Description

Evidence in Camera

Volume 2, Number 12, March 22nd, 1943

Issued by Air Ministry (A.C.A.S.I.); printed by C. & E. Layton Ltd, London, E.C.4

29 pages scanned

• A Careless Word Cartoon: A Morgan illustration warns against careless talk near a sleeping child, captioned “A Careless Word May Destroy.”
• Fortresses Leaving Lorient: Two Fortress aircraft of U.S.B.C. are seen leaving Lorient after a daylight raid, with bomb bursts visible near the railway line and the Northern Power Station.
• Lorient Northern Power Station Damage: An annotated photo shows a large crater and several direct hits on the power station and the adjoining railway line.
• Lorient Southern Power Station Damage: A photo shows blast damage to the Southern Power Station and earlier devastation near the Arsenal buildings and the Pont de Guydon bridge.
• Lorient Slipway and Workshop Damage: Further damage is shown to the covered slips and workshops on the eastern bank of the River Scorff.
• Knaben Molybdenum Mine Attack: Bomb bursts are shown striking the flotation plant equipment of the Knaben molybdenum mines during a Mosquito raid.
• Knaben Mine Bomb Bursts Detail: A close-up marks two bomb bursts near the ore bins and the feeders adjoining them.
• Night Attack on Berlin: An oblique night photograph shows fires and incendiaries burning in the Steglitz area and across the Tempelhof Marshalling Yard.
• Berlin Tempelhof Workshop Damage: A photo shows extensive, almost completely burned-out damage to the Tempelhof Railway Workshops.
• Berlin Wilmersdorf Damage: A photo shows extensive building damage near the Prager Platz and Kaiser Allee in the Wilmersdorf district.
• Fortress Attack on Rennes: A daylight photo shows a very large number of bombs bursting across the Rennes marshalling yard, the principal rail centre of the Brittany Peninsula.
• Rennes Marshalling Yard Aftermath: A photo taken two hours after the raid shows craters at both ends of the yard, burning rolling stock, and numerous damaged wagons.
• Milan Industrial Damage: An annotated photo shows destruction to several factory and workshop buildings, including the wagon repair shops of Ferrovie Dello Stato, following the RAF raid on Milan.
• Milan Via Guiseppe Guerzoni Damage: Further factory building damage is shown in the Via Guiseppe Guerzoni area of Milan.
• Milan Factory and S.A. Centenari Damage: A photo shows destruction by high explosive to factory buildings and fire damage to the S.A. Centenari e Zinelli works.
• Nürnberg Marshalling Yard: An annotated panoramic photo identifies the reception, sorting, and forwarding sidings, locomotive depot, and workshops of this major one-way sorting yard.
• Aero-Engine Test Beds at Dessau: A ground photograph shows the characteristic hangar-type structure used to test aero-engines at the Junkers factory.
• Aero-Engine Test Beds at Brunswick/Querum: An aerial photo shows test beds of varying sizes, including a pair under construction with operators’ cabins between them.
• Aero-Engine Test Beds at Magdeburg: An aerial photo shows blocks of hangar-type test beds at the Junkers factory.
• Aero-Engine Test Beds at Köthen: An aerial photo shows three blocks of hangar beds along with two lines of power (dynamometer) test beds.
• Aero-Engine Test Beds at Allach: An aerial photo shows three blocks of hangar test beds concealed among trees north of Munich.
• Landing Ground Obstructions at Flushing: An annotated photo shows small and large obstruction posts, camouflaged aircraft shelters, and netted flak towers at Flushing airfield.
• Allied Aircraft at Tempelhof: Two Douglas DC-3 airliners are seen alongside a Ju 86 at Berlin/Tempelhof.
• Allied Ensign at Toulouse/Montaudron: A captured Ensign aircraft with French civil markings is seen lined up among French civil aircraft.
• Allied Wellingtons at Rechlin: Two Wellington bombers are photographed at the German experimental station at Rechlin, one visible through a netted aircraft shelter.
• Kiel Port Overview: A vertical photograph identifies the shipbuilding yards, harbours, naval academy, and Kiel Canal entrance across the port.
• Kiel Deutsche Werke Shipyard: An oblique view shows the shipyard’s inner harbour and construction basin, with the light cruiser Emden and an Altmark tanker fitting out.
• Kiel Die Horn and Railway Station: An oblique view shows the Germania shipyard, the railway station, and the adjoining locomotive depot, goods depot, and carriage sidings.
• Barfleur Lighthouse Landmark: An aerial photo shows the lighthouse on the north-east point of the Cherbourg Peninsula.
• Isle St. Marcouf Landmark: An aerial photo shows the small fortified island off the east coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, south of Barfleur Lighthouse.
• Italian Transformer Station at Cislago: An annotated photo shows the high-voltage sections, transformers, and control house of this grid station north-west of Milan.
• Le Havre Combat Film Sequence: A series of gun-camera and combat stills shows Bostons escorted by Spitfires bombing the quays and warehouses of Le Havre.
• Problem Picture: Borkum Field Drainage: A puzzle photograph challenges readers to identify the pattern, revealed as field drainage on the island of Borkum in the Frisian Islands.