Originally Posted by
Centaurus
For my part I joined the RAAF in 1951 and amongst other types including Mustangs, flew 3000 hours on Lincoln bombers which included over 30 engine failures requiring asymetric landings. The Rolls Royce Merlins on the Lincoln were not all that reliable in the tropics.
They weren't all that reliable outside the tropics either. Nobody expected them to be around long after the War.