Description

Evidence in Camera — Vol. I, No. 1 — October 19th, 1942
Published by the Air Ministry (A.C.A.S.)(I), For Official Use Only
52 pages scanned

• Bob Down, Herman — A cartoon of an officer reading “Evidence in Camera” while seated on a pile of officers eavesdropping below, captioned about secrecy.
• Tessenderloo Chemical Factory (Before Destruction) — Aerial view of the S/A Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo plant producing sulphuric acid and fertilisers.
• Tessenderloo Explosion Crater — Aerial view showing a 175-foot crater left by the explosion’s blast.
• Cologne Nippes Railway Workshops (Before Attack) — Annotated aerial view of the railway workshops prior to bombing.
• Cologne Nippes Railway Workshops (After Attack) — Aerial view showing roughly 9 acres of devastation with main and subsidiary buildings destroyed.
• Mainz Bombing Damage — Aerial view of the city showing fire and high-explosive damage from British raids.
• Rouen/Sotteville Bombing — Aerial view of bombs bursting on the railway junction and marshalling yards from USAAC Fortress aircraft.
• Neuss Night Attack — Night photograph showing a burning chemical factory near Düsseldorf.
• Neuss Factory Still Burning — Daytime follow-up aerial shot of the same chemical factory still ablaze.
• Hamburg Dammtor Station Camouflage (Before) — Aerial view of the railway station prior to camouflage work.
• Hamburg Dammtor Station Camouflage (Commencement) — Aerial view showing sloped camouflage material with painted dummy roads.
• Hamburg Dammtor Station Camouflage (Finished) — Aerial view of the completed camouflage with imitation houses and trees.
• Dunkirk E/R Boat Pens — Aerial view of boat pens in use, with two R-boats manoeuvring to enter.
• Trondheim/Vaernes Aircraft — Aerial view of nine FW 200s and a Ju 52 on the airfield, illustrating similar aircraft shadows.
• B.V. 141 Aerial View — Overhead photograph of the asymmetrical aircraft at Praha/Ruzyne airfield.
• B.V. 141 Ground View — Ground-level photograph of the same asymmetrical aircraft.
• Resident Expert Cartoon — A cartoon of an officer at a desk being introduced as the “resident expert” on the B.V. 141.
• Hamburg Rusch Canal (Before Development) — Aerial view of the canal tract of land prior to development, photographed April 1941.
• Hamburg Rusch Canal (After Development) — Aerial view of the same area fifteen months later, showing new U-boat construction excavations, covered slips, machine shops, goods sheds and a floating dock jetty.
• Worms Decoy Site — Annotated aerial view of a decoy resembling the Oppau synthetic oil plant, with dummy walls, fire sites, painted oil tanks, a controls house, and bomb craters.
• Know Your Ports Cartoon — A cartoon of two officers comparing drinks, themed around recognising ports.
• Le Havre Port (Overview with Diagram) — Aerial view of the port with an inset diagram highlighting two distinctive features.
• Le Havre Port (Oil Tanks and Pier) — Aerial view of the oil tanks and triangular-ended pier as distinctive port features.
• Sluiskil Incendiary Bomb — Photograph of a large incendiary bomb bursting on quay installations.
• Bruneval R.D.F. Installation — Aerial view of the radar “bowl fire” and house that were objectives of the combined service raid.
• Herning/Sunds Dummy Aerodrome — Aerial view of a decoy airfield with dummy aircraft, rails, and a towing system.
• Letov I Factory Aerodrome — Aerial view of groups of FW 189 aircraft used for army cooperation and reconnaissance near Prague.
• German Naval Units Comparison Chart — A bar chart and photographs comparing the lengths and tonnages of major German warships (Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Nürnberg, Köln, Hipper, Lützow).
• Off Arnoy Naval Units — Aerial view of the Tirpitz, Admiral Scheer, Hipper and escorting destroyers taking evasive action.
• Gdynia Battlecruiser Gneisenau — Aerial view of the Gneisenau with her armament removed and turret components visible on the quay.
• German Minor Naval Units Composite — A set of photographs identifying various smaller German vessels including E/R boats, destroyers, U-boats, minesweepers, tank landing craft, and tankers.
• Hamburg Flak Towers (Under Construction) — Aerial view of flak towers being built.
• Berlin Flak Towers (Completed) — Aerial view of two completed flak towers at Friedrichshain/Weissensee.
• Cuxhaven Sperrbrecher (In Port) — Photograph of a barrage-breaker vessel docked at Cuxhaven.
• Cuxhaven Sperrbrecher (Mine Detonation) — Aerial view of the same type of vessel detonating a mine at sea.
• Aas Fjord Tirpitz Low-Level View — Low-level photograph of the battleship Tirpitz with gun crews at action stations.
• Lo Fjord Prinz Eugen Repairs — Aerial view of the Prinz Eugen undergoing stern repairs, with the Admiral Scheer nearby.
• Bommelen Fjord Prinz Eugen — Aerial view of the temporarily repaired Prinz Eugen en route to Kiel, with an inset of Kiel.
• Schwandorf Alumina Works — Annotated aerial view of an industrial plant showing chimneys, cooling towers, railway sidings, and waste dumps.
• Karlsruhe Mobile Railway Flak — Aerial view of mobile flak guns positioned on rail lines on the city’s outskirts.
• Varengeville Coastal Battery — Aerial view of a standard-layout six-gun coastal battery.
• St. Valery-en-Caux Rearranged Battery — Aerial view of a six-gun battery showing staggered emplacements and the vacated old positions.
• Trondheim/Vaernes Aerodrome in Winter — Aerial view of the snow-covered airfield.
• Trondheim/Vaernes Aerodrome in Summer — Aerial view of the same airfield with aircraft dispersed around it.
• Rotterdam/Waalhaven Degaussing Apparatus — Aerial view of a dockside degaussing device with a distinctive wishbone-shaped solenoid.
• Düsseldorf Night Flak Patterns — Night photograph showing flak muzzle flashes, searchlight tracks, and incendiary fires during a raid.
• Lulworth Cove (Vertical View) — Vertical aerial view of the coastal landmark near Weymouth.
• Lulworth Cove (Oblique View) — Oblique aerial view of the same cove for comparison with the vertical photograph.
• Dover Coastline — Aerial view of the English coast and adjacent inland areas near Dover.
• Dover Castle (Oblique View) — Oblique aerial view of the castle and church landmark for comparison with the vertical photograph.
• “What Are These?” Puzzle Photograph — An unidentified industrial-looking building presented as a weekly reader puzzle.