“see description” Bell 1942 This is a Bell P 39Q 20 fighter, a pacific combat veteran flown by.



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Used
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Make: Bell Model Year: 1942
This is a Bell P-39Q-20 fighter, a pacific combat veteran flown by Captain William "Willie" Server of the 68th Fighter Squadron "Lightning lancers" made famous on Guadalcanal / 347th Fighter Group / 13th Air Force in 1943/44, the aircraft has many ground attack sorties listed on the side panel for attacks against Japanese shipping, troops and tanks around Guadalcanal and surrounding islands, the aircraft also has some aerial combat victories which i am trying to research but unfortunately the Japanese flags denoting these victories were cut out of the aircraft"s side wall before recovery by an unknown souvenir hunter.
The pilot and plane both survived the war and while the plane languished for many years in the jungles of the south pacific the pilot went on to fight in Korea and Vietnam until retiring as a Colonel.
The combat history of the aircraft is well documented and preserved on the cockpit skin which has been removed from the air frame and kept elsewhere but will be provided on sale.
This is a very low cost entry level warbird project, advertised for far less than the cost of recovery as i have too many other projects and would like to see somebody restore this, additional parts both new made and original may be purchased by negotiation.This project is for the serious restorer and not for novice tyre kickers who cannot see what it is, obviously as with 90% of warbirds flying today an airworthy restoration would need to incorporate many newly manufactured sheet metal parts which i and others can supply.
What this sale includes:
horizontal stabiliser
the main body, center section and cabin with many parts still fitted and nose section parts which were cut off main body by the us army to stop any Japanese units rebuilding them
rudder pedals and hangers
instrument panel mounts
trim box and lower instrument panel
new old stock r/h instrument panel
complete original left wing
complete but broken right wing in sections
two main gear legs
propeller spinner with backing plate
rebuildable main gearbox
a set of high quality engineering drawings
drive shafts
front armor glass cockpit frame
rear armor glass cockpit frame
front quarter perspex window
some gun charging handles/cables
some body and gun panels
various other access panels
various wing skins
one side of 37mm ammo magazine (easy to replicate, halves identical)
various gun mounts
various flight instruments
many other pieces to be used as "pattern" material
lots of other small parts and pieces for use as patternsThe P-39 was designed to be built around its 37mm cannon with an Allison V1710 being placed behind the pilot and was used by the USAAF and allies in the pacific as well as areas all over the world including Alaska, north Africa, the Caribbean and Russia. it was flown by the Australians, Italians, Russians, French and many others. in Russian service the P-39 was flown by Russias highest scoring ace who achieved the majority of his kills in the P-39 and overall achieved the most individual kills compared to any other US made fighter of the second world war. Despite being derided by some know it all historians the P-39 is not only faster than a P-51 at low level with 500 less horse power but it is also far more maneuverable when correctly loaded. The P-39 only suffered above 13,000ft due to a lack of a supercharger, and as most warbird flying these days is well under that it is inconsequential.
The P-39 was designed by Bell Aircraft to be manufactured by unskilled workers with great speed and did not require the use of complex jigs for many assemblies, it is a modular design consisting of an extremely strong lower keel joined in two halves to which a cabin and rear fuselage are bolted to and a 4140 steel box center section to which the wing panels are bolted on.
access to new built air frame parts as they are made inc wing, fuselage frame kits can be provided to anyone looking to take this project on:
Extra parts, original and new build available at extra cost
extra parts that are available:pilots seattail finrudderelevatorelectric motorsgearboxesflap & u/c drivesrear fuselagewheelsnew fuselage framesnew wing and stabilizer ribs, spars, gussets
new box center sectionsfittings and forgings
etc
You will not get a lower cost entry level WWII fighter anywhere, wont be offered here again.
Will ship worldwide via a sea freight container (approx 5k to us/uk/fr etc)
cash on pickup or bank transfer, please no tyre kickers, i am negotiable for serious people and would love to see this restored one day but have too many projects myself right now to complete in my lifetime and no hangar space left.
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 Current date: 2016-08-01