Aerial Photography

Grumman J2F “Duck" festooned with camera jockeys

This doctored photo was created by Utility Squadron VJ-1 for a Christmas card. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum has the story.

Fairchild K-17 Camera

The Fairchild K-17 was quite the camera:

"The cameras in Figure 1 are Fairchild K-17s—the most widely used American aerial cameras in the war. These cameras used enormous 9-inch square negatives on a roll of 200 to 300 feet. This film magazine gave 250 to 390 exposures." - Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Camera-wiki has a short article about it.

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