WW2 US Army Air Force Aircraft Engine – LYCOMING DATA PLATE & WINGED EMBLEM

You are bidding on an EXCELLENT original pre-WW2 to WW2 US Army Aircraft Lycoming Aviation Engine Data Plate and Winged Lycoming Insignia! This early identification plate was produced for Lycoming aircraft engines during the 1930s, before the company’s later AVCO Lycoming identification was adopted.

Lycoming began producing aircraft engines in 1929 and became an important American aviation engine manufacturer during the 1930s and Second World War. Its engines powered numerous civilian, training and military aircraft, including the popular Lycoming R-680 radial engine used in aircraft such as the Boeing-Stearman PT-13 and various other American trainers. Engine identification plates recorded important manufacturing and operating specifications, including model and serial numbers, horsepower ratings, compression ratios, fuel requirements and engine operating limitations. This particular early plate bears the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, Lycoming Division identification, associated with the company’s prewar manufacturing period.

Made of aluminum, this Data Plate Set is in EXCELLENT condition! Though there is some wear around the rivet holes, all original identification fields remain blank, including the engine model and serial number, with no evidence of previous installation! Some marks and wear throughout on both piece, due to the age, but nothing that detracts. Also included is the matching winged Lycoming insignia featuring the distinctive central “L” and Lycoming branding. A VERY NICE and increasingly difficult-to-find original early Lycoming identification set that would make a FANTASTIC addition to any vintage aircraft engine restoration, Stearman project or advanced American aviation collection!