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Summary

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.

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.

Identifier

NASM.2016.0058

Date

November - December 1954

Provenance

Stephen F. Cohn, Gift, 2016, NASM.2016.0058

Extent

0.04 Cubic feet (one 16 mm film)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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 note

No arrangement, just one item.

Rights

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.

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Citation

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Gun Camera Footage, NASM.2016.0058, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Family

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures