Subject: A Question about Gun Cameras
From: "Keith Willshaw"
Date: 1/22/04 1:34 AM Pacific Standard Time
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How do gun cameras work?


On WW2 aircraft it was a cheap and cheerful 16mm
camera that operated when the gun button was pressed

http://www.classiccamera.org/spitfir...n%20camera.htm

Are there films of EVERY kill?

Sometimes cameras failed or the film got wet
or simply not loaded in the scramble to re-arm
and refuel so the answer must be no.

Keith


These cameras were known as GSAP's that stood for Gun Sight Aiming Point
cameras.The 16mm film was magazine fed And while they might not have been 100%
perfect (what is?) I very rarely heard a complaint from anyone that their
cameras were not working.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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