Washington County News | 1939-08-17 | Page 3 | Mitchell Field Celebrates 30th Air Corps Birthday

Mitchell Field Celebrates 30th Air Corps Birthday -i J, - ; P -1 f V . 5?N a i, Sergt. C. L. Birch took on the job of guide and informant for a group of youngsters who helped the army celebrate the thirtieth birthday of its air corps at Mitchell field in-New 'York recently. The sergeant is showing the youngsters some of the tools used in air fighting, including a machine gun which shoots pictures Instead of bullets. If is used in air target practice, and its pictures show whether the gunner scored a hit or miss. Die machine gun-camera takes rapid-fire pictures, and the "gunner's" aim must bo just as accurate to get pictures as it is in actual aerial combat to score a direct hit. : m .:: m ..