HI THERE . as you can see there is already a p38 ashtray thread posted this is part of it . i have been asking around and i have found out that an article was written in FLYPAST magazine back in the 1980s possably 1987?? concerning the ash tray have any of you got any collections that go back that far cheers peter SEAVIXEN 176 😀
By: D. Bergstrom - 24th October 2004 at 14:31
I have a P-38 ashtray that was given to me by a USAAF MTO P-38 pilot. It’s not as elaborate as yours but it does have most of its propeller blades.
By: vicky ten - 24th October 2004 at 08:10
Cheers for that hamtech, and the interesting information. I was wondering if this was the same item, as it seems pretty labour intensive to make these, and in my grandfathers example, a 1946 P-38, a large number of the ship’s crew on which he was a CPO bought one. Add to this that they seem to have been produced over at least 3 years (1945-1947) and it suddenly seems like quite an undertaking.
By: Hamtech - 24th October 2004 at 05:49
PS: See below, the props are just pushed in and therefore easily lost.
By: Hamtech - 24th October 2004 at 05:38
Wanted to dig up this old thread with a bit of information.
I was surprised to see the descriptions above as I have similar items with a different story. Let me explain:
During WW2 my grandmother was involved with the manufacture and assembly of Beaufort bombers in Melbourne, Australia. As part of her training she received instruction in various aspects of basic engineering.
Part of this was to be given a handful of very rough cast components and turn them into the nicely chromed aeroplane ashtrays you see here.
The whole process included filing, sanding, drilling , brazing, thread cutting, prep for plating, stamping etc etc.
Recently I visited grandma and confirmed the story. She gave her two projects to me as I’m the only aircraft engineer in the family – I treasure them.
The two examples I have are a Beaufort bomber on an Australia shaped ashtray (below) identical to the P-38 ashtray above and a P-38 identical to the above on a simple round ashtray.
Both have my grandma’s initials stamped on them.
– Dave.
By: airtanker - 3rd October 2004 at 23:46
p-38 ashtray
Just found another on:http://www.oldnautibits.com/stock_php/aeronautical_misc.php
This one is from 1947 and commemorates the end of the war in the Pacific apparantly!
Hi all,
Now this is like the one I purchased off Ebay last week for GBP10.77. I see theone listed above is GBP88.00. :rolleyes:
Mine needs a good polish.
Don
By: vicky ten - 3rd October 2004 at 20:49
Just found another on:http://www.oldnautibits.com/stock_php/aeronautical_misc.php
This one is from 1947 and commemorates the end of the war in the Pacific apparantly!
By: vicky ten - 3rd October 2004 at 20:33
I have one of those ashtrays too, nice to see mine isn’t the only one with the props missing! Mine however is silver, dated 1946 and has Sydney on the right wing, and Australia on the left, with South Pacific instead of Good Luck!
I seem to remember the article being a lot more recent than 1987?
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