WWII USAAF Type N-6 Gun Camera, Produced by Morse Instrument Co. Hudson Ohio

Fighter pilots tended to make exaggerated claims of successful shoot downs of enemy aircraft, both due to misinterpretation of the actual action and due to overinflated egos. To record the pilot’s actual success (or lack thereof) in shooting down a target, cameras were installed. These machine gun cameras were synchronized with the nose-mounted machine gun.

This is a U.S. Army Air Forces Type N-6 G.S.A.P. (Gun Sight Aim Point) 16mm gun sight movie camera with 35mm lens. This camera was the standard United States Army Air Force machine-gun camera during World War II. It was used mostly on fighter aircraft such as the P-51, P-47 and P-38 to record and confirm hits during air to air and air to ground gunnery. The camera operated only when the aircraft’s gun trigger button was pressed. This type of camera was also fitted to the remote gun turret aiming controls of the Boeing B-29 heavy bomber. In good condition with manufacturer plate still intact.

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