Vintage 18.5" Wide Hand Made Metal P-38 Lightening WWII Bomber Aircraft Twin retailer Boom Propellers Single Cockpit Fork-Tailed Devil Airplane Model

War movies & history has always fascinated me. The loud engines of the bomber aircrafts, the swift ascent and descent, zigging and zagging, and the talent and quick wisdom of the pilots was especially admired. Here is a really neat example of the P-38 Lightening aircraft, a WWII bomber fighter. On a fairly large scale, and made to be suspended by a wire, this model has been carefully crafted and fashioned together out of metal sheeting and wire. It's really well done. This airplane has two booms with propellers and one single cockpit. The two tails of the booms are connected by a metal bridge. On either side of the body of the plane, there are bombs strapped to the sides which would be used to explode upon a target below. The nose of the plane is fashioned with machine guns to shoot another plane from the sky before he got you! This was a fighter plane and highly regarded. The plane has been painted a sort of silver gray. Blue tipping retailer has been used on the twin tails and around the two propellers. Paper decals of the star in a circle w/ a wide horizontal line have been placed on the wings and the side of the body. These would have been used for identification of the aircraft from afar. The aircraft can also be sat on a flat surface on its three wheels. I can see this plane coming for a landing and bouncing around a bit before stopping, making the pilot use his skills for a safe landing and avoiding a "nose dive". What a fun piece for the collector of war memorabilia!

Fun history from warhistoryonline.com: Want to know about one of the greatest Allied fighters ever? How about two turbocharged engines, range, firepower and the best aerodynamics of the era made the P-38 one of the top choices ever. Its only drawback was its altitude capabilities but even still, it dominated the Pacific. The P-38 with its iconic twin booms and a single, central nacelle in the cockpit and armament were contained was nicknamed the “fork-tailed devil” by the Luftwaffe and “two planes, one pilot” by the Japanese. The P-38 had many roles which included dive bombing, ground-attack, level bombing, interception, recon, night fighting, evacuation mission, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers, and long-range fighting. The P-38 saw most of its success in the Pacific and China-Burma-India Operations; it was used by the U.S.' top ace pilots, Charles H. MacDonald (36 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Richard Bong (40 Victories). The P-38 was the main fighter in the Southwest Pacific Theater until a large force of P-51D Mustangs was brought in towards the end of the war.

Maker: Unknown
Body Condition: Excellent condition. A few of the solid metal rods may need to be straightened a bit (see photos), but in overall great condition. It does need to be cleaned from sitting around.
Measurements: 18.5" wing to wing X 13.75" long nose to tail X 3.5" high at nose X 3-1/8" high at back wheel X 1-1/8" back wheel diameter X .75" front wheel diameter X 7" wide back wheel to wheel X 2.75" prop fly to fly.

A marvelous addition to your vintage aircraft collection.

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