K-38 Aircraft Reconnaissance Camera with 923 mm Telephoto Lens,

Fairchild Camera and Industry Corp., Syosset, N.Y. K-38 reconnaissance camera, serial no. 54-492, for 23 x 46 cm on aerial film, consisting of camera body, cone with lens, and film magazine. Mechanism and lens are in correct working order. Electrical components are untested (28 V/6 A). Dimensions with magazine: 100 x 54 x 35 cm. Camera: The shutter cocking mechanism (crank) and release, as well as the optical shutter, function (the loud bang is original). Camera counter reads 09329. Optical cone: "Lens Cone 36 inch for K-38 Camera", with Bell & Howell, Chicago Type I 8/36 inch (923 mm) Telephoto lens, serial no. 3207, yellow dot for coating, movable aperture, testing with a point light not possible, but front and rear lens groups clean when illuminated with a point light. Magazine: Ryan Industries Inc., Detroit. Magazine Film Aircraft Camera Type A-8B MIL-M-1421 B, serial no. AF-53-4327, film suction plate with heating element, both rubber rollers clean and grippy. – Camera was in active use, clear signs of wear; this type of camera is also said to have been on board U-2 flights (U-2 still in service until 2022, for example over Ukraine). An impressive exhibit for any aviation and military museum – as for aerial reconnaissance, the aircraft were built around the cameras, not the other way around!

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