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Evidence in Camera Volume 2, Number 6 · 8th February 1943
Published by: Air Ministry, A.C.A.S.(I) · Printed by C. & E. Layton Ltd., London E.C.4
Pages scanned – 27

• “A.C.W. Muffet” Cartoon — A colour illustration by Phipps depicting a servicewoman talking indiscreetly to a stranger at a buffet bar, with a cautionary verse warning about careless talk.
• Night Attack on Lorient — Fire and Smoke — Night photograph showing volumes of smoke drifting southwards over the Rade de Penman during the Bomber Command attack of 23/24 January 1943, with light tracks from incendiary bombs and fires visible.
• Damage to Port and Town, Lorient — Post-Attack Overview — Daytime aerial photograph showing extensive damage throughout the town and docks of Lorient following recent Bomber Command and USBC attacks, with the Barracks (A) and part of the Arsenal (B) among the severely damaged structures.
• Rail Bridge Construction, River Canche — August 1940 — Aerial photograph showing the remains of the Paris-Boulogne main line bridge demolished by the BEF, with the shadow of a temporary single-track trestle bridge visible.
• Rail Bridge Construction — December 1941 — Aerial photograph showing the temporary rail bridge in place alongside a newly erected concrete bridge over the River Canche.
• Rail Bridge Construction — March 1942 — Aerial photograph showing several completed concrete piers and the southern end of the new bridge structure beginning to take shape.
• Rail Bridge Construction — April 1942 — Aerial photograph showing the concrete pier work well advanced with the bridge now completed over more than half its span.
• Rail Bridge Construction — December 1942 — Aerial photograph showing the finished bridge open to traffic, with the old temporary rail bridge still in place but its rails disconnected.
• Rail Bridge Construction — January 1943 — Aerial photograph providing a further view of the completed permanent bridge across the River Canche.
• Damage at Duisburg — Kabelwerk — Aerial photograph showing large areas of the Kabelwerk Duisburg (torpedo nets and cables factory) severely damaged, with six acres of workshops practically destroyed by fire (A) and a further six and a half acres stripped or patched (B).
• Herdecke Power Storage Station — Aerial photograph of the Herdecke pumped-storage power station on the Ruhr grid, showing Hengstey Lake (A), the upper reservoir (B), the power plant and transformer station (C, D), and camouflaged penstocks (E).
• Kuhlmann Works, Harnes — Large oblique aerial photograph of the Kuhlmann chemical works east-north-east of Lens, identifying the colliery (A), coke ovens and by-product works (B), synthetic alcohol works (C), and Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil plant (D).
• Convoy Escort in Bad Weather — Atmospheric sea-level photograph illustrating the difficult conditions faced by Coastal Command aircraft on convoy escort duties, with a ship barely visible approximately a hundred miles from land.
• Know Your Ports — Brest, Overview — Large annotated vertical aerial photograph of Brest showing the Rade Abri, U-boat shelters, Port Militaire, and Port de Commerce de Porstrein, with a balloon barrage along the South Jetty protecting the U-boat shelter entrances.
• Brest — Oblique View — Oblique aerial photograph of the port of Brest looking westward, showing the harbour, jetties, and approach waters.
• Prinz Eugen — Four Stages of Repair — Four aerial photographs tracing the history of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen: in Lo Fjord undergoing stern repairs (A), under way off Norway on 21 May 1942 (B), at Kiel with a temporary squared-off stern (C), and at the Germania Yard Kiel after fitting her new stern (D).
• Repaired Prinz Eugen in Skagerrak — Vertical aerial photograph of the 8-inch cruiser Prinz Eugen under way at speed in the Skagerrak after repair, forming part of a naval force including the battlecruiser Scharnhorst and five destroyers.
• Daimler-Benz Factory, Stuttgart — Before Camouflage — Vertical aerial photograph of the Daimler-Benz aero-engine factory at Stuttgart/Untertürkheim before camouflage was applied, identifying machine shops (A) and test beds (B).
• Daimler-Benz Factory, Stuttgart — Camouflage Applied — Vertical aerial photograph of the same factory now covered in disruptively painted netting, with additional concealment measures including a painted marshalling yard (C), Neckar river loop covered with netting (D), water-filled excavations (E), a stadium with netting canopies (F), and dummy roads (G).
• Track Discipline — Good Example — Aerial photograph of a four-gun battery whose emplacements, though entirely uncamouflaged, are rendered hard to detect by good track discipline preventing tell-tale paths.
• Track Discipline — Bad Example — Aerial photograph of a well-sited and well-camouflaged four-gun battery whose position is betrayed by the clearly visible tracks made by vehicles and personnel.
• Coastal Defences — Minefield near Lorient — Aerial photograph showing a minefield of three staggered rows forming part of the land defence belt around Lorient.
• Coastal Defences — Concentration North of Boulogne — Aerial photograph of a complex defensive position north of Boulogne identifying a three-gun light flak position (A), minefield (B), anti-tank ditch (C), six-gun dual-purpose AA/CD battery (D), command post (E), and wire obstacle (F).
• Cherbourg Defences — Detailed aerial photograph of the Cherbourg waterfront showing casemate and shelter excavations under construction, a heavy AA emplacement on a casemate roof (A), heavy AA guns in circular emplacements, a searchlight (S/L), four heavy railway guns on turntables (B), and light AA guns (C).
• Combat Film — Attack on Ju 88 over the Sea, Frame 1 — Enlarged combat film frame showing a Ju 88 flying low over the sea at the start of an attack by a Fighter Command aircraft.
• Combat Film — Attack on Ju 88, Further Stage — Enlarged combat film frame showing a later moment in the same engagement with hits visible on the Ju 88.
• Combat Film — Ju 88 on Fire — Enlarged combat film frame showing the Ju 88 engulfed in smoke and fire after being hit by a Polish squadron.
• Combat Film — Ju 88 Exploding — Enlarged combat film frame capturing an explosion in the stricken Ju 88 as it crashes into the sea.
• Obsolescent German Aircraft — He 111K2s and Mixed Types — Aerial photograph of a German airfield showing five He 111K2 early-variant bombers alongside a Ju 86, Do 17, and Ju W.34, all obsolescent types still in service.
• Obsolescent German Aircraft — He 111K2s with Ju 88s — Aerial photograph showing He 111K2s and a Ju 86 parked alongside two modern Ju 88s on an airfield apron.
• Obsolescent German Aircraft — Ju 86s in Service — Aerial photograph of several Ju 86 bombers on an airfield, reported to be in large-scale use on the Eastern Front.
• Obsolescent German Aircraft — He 59 Seaplane — Dark aerial photograph of a Heinkel He 59 biplane seaplane, an old type still used primarily for air-sea rescue.
• Obsolescent German Aircraft — Do 23 Bombers — Aerial photograph showing three Dornier Do 23 high-wing bombers and two Do 23 fuselages stripped of wings and tail units at an airfield.
• Bonifica di Ostia — Land Reclamation Scheme — Vertical aerial photograph of the geometrically patterned reclaimed farmland of the Bonifica di Ostia beside the River Tiber, with an inset showing a modern pumping station.
• Armed Vessels at Cagliari, Sardinia — Aerial photograph of Cagliari harbour identifying three armed vessels: a 330–340 ft. trooper (A) with 4.7-inch guns, a 270 ft. converted sloop (B), and a 300 ft. merchant vessel (C).
• Problem Picture — Night Light Trails — Night photograph showing mysterious bright vertical light trails with numbered annotations, posed as a reader challenge asking how these were caused, with the answer deferred to the next issue.