Item: ONSV7381
Original U.S. WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning Steering Control Yoke
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a genuine Lockheed P-38 Lightning Steering Control Yoke from World Wart Two. Known as "The Guardian steering system" it featured a "bow-tie" shaped control yoke. The microphone button for the radio is on top of the wheel's left grip. The yoke measures 14" wide by 8" high and is offered in very good condition. Left hand trigger button is missing, please see all photos for detail.
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 by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese.
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 . 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.
Unusual for a fighter of this time, the exhaust was muffled by the turbo-superchargers, making the P-38's operation relatively quiet.
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