The Allison V-1710 was an American V12 aircraft engine designed and produced by the Allison Engine Company. Liquid-cooled, it was the most common US-developed engine of its type in service during Worl
An early Allison V-1710 engine (V-1710-7)
Cutaway of Allison V-1710
P-38G engine, in this case V-1710-51/55 (F10) which this series used
Allison V-1710 on display at the Air Zoo
The XB-38 Flying Fortress was a single example conversion of a production B-17E Flying Fortress, testing whether the Allison V-1710 V type engine could be substituted for the standard Wright R-1820 ra