WWII DRONE PROPELLER 30"RED TIP 44D10908 RITE ENG CO MARILYN MONROE CONNECTION!!
$ 149.6$ 89.76
Availability: 100 in stock
All returns accepted:ReturnsNotAccepted
Modified Item:No
Country/Region of Manufacture:United States
Condition:Used
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HANDLING TIME STILL 10 DAYS OFTEN SOONER. (STANDARD FOR 20 Yrs +) EBAY NEEDS TO ADD MORE OPTIONS.WWII USAAF DRONE PROPELLER 30 INCHES TIP to RED TIP # 44D10908 RITE ENG. CO. CHICAGO IS THE MANUFACTURER. HUB 4 BOLT PATTERN. VERY GOOD ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION. Condition is "Used". Shipped to US ADDRESSES ONLY. .00 Same to all US Locations. This Propeller is likely serviceable but does have minor scratch or cracks on one tip. It is not a flyer as is but rather a unique and good size WWII Token wall hanger for the WWII Bunker where you keep your collection. (Hopefully Not your wife's Sewing or Yoga Room. Makes for grumbles around the dinner table) SPECIAL EXAMPLE: Most of these Propellers are Found with this Part Or serial Number and Possibly an Inspectors stamp or two. This one has a Double Stamp on each forward facing side: "RITE ENG. CO. CHICAGO" spelled out - RITE ENGINEERING COMPANY CHICAGO. Trade Mark A Set of US Stylized Wings with a Shield in the center where the Normal Pilot Shield would go and with R.E.C. printed on it. The Military training torch also appears. Average price for these props as collectables and in smaller sizes can run from .00 for fairly well beat up examples to over 0.00 for as clean a one as this. The prices climb a bit as only a dozen or less makers Branded their production runs. This item is Starting at 0.00 With Offers Considdered in the auction section. Questions welcome.THE MARILYN MONROE CONNECTION With a US President thrown into the mix.Norma Jeane Dougherty who later changed her name to Marilyn Monroe worked at Radioplane, in Burbank, Calif a Defense Plant that Built Small target and possibly observation DRONE AIRCRAFT. A guy named Captain Ronald Reagan sent a Private David Conover of the Army’s First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, to Radioplane and other War production plants for photos of attractive women war Workers "AKA ROSIE THE RIVETERS" Just a little side light to this particular Drone propeller.Norma Jeane Dougherty was working 10 hours a day for a week around 1942 in this defense plant. That's around 79 years ago. She was around 18-years-old. (NO! I doubt that Marilyn was holding this propeller in the picture)