 |
L-5
and others |
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Menesco |
Burbank, CA |
(525) L-365 |
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Nash-Kelvinator |
Kenosha, WI |
(17,012) R-2800 |
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Naval Aircraft Factory |
Philadelphia, PA |
(1,385) R-975, R-760 |
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Packard |
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(54,714) V-1650 |
See
below for more Packard engine information |
Returned to civilian automotive production and went out of business in
1956 when it could not get bank financing for the new model year. |
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Pratt-Whitney |
East Hartford,
CT |
(122,302) R-2800, R-1830, R-1340, R-985 |
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Still operating
today. |
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Pratt-Whitney |
Kansas City, MO |
(7,815) R-2800 |
Various |
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Ranger |
Farmingdale, NY |
(2,748), 914,746) |
AT-21, PT-19, PT-26 |
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Studebaker |
South Bend, IN |
(63,789) R-1820 |
B-17 |
Studebaker was a prime provider of powerplants for the B-17 and its
advertising during the war emphasized its role in this endeavor. |
| Warner |
Detroit, MI |
(184) R-550, (1,704)R-500,
(127) R-420 |
R-550 for R-4 |
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Packard Merlin Engine Usage in WWII
Most sources
available are claim that Packard built over 16,000 Rolls-Royce Merlin
engines during WWII, which is true but grossly misleading. The
expression "over 16,000" implies that the number built is between
16,000 and 17,000. This totally under states by over three times
the contribution to the war effort by Packard, which produced
54,714 engines,
as referenced from: United States Army in World War II - Special Studies -
Buying Aircraft: Material Procurement for the Army Air Forces by
Irving Brinton Holley, Jr. This was last published by The Center of
Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C. in 1989 and is the
source for not only engines but aircraft produced for the US Army
during WWII.
Another
way to look at this is to determine how many engines were required
just to meet the demands of the aircraft the Packard Rolls-Royce went
into. We have done that analysis below and determined that
Packard (and Continental, as it also produced 797 V-1650 engines)
needed to supply just short of 22,000 engines just to get the aircraft
listed below out of the factories they were built in. This does
not take into consideration the world wide supply network that was
required to keep the aircraft flying. When an engine went out on
an aircraft in WWII, unless it was considered to be minor and
repairable in a short time, it was more expedient to pull the engine,
return it to the repair depot, and replace it with a new or rebuilt
engine.
Packard
also took the V-1650 Merlin, which was essentially a hand built and
hand fitted engine at Rolls-Royce in England and made it into mass
produced with interchangeable parts in the US. |
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Manufacturer |
Aircraft |
Aircraft
Quantity |
Engines
per Aircraft |
Total Engines Required |
Comments |
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Canadian Car and Foundry |
Lancaster |
430 |
4 |
1,720 |
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Canadian Car and Foundry |
Hurricane MK X |
1.291 |
1 |
1,291 |
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Curtiss |
P-40F |
1,082 |
1 |
1,082 |
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Curtiss |
P-40L |
600 |
1 |
600 |
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DeHavilland-Canada |
Mosquito |
1,133 |
2 |
1,133 |
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North American |
P-51 |
13,903 |
1 |
13,903 |
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Supermarine |
Spitfire MK XVI |
1,054 |
1 |
1,054 |
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Total OEM Engines required |
21,916 |
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