Description

Evidence in Camera — Volume 2, Number 3, January 18th 1943
Publisher: Air Ministry (A.C.A.S.I.), printed by C. & E. Layton Ltd., London
Pages scanned: 28

• Cover — Graphic design cover featuring a Spitfire silhouette, a bombed building, and a stylized eye, with a South African Air Force stamp indicating this copy was issued to 24 Group S.A. Air Force at Zwartkop.
• Inside front cover — Text page outlining official secrecy regulations governing the document.
• Cartoon — A cartoon of a man in a dentist’s chair with his mouth wide open, captioned “But on all other occasions — Keep it Shut,” as a warning about loose talk.
• Industrial Damage, Cologne (first page) — Two aerial photos showing extensive bomb damage to multiple factory premises in Cologne, including a large factory on Sieburger Strasse and several industrial buildings in the Deutz district.
• Industrial Damage, Cologne (second page) — Two aerial photos showing the destruction of the Franz Clouth Rubber Works in the Riehl district and the complete devastation of the Kölnische Gummifaden Fabrik tyre and tube factory in Deutz.
• U-Boat’s Crash Dive — A dramatic sea-level photo taken during a Coastal Command attack run showing a U-boat with only its stern visible as it crash-dives beneath the waves.
• Attack on St. Nazaire — Aerial photo of the St. Nazaire docks showing 14 acres of damage from a USBC daylight raid, including a destroyed multi-bay building near the U-boat pens and debris in the water.
• Effect of Mist (misty) — Aerial photo of the Seine valley south of Rouen where ground mist creates a convincing false impression of a coastline.
• Effect of Mist (clear) — A companion aerial photo of the same area south of Rouen taken on a clear day, showing the river, industrial buildings and town as they actually appear.
• Know Your Ports — Lorient (vertical) — Vertical aerial view of the port of Lorient identifying the Port Militaire, Port de Commerce, Rade de Penman, and the Keroman U-boat pens.
• Know Your Ports — Lorient (oblique) — Oblique aerial view of Lorient and Keroman showing the U-boat pens under construction.
• Camouflaged Shelters — Two photos showing German aircraft shelters on a landing area, with pole frameworks draped in camouflage netting that are nonetheless conspicuous due to shadows and taxi-track markings, and a ground-level view of netting shelters at the woodland edge.
• Heavy Flak at St. Malo — Aerial photo of a six-gun heavy flak position on the island of St. Servan at St. Malo, with one gun visibly firing and the command post identified nearby.
• Pantelleria (oblique and vertical) — Two aerial photos of the Italian island of Pantelleria showing the eastern coastline with Tracino Point, and a vertical view identifying the harbour and aerodrome with its underground hangar entrances.
• Pantelleria (further views) — Two additional photos of the island showing the western coastline and a closer vertical view of the aerodrome with underground hangar entrances marked.
• Camouflaged Oil Refinery — Aerial photo of the Dusseldorf/Reisholz-Rhenania Ossag Oil Refinery showing storage tanks completely concealed under netting painted to resemble factory rooftops.
• Decoy for Refinery — Aerial photo of the Dusseldorf I (Zons) decoy site showing dummy oil tanks with burning centres and painted roads designed to draw attacks away from the real refinery.
• French Aircraft for Germany — Two aerial photos showing Caudron C.440 Goeland transport aircraft produced at the French Caudron-Renault factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux and observed at Aalborg/West aerodrome in German-occupied Denmark.
• Goelands at Le Bourget — Aerial photo of Le Bourget aerodrome showing multiple Goeland aircraft bearing German Air Force markings, with Potez 63s and Bloch 174s visible in the background.
• Desert Defences (two views) — Two aerial photos of North African desert defensive lines showing anti-tank gun emplacements linked by wire, a ditch obstacle fronted by wire with mined approaches, and covered weapons emplacements.
• Desert Defences (third view) — Aerial photo of a desert defensive line featuring a built-up tank obstacle wired on both sides with deliberate gaps for defending forces and covering anti-tank gun positions.
• Burmese Railways Attacked — Two aerial photos showing RAF bomb bursts on the station and railway yards at Mandalay, and USAAF direct hits on a goods train at Myitkyina station.
• Ice-Bound Convoy — Aerial photo of a convoy of merchant vessels frozen into the ice at Friedrichshort Anchorage, Kiel, in 1941.
• Sangatte/Noires Mottes Defences — Aerial photo near Calais showing a steel unit anti-tank obstacle running from the cliff-top to join an anti-tank ditch, with three nearly completed super-heavy gun emplacements visible.
• Night Photography, Genoa — A composite image combining a night photograph plotted by muzzle flashes from three heavy flak batteries at Genoa with superimposed daytime reference photos, proving the aircraft had reached its target despite no normal ground detail being recorded.
• Problem Picture — A puzzling aerial photograph of a snow-covered landscape with complex field and drainage patterns, challenging readers to identify the subject, with the previous issue’s answer revealed as tidal drainage channels on a beach near the River Ems.