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Original Item: Only One Available. Genuine WWII 1904-1945 manufactured Lockheed P-38 Lightning Curtiss Electric airplane propeller blade. The blade has not been restored in any way. Overall condition is very good. Would make an amazing piece of art in your home, office, restaurant, hangar, museum etc. Bade measures 66 5/8″ Inches tall x 10 7/8 Inches wide and weigh approximately 65 lbs. Marked at the base with the blade model: 88996-18 and Serial Number: 63892. Blade also has original Curtiss Electric stamp.
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II–era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil by the Luftwaffe and “two planes, one pilot” by the Japanese.
The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America’s top aces, Richard Bong . In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the introduction of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward…
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