Thank you very much. At first we thought this prop might be off a P38 thus not sure now. My friend remembered a P39 relic or what was left of one near by. It was found in Guadalcanal in the early 1980s. Hollow steel blade. ROUGH MEASUREMENTS 65 3/4 INCHES WIDTH 11 INCHES. corroded etc for...
Thank you very very much for the info. With only 210 P38E produced the odds would be remote but worth a chance. Though 12 were sent there in 1942. The prop blade is metal and rough. My friend, a retired marine wants to display it at his house once we identify exactly what it came off. A...
thank you very much for the research. blade is steel and hollow. quote
LIGHTNINGS AT WAR: P-38E / P-38F / P-38G
* The first Lightning to go to war was the "P-38E", which featured:
Improved instruments, electrical systems, and hydraulic systems.
New Curtiss Electric duraluminum propellers...
Research leds me to believe this is a steel Hamilton Standard steel prop from an earlier P38E. Official specs are
66 5/8 INCHES HEIGHT WIDTH 10 7/8 INCHES OUR ROUGH MEASUREMENTS ARE 65 3/4 INCHES WIDTH 11 INCHES ( though there is no coupling at the base ). Would Hamilton Standard have had...