Bristol Mercury
The Bristol Mercury is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial piston-engine family used to drive propellers on British and overseas aircraft before and during the Second World War. Its different marks served different airframes: the RAF Museum records a Mercury VIIIA on Gloster Gladiator K8042 and Mercury XX engines on the Fairchild Bolingbroke IV-T. Those examples illustrate the family's use in both fighters and twin-engine trainers; their individual ratings do not define a universal Mercury output.
Identity
- Aliases
- MercuryBristol Mercury familyBristol Mercury radial
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Bristol Mercury
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- The Bristol Mercury is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial piston-engine family used to drive propellers on British and overseas aircraft before and during the Second World War. Its different marks served different airframes: the RAF Museum records a Mercury VIIIA on Gloster Gladiator K8042 and Mercury XX engines on the Fairchild Bolingbroke IV-T. Those examples illustrate the family's use in both fighters and twin-engine trainers; their individual ratings do not define a universal Mercury output.
- Piston Specs
- Configuration
- air-cooled radial
- Cylinder Count
- 9
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 01:00:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 12:28:02 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Title
- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K8042 individual history — RAF Museum
- Title
- Bristol/Fairchild Bolingbroke IV-T individual history — RAF Museum
- Title
- Bristol engine history timeline — RAF Museum