Description

Evidence in Camera

Volume 3, Number 3 — April 19th, 1943

Issued by Air Ministry, A.C.A.S.(1)

28 pages scanned

• Careless Talk Cartoon — a satirical cartoon by H. Hunter showing an officer having his hair trimmed while others listen in, warning against careless talk.
• 1942 Attack on Renault Works, Billancourt — an oblique aerial photo of the Renault factory at Billancourt showing damage to the Engine Testing, Erecting, and Foundry shops from the R.A.F. attack.
• Billancourt: Rebuilding of Factory — an annotated aerial photo taken a year later showing the Renault factory’s foundry and workshops rebuilt.
• S.B.C. Attack on Billancourt in Daylight — aerial photo of smoke rising from the Renault works and the Ile Seguin workshops during a daylight bombing raid.
• Renault Works Severely Damaged Again — annotated aerial photo showing further severe damage to the rebuilt Renault factory buildings and additional workshops.
• Low-Level Dusk Attack, Namur (Ronet) — a dramatic photo of a Mosquito aircraft during a low-level dusk raid on the engine sheds and marshalling yard at Namur.
• Essen — Krupp Works Damage — aerial photos showing further heavy fire and high-explosive damage to large workshops of Fr. Krupp A.G.
• Locomotive Repair Workshops Shattered, Rouen — annotated aerial photo of the shattered Quatre Mares Locomotive Repair Works and Rouen/Sotteville Marshalling Yard.
• More Damage at St. Nazaire — annotated aerial photo showing flood damage to the Entrance Lock, the submerged destroyer H.M.S. Campbeltown, and hits on the U-boat pens.
• S.B.C. Attack on Antwerp/Morstel — aerial photo of the Erla Aircraft and Aero-engine Repair Works burning after a daylight bombing raid.
• Salvage Operations on ‘Königsberg’ — a sequence of photos documenting the salvage of the sunken German cruiser Königsberg at Bergen over several months.
• Know Your Ports — Rotterdam — an annotated aerial map of Rotterdam’s harbours, including the Waalhaven, Rijnhaven, and Maashaven.
• Rotterdam — Oblique Views of Devastation — oblique photographs taken over a year after the 1940 bombing, showing the devastated city centre and Electrische Spoor Station.
• Oblique or Vertical Photograph? Swinemünde — an aerial photo of a coastal spit near Swinemünde illustrating how converging lines can create a false oblique impression.
• Camouflage in Berlin — annotated aerial photo of camouflaged oil and tar storage tanks and disruptively painted buildings at Spandau.
• Flak Position on Camouflaged Island, Hamburg — annotated aerial photo of an artificial island flak position and dummy bridge built on the Aussen Alster.
• German Fighters at Bomber Airfields — aerial photos of Fw 190 fighters operating from former German bomber bases at Vitry-en-Artois and Rennes/St. Jacques.
• Single-Engined Fighters at Lille/Vendeville — annotated aerial photo showing small fighter shelters and ammunition storage built on a former bomber dispersal area.
• Spherical Gasholder in Prague — photos of an unusual spherical vacuum-type gasholder built at Prague/Liben before the war.
• Enlargements from Combat Films — cine film stills showing Spitfires attacking ‘M’ Class minesweepers east of Ushant with cannon fire.
• Coastal Battery Under Construction — aerial photo of a four-gun coastal defence battery being built at Eu/Mesnil Sterling near Le Treport.
• Bomb Detonates Minefield, Lorient — aerial photo of a coastline minefield near Lorient set off by sympathetic detonation from a bomb hit.
• Problem Picture — a mystery aerial photo challenging readers to identify the activity, revealed as peat cutting in North Jutland.