English: Aerial Photography during the Second World War
A hand-held F24 aerial camera. The F24 was first produced by the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1925 and was used by the Royal Air Force for day and night aerial photography until 1955. It was very reliable although it lacked the high definition of the F8 camera and was therefore of limited use for military mapping. The F24 could be accommodated within most aircraft types and consisted of a magazine, camera body, shutter gearbox and lens cone, all of which were interchangeable. It had a focal-plane shutter with speeds ranging from 1/40 to 1/120 second. The hand-held version of the camera was operated by a hand drive projecting from the camera gearbox.
Date
between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
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photographs
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