The story of the Merlin begins in the early 1930s. Rolls-Royce, already a respected name in aircraft engines, was looking to develop a new high-performance liquid-cooled V12 engine. Initially, the company worked on an engine called the PV-12—'PV' standing for Private Venture, since it was developed without government funding. #ww2 #Aviation #military | Jets 'n' Props

116K views · 2K reactions | A Rolls Royce Merlin Engine being assembled at the Factory in 1942 #rollsroyce #wwiihistory #Merlin #engineering #engine | Aviation And History | Facebook

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