Fairchild K-20 Photographs | World War II Database


United States Army Captain Robert Smith of the Alaskan Survey in Jun 1931 holding a Fairchild F-8 aerial camera, predecessor to the K-20 model used in WWII.	An aerial photographer with his Fairchild F-56 camera, based on Fairchild’s K-20 design, but with a 20-inch lens.	An aerial photographer with a descendant design of the Fairchild K-20 aerial camera.	US Navy photographer Lieutenant Charles Kerlee dismounting a TBF Avenger aboard USS Yorktown (Essex-class) after photographing a raid on Wake Island, 6 Oct 1943. Note his two K-20 cameras.

An aerial photographer with the United States Army Air Forces dressed in a flak vest and flak helmet and holding a Graflex K-20 aerial camera, based on the Fairchild design, 1943-44.	Flight Lieutenant L H Abbott, British Air Ministry official photographer, holding a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera in front of a Douglas Dakota aircraft, 1943-44.	Tail gunner on a Martin B-26 Marauder with the 386th Bomb Group taking his position with a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera, 1944.	Lieutenant Gilbert A. Milne of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve with a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera, 2 Jun 1944.

Aerial photographer United States Army Captain Russell Lee posing with his Fairchild K-20 aerial camera.	Staff Sergeant Brush posing with his Fairchild K-20 aerial camera, circa 1944.	Mushroom cloud rising over Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945. Taken by SSgt George R. 'Bob' Caron, the tail gunner on the B-29 'Enola Gay' using a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera.	Canister containing a 9-foot roll of film for the Fairchild K-20 aerial camera, part of the Imperial War Museum collection.

Fairchild K-20 aerial camera, part of the Imperial War Museum collection.	Graflex K-20 aerial camera built on the Fairchild design. Photo 1 of 2.	Graflex K-20 aerial camera built on the Fairchild design. Photo 2 of 2.