Object Details
- Manufacturer
- National Photographic Interpretation Center
- Summary
- This model and image housed in a wood case depict a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile site at La Coloma, Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the height of the confrontation in October 1962, either an Air Force or Navy aircraft on a low-level reconnaissance mission took the photograph. It was the only mission during the crisis that used color film. The National Photographic Interpretation Center built this particular model in 1965 from wood, sand, and wire for use at a Cuban Missile Crisis exhibit at the Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters. The agency transferred the case to the Museum after the exhibit closed in the 1970s.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Central Intelligence Agency
- Inventory Number
- A19771266000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- sand, wood, unknown synthetic (vegitation), and wire model; paper photo; cardboard, steel, brass and wood display case
- Dimensions
- Other: 4in. x 2ft 2in. x 2ft 3in. (10.16 x 66.04 x 68.58cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19771266000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv987988e62-4e38-4e5c-b994-997a9b441605
