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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Gun Camera Footage
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0058
- Dates:
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November - December 1954
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.04 Cubic feetone 16 mm film
- Repository:
This collections consists of one 16 mm, black and white, silent film from Captain Donald Cohn's gun camera taken during his training with 3654th Flying Training Squadron.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collections consists of one 16 mm, black and white, silent film from Captain Donald Cohn's gun camera taken during his training with 3654th Flying Training Squadron. Footage includes air to ground target shooting, aerial rear views of two Lockheed F-80s, and passes made at gunnery and bombing ranges.
Arrangement
Arrangement
No arrangement, just one item.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Captain Donald Cohn trained with the 3645th Flying Training Squadron. He was a Korean War veteran (fighter pilot). Cohn flew with both General Chappy James and with Colonel Joe Kittinger, and received two citations from President Eisenhower for dead stick landings of North American F-100s that had suffered flame outs. During the late 1950s, Cohn worked with Major Howard Johnson on parabolic trajectory and human factors in space flight.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Stephen F. Cohn, Gift, 2016, NASM.2016.0058
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2020
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Gun Camera Footage, NASM.2016.0058, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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