It was nice of the British to provide the Soviets with the perfect engine for the MiG-15https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/1043075699479732224 …
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I was told the story at the flying lethernecks museum at Miramar. RR gave them engines to develop a commercial transport and they used them on the Mig-15.
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The Russians first copied two captured German Designs (one a BMW) but in 46 the British Labor Party under Trade Secretary Cripps sold “dozens” of RR Nene engines to the Russians under the agreement that they not be used for Military purposes. The F9F used a licensed Nene ,the J42
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