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    P39 and perhaps not a P38 ? prop identification help, found 50 years ago by a friend in Guadalcanal. Rough condition, not be restored but preserved

    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...
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    P39 and perhaps not a P38 ? prop identification help, found 50 years ago by a friend in Guadalcanal. Rough condition, not be restored but preserved

    Hello, we are looking for the length and width dimensions of a steel prop blade off a P39. thanks
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    P39 and perhaps not a P38 ? prop identification help, found 50 years ago by a friend in Guadalcanal. Rough condition, not be restored but preserved

    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...
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    P39 and perhaps not a P38 ? prop identification help, found 50 years ago by a friend in Guadalcanal. Rough condition, not be restored but preserved

    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...
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    P39 and perhaps not a P38 ? prop identification help, found 50 years ago by a friend in Guadalcanal. Rough condition, not be restored but preserved

    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...
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