Vintage 1982 Lockheed P-38 LIGHTNING Fighter Plane Diecast Metal Airplane Mint Condition-Perfect Gift for Collectors!
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Vintage USAF Lockheed P-38 LIGHTNING Fighter Plane Diecast Metal Airplane Mint
Condition-Perfect Gift for Collectors!Super Cool! Vintage Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter Planet (see bio below). Made by Road Tough. Constructed of die cast metal. Highly sought-after, hard to find vintage model! Measures 3"L x 4"W x 1 "H. Beautiful/pristine condition model. Never handled or displayed (until today for your photos in this listing). Perfect gift for military aircraft, and vintage toy collectors! We ship fast & safe worldwide every day! Read Aircraft bio below....Note: My dad owned a Diecast toy store for 30 years. I inherited the store inventory when he passed away several years ago. I am (just now) able to bring myself to begin selling his cars-so they can be shared with the world. All pristine and mint condition vintage models will (eventually) be listed here on ETSY. All the inventory is NEW (vintage) merchandise-which was intended for retail sale. Please know-our diecast toys have NEVER been "played-with” we do not sell used, or damaged toys.
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•Purchases totaling $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping to USA! Add more items to your Etsy shopping cart to save $$$.AIRCRAFT BIO: "P-38" redirects here. For other uses, see P-38 (disambiguation). Not to be confused with English Electric Lightning. Lockheed P-38H Lightning - 1.jpg P-38H of the AAF Tactical Center, Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, carrying two 1,000 lb bombs during capability tests in March 1944[1] Role Heavy fighter National origin United States Manufacturer Lockheed Corporation Designer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson First flight 27 January 1939 Introduction July 1941[2] Retired 1949 (United States Air Force) 1965 (Honduran Air Force)[3] Primary users United States Army Air Forces Free French Air Force Produced 1941–45 Number built 10,037[4] Unit cost US$97,147 in 1944[5] Developed into Lockheed XP-49 Lockheed XP-58 WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbs into a P-38.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 (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese.[6] The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual path finding for bombers and evacuation missions,[7] and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.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 (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (27 victories). 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 the end of the war.[8][9]The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, since the exhaust was muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving and could be mishandled in many ways, but the rate of roll in the early versions was too low for it to excel as a dogfighter.[10] The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in large-scale production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day.[11] At the end of the war, orders for 1,887 more were cancelled
Condition-Perfect Gift for Collectors!Super Cool! Vintage Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter Planet (see bio below). Made by Road Tough. Constructed of die cast metal. Highly sought-after, hard to find vintage model! Measures 3"L x 4"W x 1 "H. Beautiful/pristine condition model. Never handled or displayed (until today for your photos in this listing). Perfect gift for military aircraft, and vintage toy collectors! We ship fast & safe worldwide every day! Read Aircraft bio below....Note: My dad owned a Diecast toy store for 30 years. I inherited the store inventory when he passed away several years ago. I am (just now) able to bring myself to begin selling his cars-so they can be shared with the world. All pristine and mint condition vintage models will (eventually) be listed here on ETSY. All the inventory is NEW (vintage) merchandise-which was intended for retail sale. Please know-our diecast toys have NEVER been "played-with” we do not sell used, or damaged toys.
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•FOR A LIMITED TIME
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•Purchases totaling $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping to USA! Add more items to your Etsy shopping cart to save $$$.AIRCRAFT BIO: "P-38" redirects here. For other uses, see P-38 (disambiguation). Not to be confused with English Electric Lightning. Lockheed P-38H Lightning - 1.jpg P-38H of the AAF Tactical Center, Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, carrying two 1,000 lb bombs during capability tests in March 1944[1] Role Heavy fighter National origin United States Manufacturer Lockheed Corporation Designer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson First flight 27 January 1939 Introduction July 1941[2] Retired 1949 (United States Air Force) 1965 (Honduran Air Force)[3] Primary users United States Army Air Forces Free French Air Force Produced 1941–45 Number built 10,037[4] Unit cost US$97,147 in 1944[5] Developed into Lockheed XP-49 Lockheed XP-58 WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbs into a P-38.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 (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese.[6] The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual path finding for bombers and evacuation missions,[7] and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.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 (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (27 victories). 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 the end of the war.[8][9]The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, since the exhaust was muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving and could be mishandled in many ways, but the rate of roll in the early versions was too low for it to excel as a dogfighter.[10] The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in large-scale production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day.[11] At the end of the war, orders for 1,887 more were cancelled
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