Evidence in Camera — Volume 2, Number 1, January 4th 1943
Publisher: Air Ministry, distributed by A.I.1, printed by C. & E. Layton Ltd., London
Pages scanned: 28

• Cover — Illustration featuring repeated silhouettes of heavy bombers on a blue-grey background.
• Inside front cover — Text page outlining official secrecy regulations governing the document.
• Cartoon — A cartoon of a figure hiding in a tree while soldiers pass below, captioned “Charles knew when to keep quiet,” as a warning about operational security.
• Italian U-Boat Attacked (gunning) — Three aerial photos showing phases of a Coastal Command attack on an Italian U-boat in the Bay of Biscay, including the submarine on the surface and explosion plumes.
• Italian U-Boat Attacked (bombing) — Three further photos showing a Sunderland making its bombing run, a second attack, and the U-boat zig-zagging before eventually being forced to seek shelter in a neutral port.
• Camouflage at Rechlin (ground level) — Two ground-level photos of the Rechlin Research Station showing tripod frames draped with green cloth on hangar roofs and walls painted to resemble a wooded landscape.
• Camouflage at Rechlin (aerial) — Two aerial views of the same Rechlin hangars showing that cast shadows from the tripod structures betray the camouflage, and that tonal painting on the tarmac apron imitates the roof’s light and shade.
• Television Mast, Berlin — A pre-war oblique photo of the 400 ft. television mast near the Charlottenburg Exhibition Grounds, paired with a wartime vertical photo showing subsequent camouflage efforts including painted roofs, dummy roads, and netting.
• Road Communications — Aerial photo showing new bridge construction over the Ghent-Bruges Canal near Eecloo, with the old bridge and new access road also visible.
• Germany’s Latest Flying-Boat — Two aerial photos showing the six-engined Blohm und Voss Bv 222 flying boat, one spotted in Tobruk Harbour and one at the camouflaged Hamburg/Finkenwarder factory.
• Tripoli — Aerial photo of Tripoli Harbour showing four Bv 222 flying boats among other vessels at anchor.
• Politz Oil Plant — Aerial photo of the large oil hydrogenation plant near Stettin, showing camouflaged storage tanks, additional fuel tanks, and a power station.
• Politz Decoy — Aerial photo of a poorly executed dummy oil installation intended to draw attacks away from the Politz plant, featuring flat fake tanks and a painted pipeline.
• Landmarks No. 2 (Le Tréport & Dalles coast) — Two oblique aerial photos showing the port entrance at Le Tréport and the distinctive chalk cliff coastline at Les Petites and Les Grandes Dalles.
• Landmarks No. 2 (Le Tréport high oblique & cliff detail) — A high oblique view of Le Tréport and a low-level photo of the dramatic chalk cliffs near St. Pierre-en-Port.
• Tunis and La Goulette (Tunis) — Aerial photo of the port and town of Tunis taken at the end of November showing the city’s street grid, railway yards, and harbour.
• Tunis and La Goulette (La Goulette) — Aerial photo of La Goulette, the main commercial port of Tunisia, showing the harbour where French block-ships were later moved aside by the Germans.
• Scuttled French Fleet, Toulon — Aerial photo taken over a week after the scuttling showing multiple French warships heeled over, submerged, or still burning at their moorings, including the battle-cruiser Strasbourg.
• Estuary of the Loire — High-altitude oblique photo taken from approximately 26,000 ft. showing the wide mouth of the Loire with St. Nazaire visible in the middle distance.
• Industrial Damage, Düsseldorf (factories) — Two aerial photos showing severe bomb damage to the Deutsche Röhrenwerke steel tube works and the Schiess-Defries machine tool factory.
• Düsseldorf Central Town Area — Before-and-after aerial photos of a Düsseldorf industrial district showing twelve acres devastated by fire, including the destroyed August Schmitz machinery works and Düsseldorf Kammgarn Spinnerei worsted mills.
• Düsseldorf (further damage) — Three aerial photos showing additional bomb damage near the main railway station, including the gutted Papierfabe Schulte u. Zinkar paper works and the fire-destroyed Jagenberg Werke paper machinery factory.
• Important Marshalling Yard, Lille — Aerial photo of the heavily loaded La Delivrance marshalling yard at Lille, with key facilities including reception sidings, hump, sorting sidings, and locomotive repair shops all labelled.
• Know Your Ports — Delfzijl — Aerial photo of the port of Delfzijl in northeast Holland showing its layout in relation to the River Ems and the entrance to the Ems Canal.
• Delfzijl in Winter — Aerial photo of the same port showing how ice coverage dramatically alters the harbour’s appearance and could hinder aerial recognition.
• Problem Picture — A puzzling aerial photograph covered in swirling white lines and tracks, challenging readers to identify the subject, with the previous issue’s answer revealed as duck decoy ponds in the Somme Estuary.