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PW R-985 engines for Vought OS2Us 1940

Stratford Aircraft & Army Engine Plant

Mounting of Pratt & Whitney R-985 "Wasp Junior" engines on Vought OS2U Kinfisher aircraft at the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut (USA) in November 1940.

Evidence, credit & reuse: Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. 500px web thumbnail after source throttled larger image.

Source: Jack Delano / Public domain

PW R-985 engines for Vought OS2Us 1940
Jack Delano / Public domain. 1940-11. Open the full image to inspect small print.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Stratford Aircraft & Army Engine Plant, SGC-CT048-048, CT048-P03, “PW R-985 engines for Vought OS2Us 1940.” Source: Jack Delano / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PW_R-985_engines_for_Vought_OS2Us_1940.jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.

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