The Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp is an
aircraft engine of the
reciprocating type that was widely used in
Americanaircraft from the 1920s onward. It was the
Pratt & Whitney aircraft company's first engine, and the first of the famed
Wasp series. It was a single-row, nine-
cylinder,
air-cooled,
radial design, and
displaced 1,344 cubic inches (22 L); bore and stroke were both 5.75 in (146 mm). A total of 34,966 engines were produced.[1]
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Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines: From the Pioneers to the Present Day. 5th edition, Stroud, UK: Sutton, 2006.
ISBN0-7509-4479-X
White, Graham. Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II: History and Development of Frontline Aircraft Piston Engines Produced by Great Britain and the United States During World War II. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: SAE International, 1995.
ISBN1-56091-655-9
"Index of Wasp & R-1340 Designated Engines", a scanned Pratt & Whitney reference document from 1956 detailing the different Wasp versions, their specifications, and the aircraft they were installed in.
"Radial Engines". Covington Aircraft. Retrieved October 26, 2019.