Piston engines R-2800

Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp

One of the most important American aircraft engines of the Second World War.

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First run1937
CountryUnited States
ManufacturerPratt & Whitney

History

One of the most important American aircraft engines of the Second World War.

Used by 30

Aircraft types with the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp

Republic P-47 ThunderboltRepublic · 1941RetiredChance Vought F4U CorsairVought · 1940RetiredGrumman F6F HellcatGrumman · 1942RetiredSturtevant BSturtevant · 1916PrototypeVickers WarwickVickers · 1939RetiredVought F4U/FG/F3A CorsairVought · 1940RetiredMartin B-26 MarauderMartin · 1940RetiredCurtiss XP-53 & P-60Curtiss · 1941PrototypeSilbervogelSänger · 1941PrototypeVought TBU/Consolidated TBY Sea WolfVought · 1941RetiredConsolidated TBY Sea WolfConsolidated · 1941RetiredLockheed Ventura/HarpoonLockheed · 1941RetiredDouglas A-26 InvaderDouglas · 1942RetiredDouglas XA-26ADouglas · 1942PrototypeNorth American XB-28North American · 1942PrototypeNorthrop P-61 Black WidowNorthrop · 1942RetiredGrumman F7F TigercatGrumman · 1943RetiredNorthrop XP-56 Black BulletNorthrop · 1943PrototypeHughes D-2Hughes · 1943PrototypeGrumman F8F BearcatGrumman · 1944RetiredGrumman XTB2FGrumman · 1944PrototypeCurtiss XF15CCurtiss · 1945PrototypeGrumman AF GuardianGrumman · 1945RetiredKaiser-Fleetwings XBTKKaiser-Fleetwings · 1945PrototypeNorth American A-2 SavageNorth American · 1948RetiredNorth American AJ SavageNorth American · 1948RetiredNorth American AJ/A-2 SavageNorth American · 1948RetiredSikorsky HR2S/CH-37Sikorsky · 1953RetiredGrumman XTSFGrummanPrototypeMartin XB-27MartinPrototype

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