The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial Camera Bay Installation, Aircraft Fuselage Interior, WWII CBI Theater Technical/Lab Documentation
This technical photograph documents the aerial camera installation inside the fuselage of a WWII reconnaissance aircraft, part of a labeled laboratory report from the China-Burma-India Theater collection. Stenciled instructions such as 'Remove Dark Slide' and 'Attach Open Vacuum Line Here to Prevent Leaks' guided ground crews in servicing the camera magazines used to capture the aerial photography and mapping imagery vital to Allied operations in the CBI Theater. Project: 218070