Torpedo Camera Kit, Panoramic, US Navy Type 1 for TBF/M Avenger UC-43 Ref 6A/4721

Ref 6A/4721

and produced for a US Air Force application per its MIL spec

Used across many versions of US Army Air Force aircraft with navigator crew during the era

according to the online Funatsu Aviation Instruments Museum

including foldouts

Torpedo Camera Kit, Panoramic, US Navy Type 1 for TBF/M Avenger UC-43 Ref 6A/4721The Vought Solar Aircraft Torpedo Camera Type 1 was produced between 1942 and 1944 by Russell Vought Co, a division of Solar Aircraft Co., San Diego, CA, USA. The camera is a motorized panoramic camera, whose purpose was to document aerial torpedo attacks (from launch to impact) and for use in training. It was fitted with a louvered shutter and shot panoramic, 2 inch by 7 inch wide negatives in 120 type film. According to the TBM Avenger's Erection