North American F-86F Hay Maker

North American F-86F Hay Maker

The RF-86F above was the reconnaissance variant of the well known F-86 Super Sabre.  It looked so much like the F-86 Super Sabre that they applied a painted picture of the 50 cal gun ports to fool the enemy into thinking the unarmed Hay Maker was a standard Super Sabre.

F-86 Gun Ports

 As a photographer, I find the reconnaissance aircraft interesting.  I like looking at the cameras used.

K-17 Camera with Film Magazine and 6 inch Lens.

  RF-86Fs carried a single K-17 camera fitted with 6" focal length lens.  Widely employed by US Army Air Forces during WW II,. the versatile K-17 camera was useful for reconnaissance, bomb damage assessment, mapping.  The K-17 used 9" x 9" format film and could be fitted with a 6", 12", or 24" focal length lenses.

Thanks to NMUSAF Dayton, OH  for the information provided and permission to photograph.

Lloyd Family

Thanks to Lloyd family for accommodations during the capturing of these images.

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