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Item Name : J.A.Maurer,Inc. P-2 Aircraft Strike Attack High Speed Aerial Camera with Zeiss 38mm f4.5 Biogon
Serial no. : 039,1592713,5123,5214
Reference : Very Rare military-grade Maurer P-2 Aircraft Strike Attack Camera with metal plate “USN MP Property 52296”,complete with its 70mm film magazine and Biogon 38mm f:4.5 lens. The unit measures 10.5" x 4" x 4" overall, and has a J. A. Maurer, Inc. identification plate on the bottom of the magazine: "Magazine, Sequential, Aircraft, Camera, 50 ft. cap., 70mm film,(for Type P-2 Camera)." Designed and produced in the 1950s by John A. Maurer, these cameras were designed for military aerial reconnaissance photography-specifically, recording the impact of bombs, rockets, and bullets delivered either in air-to-air or air-to-ground attacks.The P-2 was capable of performing direct bomb damage assessment with a reasonable degree of accuracy and clarity. Maurer would later develop the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera,as used by NASA on the Apollo missions
Description : can’t check is it working without control box & power supply,biogon without cleaning mark or haze, but very faint fungus inside
Remark : W/2 6x6cm Rollfilm Back
Cosmetic Condition : EX++
Price : $