BMW 132 radial engine
E309832
The BMW 132 radial engine was a widely used German air-cooled nine-cylinder aircraft engine of the 1930s and 1940s, powering numerous Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BMW 132 radial engine canonical | 2 |
| BMW 132K radial engine | 1 |
| BMW radial engine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2917456 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BMW 132 radial engine Context triple: [Arado Ar 196, powerplant, BMW 132 radial engine]
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A.
BMW 801 radial engine
The BMW 801 radial engine was a powerful German World War II air-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers, noted for its reliability and advanced engineering.
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B.
Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine
The Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine was a large, liquid-cooled, inverted V12 aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War II, known for powering high-performance Luftwaffe aircraft such as night fighters and heavy fighters.
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C.
Bristol Centaurus radial engine
The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.
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D.
Bristol Hercules radial engine
The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
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E.
Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BMW 132 radial engine Target entity description: The BMW 132 radial engine was a widely used German air-cooled nine-cylinder aircraft engine of the 1930s and 1940s, powering numerous Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
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A.
BMW 801 radial engine
The BMW 801 radial engine was a powerful German World War II air-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers, noted for its reliability and advanced engineering.
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B.
Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine
The Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine was a large, liquid-cooled, inverted V12 aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War II, known for powering high-performance Luftwaffe aircraft such as night fighters and heavy fighters.
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C.
Bristol Centaurus radial engine
The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.
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D.
Bristol Hercules radial engine
The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
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E.
Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ radial engine ⓘ |
| application |
bomber aircraft
ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| bore | 155 mm ⓘ |
| configuration | nine-cylinder radial ⓘ |
| conflictUsedIn | Spanish Civil War via German aircraft ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | single-row radial ⓘ |
| designOrigin | based on Pratt & Whitney Hornet design license ⓘ |
| displacement |
1,690 cu in
ⓘ
27.7 L ⓘ |
| era |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
BMW 132
ⓘ
surface form:
BMW 132A
BMW 132 ⓘ
surface form:
BMW 132K
BMW 132 ⓘ
surface form:
BMW 132N
BMW 132 ⓘ
surface form:
BMW 132T
|
| ignitionSystem | dual ignition ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bayerische Motoren Werke AG ⓘ |
| notableOperator |
Lufthansa
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutsche Luft Hansa
|
| notableUserAircraft |
Blohm & Voss Ha 139
ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 17 early variants
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 early variants ⓘ Heinkel He 111 early variants ⓘ Junkers Ju 52 aircraft ⓘ
surface form:
Junkers Ju 52
Junkers Ju 86 some variants ⓘ |
| numberOfCylinders | 9 ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
up to ~960 hp in later variants
ⓘ
~660 hp ⓘ |
| productionPeriodStart | mid-1930s ⓘ |
| propellerDrive | direct drive ⓘ |
| status |
historic engine
ⓘ
out of production ⓘ |
| stroke | 160 mm ⓘ |
| supercharging | single-stage supercharger ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German civil airlines in 1930s
ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil transport
ⓘ
maritime patrol in some aircraft ⓘ military transport ⓘ training ⓘ |
| usedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| valvetrain | overhead valve ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: BMW 132 radial engine Description of subject: The BMW 132 radial engine was a widely used German air-cooled nine-cylinder aircraft engine of the 1930s and 1940s, powering numerous Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arado Ar 196
this entity surface form:
BMW radial engine
this entity surface form:
BMW 132K radial engine