Description

Evidence in Camera — Volume I, Number 10 — December 21st, 1942

Issued by Air Ministry (A.C.A.S.I.), For Official Use Only — 28 pages scanned

• Don’t Be Their Santa Claus! — A cartoon by Phipps showing Hitler, Mussolini, and a third figure asleep in bed with stockings labeled “Careless Talk,” “Bad Security,” and “Hot Gen” hung on the bedstead, warning against feeding the enemy intelligence.
• Attack on Philips Radio Works — An aerial photo of Bomber Command’s daylight raid on the Philips Radio Works at Eindhoven, showing aircraft over the burning lamp and valve factory.
• Eindhoven Group, Attack Stages (1) — A low oblique photo capturing an early stage of the bombing attack on the lamp and valve factory at Eindhoven.
• Eindhoven Group, Attack Stages (2) — A further low oblique photo showing another stage of the same attack on the factory.
• Philips Radio Works Roof-top View — A roof-top photo of the lamp and valve factory and its adjacent premises at Eindhoven.
• Strijp Group Damage — An aerial photo taken half an hour after the raid showing the burning radio erecting shops, component factory, and paper and cardboard store.
• Thionville Marshalling Yard — An aerial view of an important rail marshalling yard on the River Moselle, vulnerable to bombing damage at its bridges.
• Thionville Decoy — An aerial photo of a decoy site at Haute-Ham built with dummy round-houses to mimic the nearby marshalling yard.
• Bremen Station Camouflage (Before) — An aerial view of Bremen’s main railway station prior to camouflage, shown as a typically conspicuous target.
• Bremen Station Camouflage (After) — An aerial view of the same station with its roof painted with imitation buildings and dummy roads to disguise it.
• Hanover Station Camouflage — An aerial photo of Hanover’s main railway station camouflaged with painted dummy roads across the tracks.
• Hamburg Station Camouflage — An aerial photo of Hamburg’s main station camouflaged with a more complex painted pattern and two dummy roads.
• Landing Ground Obstructions at Fécamp/Életot — An aerial view of a French landing ground littered with felled trees to hinder enemy use.
• Runway Obstructions at Conches — An aerial photo of an aerodrome prepared for the German air force with obstructions placed across its runways.
• Smoke Screen at St. Nazaire (Generators) — A reconnaissance photo recording a smoke screen laid down at St. Nazaire using generators arranged for prevailing winds.
• Smoke Screen at St. Nazaire (Port Unobscured) — A companion photo showing the port left visible as the wind blew the smoke screen along the generator lines.
• Shots from Combat Films, Fw 190 — A sequence of enlarged combat film frames showing the streamlined, polished cowling of an Fw 190’s radial engine.
• Attacks on Fw 190s — A series of enlarged cine film frames showing a damaged Fw 190 flying with one undercarriage leg down.
• Know Your Ports, Cherbourg — An aerial view of the port of Cherbourg with the First Mole area outlined for reference.
• Cherbourg First Mole Detail — A low oblique photo of the First Mole and Gare Maritime, with the Outer Harbour and Wet Dock visible beyond.
• U-boat Diving — A photo capturing a U-boat in the act of diving during an attack by British aircraft.
• U-boat off Brest — A photo of a 500-ton U-boat on the surface after circling a merchant vessel near the Rade Abri at Brest.
• New Markings for German Aircraft, Bourges — An aerial photo of Ju 88s and a He 111 at Bourges, marked with the new white wing stripe used in formerly unoccupied France.
• New Markings for German Aircraft, Istres — A further aerial photo of Ju 88s and a He 111 at Istres bearing the same new wing markings.
• Marseilles/Marignane Aircraft — An aerial photo showing large numbers of Fw 190s and a Ju 52 parked at the airfield.
• Lumes Marshalling Sidings — An aerial view of rail sidings handling traffic between north-eastern France and Germany, with the locomotive depot and wagon repair shop marked.
• Paris Marshalling Siding — An oblique aerial view of a typical marshalling siding at Verneuil, Paris.
• Problem Picture — A reader-challenge photo of a smoke plume on water posing “What is this?”, with the previous week’s answer revealing the dummy round-house decoy for the Thionville marshalling yard.