Description

Evidence in Camera — Volume 2, Number 2, January 11th 1943 Publisher: Air Ministry, distributed by A.I.1, printed by C. & E. Layton Ltd., London
Pages scanned: 28

• Cover — Illustration of a RAF aircraft photographing a burning ship, overlaid on a map of Western Europe.
• Inside front cover — Text page outlining official secrecy regulations governing the document.
• Cartoon — A cartoon of two women in uniform gossiping over coffee, captioned with a warning about loose talk.
• Romilly-sur-Seine A/D — Aerial photograph taken during a USBC bombing raid showing bomb bursts, craters, and smoke rising from a hangar.
• Romilly-sur-Seine follow-up — Follow-up aerial photo showing the same hangar partially collapsed with additional craters visible among barrack huts.
• Enemy Aircraft in Flight — Three aerial reconnaissance photos capturing a Fw 190, a Ju 88, and a Fw 58 trainer photographed in flight over various locations.
• Aircraft Camouflage — Overhead photo of a Blenheim IV bomber whose camouflage paint blends with the haymaking fields below.
• Imitation Houses — Ground-level photos of German hangars at Rechlin painted with fake house facades to deceive aerial observers.
• Camouflage at Rechlin — Aerial views showing that the fake house gables are ineffective once hangar doors open, with the structures clearly identifiable from above.
• Tirpitz under Smoke Screen — Aerial photo of the battleship Tirpitz concealed by a smoke screen in Aas Fjord, Norway.
• Tirpitz in Lo Fjord — Aerial photo showing a dense smoke screen obscuring the Tirpitz in Lo Fjord, with multiple smoke generators visible.
• Maurits State Mine (oblique) — Oblique aerial view of the largest industrial plant in Holland, a major coal mine complex near Maastricht.
• Maurits State Mine (vertical) — Vertical aerial view of the Maurits State Mine identifying key components including the power station, pit-heads, coke ovens, and benzol recovery plant.
• Wilhelmshaven overview — Two aerial photos of Wilhelmshaven port showing its harbour basins and the changed appearance caused by winter conditions.
• Wilhelmshaven detail — Closer aerial views identifying the Bauhafen, Naval basin, Hipper Hafen, and Jade Busen areas of the port.
• Campbeltown Visible in Lock — Aerial photo of St. Nazaire showing the nearly drained entrance lock with the wrecked HMS Campbeltown and damaged lock gate clearly visible.
• Italian Communications (Genoa) — Two aerial photos illustrating the dense convergence of rail and road infrastructure on the outskirts of Genoa.
• Road Block in Northern Italy — Aerial photo of a coastal road east of Savona showing one of the first road blocks observed in Northern Italy.
• New A.A. Positions in Italy — Two aerial photos showing newly constructed heavy anti-aircraft gun positions near Turin and on the quay at Genoa.
• Trondheim/Vaernes Aerodrome — Aerial photo of the snow-covered Norwegian aerodrome showing cleared runways, hangars, and conspicuous ammunition storage.
• Landmarks No. 3 — Two aerial/oblique photos of navigational landmarks on Ushant Island off the French coast.
• Locomotive Depots (Amiens) — Aerial photo of the Amiens Longeau marshalling yard after a USBC attack, with the demolished engine shed and other depot features labelled.
• Locomotive Depots (Turin) — Aerial photo of Turin’s marshalling yard locomotive depot, noted for its similarity in layout to the Amiens facility.
• Aalesund, Norway (vertical) — Vertical aerial view of Aalesund, an important Norwegian fishing town situated between two fjords.
• Aalesund, Norway (oblique) — Oblique aerial view of Aalesund showing the town nestled among the surrounding rocky fjord landscape.
• Problem Picture — A mysterious aerial photograph of bare winter trees above snow, challenging readers to identify the subject, with the previous issue’s answer revealed as a ploughed Czech civil aerodrome.