Walter Mars Explained

The Walter Mars was a Czechoslovakian 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine for powering aircraft, a licensed built Gnome-Rhône 14M.^[1]

Applications

• Focke-Wulf Fw 189^[2] Note. 204 of these airplanes were produced in the Aero Praha factory during the war.^[3]

Engines on display

A preserved example of the Walter Mars engine is on display at the following museum:

• Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely

Notes and References

1. Book: Gunston, Bill . World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines . 1989 . Patrick Stephens Limited . Cambridge, England . 978-1-85260-163-8 . 2nd . 174.
2. Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv Freiburg, Produktionsprogramme (german)
3. Smith, J Richard; Kay, Anthony (1978) [1972], German Aircraft of the Second World War (third impression ed.),p. 172, London: Putnam & Co, ISBN 0-370-00024-2.