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WWII Ball Turret HAND CONTROL B-17 Flying Fortress B-24 Liberator B-32 Dominator

$ 316.77

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Condition: Kingman Bomber take-out that may indeed have once been over Axis territory ! ! !
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Region of Origin: United States

    Description

    This SALE is for one (1)
    Lower Ball Turret
    HAND CONTROL UNIT
    Here's a
    Hand Control Unit
    actually removed from the
    Sperry lower Ball Turret
    of one of Kingman's
    B-17
    ,
    B-24
    or
    B-32
    Bombers after WWII.
    In excellent operational condition it does have some storage damage to the cork-covered grip. For the repair, one could use cork gasket material.
    Mechanically, it's complete and perfectly capable of operating your Turret.
    Handles articulate left to right, fore & aft to steer the turret
    Nice Thumb Buttons for firing the twin 50s
    Complete with the nomenclature plate stamped
    BRIGGS SERIAL NO. 8128
    .
    Image above shows how the USAAF used cloth electrical tape to field repair the easily-damaged Cork Grips on this early style Hand Control Unit during WWII.
    Also comes with a
    CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
    stating where it came from.
    13 pound shipping weight
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    Customers are welcome
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    Kingman Army Air Field
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    KEYWORDS: WWII souvenir, A-20 Havoc, A-26 Invader, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, B-29 Superfortress, B-32 Dominator, United States Army Air Forces, USAAF, Browning 50 cal caliber machine gun, Sperry, Martin, Emerson, Bendix, WWII Turret, Instrument Panel, Stick Grip, Bombsight, Sperry, Bombardier, Bomb Bay, Bomb Rack, Training Bomb, Practice Bomb, Dummy Bomb