Fairchild Gun Camera
Item
Title
Fairchild Gun Camera
Description
FAIRCHILD GUN CAMERA, CG16, Serial No. 40-2620 16mm movie camera simulating a Browning .30 calibre machine gun. Taking lens is located beneath lens barrel. Used to train gunners by shooting photos instead of bullets. Crosshairs or reference lines registered on the final photographs. The cameras were sometimes mounted on aircraft to photograph aerial combat practice, or tripod mounted for ground use. C189 is stencilled in black on side.
Identifier
988.173.001
Format
Provenance
These cameras were sometimes mounted on aircraft for aerial combat practice, or tripd mounted for ground practice.
Abstract
Fair
Date Created
1940