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

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
lives at
Depot41.com
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