Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
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> In article <XnsA748CC6DCDAF1johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131>, john
> Szalay says...
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>>Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
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>>> In article <XnsA74847EFF9CB5noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell
>>> Holman says...
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>>> Anyone know what the 'doo-hickey' on top of the wing is?
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>>its a Fairchild Aerial US Navy BuOrd Machine Gun Camera Mark VI
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> Thanks!...wasn't aware they went back that far.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_camera
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> "Gun cameras are cameras used primarily in aircraft to help measure
> tactical effectiveness. These cameras are triggered by the firing of a
> weapon, hence the name.
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> "The use of gun cameras first became common for gunnery training in
> the 1920s though examples were used during World War I by the British
> Royal Flying Corps. A special version of the standard Lewis Machine
> Gun was manufactured as a Camera Gun. During World War II, gun cameras
> were commonly used on operational aircraft to record kills of enemy
> aircraft. Some of this footage survives to this day and is often the
> source for stock footage in World War II movies, TV shows or video
> games.
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OOPS:
US Army Air Forces(and Navy) Gun Camera Type H-1
manufactured by the Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation.
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