Pilot’s Notes Merlin II III and IV 4th Edition April 1940 [Kindle Edition]

This is reset, facsimile edition of the incredibly rare operational manual for the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine used in the Spitfire I and Hurricane I in 1940.

Published by Rolls-Royce, PILOT’S NOTES: MERLIN II III & IV, 4TH EDITION APRIL 1940 was a miniature sixteen-page hardback booklet issued to RAF fighter pilots flying Spitfires and Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain. It provided a crib sheet of key characteristics, instrument and engine settings that should be adhered to whilst flying with a single Merlin-engined aircraft.

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world, powering the Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Mosquito and Mustang, the aircraft that made the difference between victory and defeat at critical moments in the Second World War – the Battle of Britain and the allied aerial offensive against Germany. The Merlin was literally the engine that won the war.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rolls-Royce Ltd was originally a British luxury car but entered the aero engine manufacturing business in the First World War. First established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, it’s car and aero engine divisions were later split and today it is arguably the most important aero engine manufacturer in the world.