LACKNER: Wing-mountable AN-N6 Camera Gun, 16mm movie camera, c. 1940s, fitted with a Wollensak Type-V 35mm f/3.5 lens and lens filter. Marked “Property of U.S. Army Air Forces,” this highly distinctive piece of wartime technology was designed to document aerial combat, recording gunfire only when the aircraft’s trigger was engaged. An extraordinary example of functional military equipment where precision engineering, mechanical design, and the visual language of early aviation converge.
