Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No doubt they were so quiet, the the Germans never heard them, either! Dan ( Just joshin') Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Dykstra <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica in a Messerschmitt > Kurt Miska wrote: > > > > LUGers > > With my more than passing interest in World War Two combat airplanes, I > > surprised myself when leafing through "Messerschmitt Bf 109, in Action", > > part 2. I spotted what is clearly a Leica installed in a Bf 109 (page > > 24). You can see the cable release hanging down and the classic film > > advance knob. The squinty little eye piece is also visible. The Leica is > > mounted vertically so that it points straight out of the front of the > > windshield. Nothing automated here. No motor drive. This particular > > machine served as a reconnaissance aircraft in southern Russia in '43. > > If you desperately need this book, check your local hobby shop. I think > > it's still in print. > > Kurt > > Hi all, > > I watched a program here on the telly last Wednesday. About an Aussie > called Sydney Cotton who was using a brace of Leicas to take aerial > shots of Germany in the late thirties, from a twin engined Lockheed. He > was a colour film agent and flew all over the place, shooting as he > went, on behalf of MI6. The german authorities suspected he was taking > photos as he flew, but couldn't find the Leica 250's he had hidden > behind sliding panels in the belly of the aircraft. > > A fascinating program. > > regards > > Rick Dykstra