View of Viscount Lord Halifax, J.G. Vincent and George Christopher examining cylinder liners in the Rolls-Royce engine division. Label on back: "Lord Halifax, with Packard vice presidents J.G. Vincent and George Christopher, inspects cylinder liners in the Rolls engine division. Giant machines turn out these units, made of chrome molybdenum steel, from a seamless tube resembling gas pipe, at the rate of one every two minutes."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang fighter plane. Label on back: "Packard News Service. Low-flying, hard hitting attacks are other 'kicks' the new North American P-51 Mustang delivers. Its improved Packard-built Rolls-Royce engine with two-speed, two-stage supercharger grants greater maneuverability at lower ceilings, as well as altitude supremacy. This fighter has been termed the 'most aerodynamically perfect pursuit plane in existence.'" Handwritten on back: "Aircraft in action."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang fighter plane. Label on back: "Packard News Service. Ready to reach for still higher altitudes is this new North American P-51 Mustang. Its Packard-built Rolls-Royce engine with two-speed, two-stage supercharger, greatly increases the fighting range of this lightning-like plane. Military experts describe it as the aircraft destined to be the world's outstanding fighter plane in 1945." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft in action."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
If the source is to be believed, then the photograph was presumably taken in the early 1940?s. It shows a military vehicles in the Netherlands with a Dutch army plate (black on orange). Many vehicles were commandeered from civilians and re-registered in the army series. This Packard could have been one.
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