Nightfighters and gun cameras

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear George & Mark,

The camera is more squat than a BSK 16. The installation I'm talking about would have been in the canopy area of the Me 262B-1a/U1 interim nightfighter. As the nose of this aircraft was taken up with radar equipment, the canopy area would have made sense for an alternative place for a gun camera. Even if there had been room to fit the camera in the nose, the film likely would have been fried by the radar.

Mark, thanks for the example. It does help.

Guys, I know this is a bit of a stretch, but something was mounted suspended within the canopy and this camera looks like a fairly decent match. Obviously, this was very late in the war and they could have been trying about anything.

Dennis said it came from a jet. The only other candidate I think would be an Ar 234. What sort of camera equipment, other than for recon., did it carry?

Regards,
Richard