AIRCRAFT ENGINES
NAZIS DISAPPOINTED LONDON, April 12. The Nazis may be congratulating themselves on being able to examine at leisure about 20 Rolls-Royce Merlin air engines supplied to the array aircraft factory, Copenhagen, by Britain before the war with Germany began. But although the engines are similar in type to those which give Spitfires their 400 miles an hour top speed, they are relatively out of dale in design. The engines were bought by Denmark for fitting to Fairey Battle monoplanes which, they were building under license. The Danes intended to use the Battle bomber as a fighter, expecting a top speed of 300 miles an hour when carrying two men. Since .the engines were supplied, newer types of Rolls-Royce Merlins have been developed and are being used. The Danish engines will not give the Nazis even a clue to the source of extra power that the latest Merlins produce. .Britain has, in addition, “something up her sleeve" in new air engines. No other aircraft in the small Danish air force will be of use to the Nazis. The fastest of the Danish fighters and bombers are already obsolete. ,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20242, 9 May 1940, Page 2
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