Description

Evidence in Camera

Volume 3, Number 4 — April 26th, 1943

Issued by Air Ministry, A.C.A.S.(I). For Official Use Only.

28 pages scanned

• Editorial Cartoon: A cartoon shows an officer being kept in the mess specifically to help solve the “problem pictures” featured in Evidence in Camera.
• U-Boat Under Attack: An aerial photo shows a 500-ton U-boat with a modified conning tower firing its anti-aircraft gun while under attack by a Coastal Command Hudson.
• Depth Charges Straddling a U-Boat: A photo captures a stick of depth charges landing around a U-boat as it crash-dives during a Coastal Command attack.
• Italian Heavy Cruisers at Messina: Aerial and inset photographs identify the cruiser Gorizia and two Trento-class cruisers moored in Messina harbour.
• Cruisers at Spezia: Aerial photos show the cruiser Bolzano and a Trento-class cruiser lying at the Spezia naval base.
• German Naval Units Travelling at Speed: Photographs of an E-boat in Stranderbucht and the battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord show wake patterns used to estimate their speed.
• Tankers Disguised as Cargo Vessels: Aerial photos show Italian tankers at Venice and Trieste fitted with dummy funnels and staging to disguise them as ordinary cargo ships.
• Bomb Damage at Phillips Works, Eindhoven: An annotated aerial photo marks the damage caused by a Mosquito daylight raid on the Phillips lamp and valve factory.
• Ju 88 Crash into the Atlantic: A sequence of four photographs shows a Ju 88 shot down by Coastal Command Beaufighters as it crashes into the sea.
• German Twin-Boom Transports at Gotha: Aerial photos show rows of Go 242 glider transports parked at the Gotha factory airfield.
• German Reconnaissance and Flying-Boat Aircraft: Photos show an Fw 189 army co-operation aircraft and Bv 138 flying boats moored at Trondheim.
• Coastal Defences Near the Hook of Holland: An annotated aerial photo identifies strongpoints, gun batteries, casemates and an anti-tank ditch and wall.
• Hook of Holland Reclamation and Defences: An annotated photo shows dummy anti-aircraft guns, casemates and a battery under reconstruction amid ongoing land reclamation works.
• Dieppe Port Layout: An annotated aerial map of Dieppe identifies the Casino, central station, goods depot and locomotive depot.
• Dieppe Casino and Barracks: Oblique and vertical photos show the Casino after being blown up by the Germans and nearby barracks marked with a swastika.
• Gun Testing Ranges at Gotha and Brunswick/Waggum: Photos show covered aircraft gun-testing ranges with Me 110 aircraft parked nearby at German factory airfields.
• Gun Testing Ranges at Warnemünde, Lemwerder and Bremen: Further photos show covered gun-testing ranges at German aircraft factories, including one damaged in a USAAF raid.
• Rail Loop South-East of Mandalay: An aerial photo shows a looping section of railway built to manage a steep hillside gradient.
• Ostend Coastal Defences: Annotated photos identify a six-gun heavy flak battery and a four-gun coastal battery positioned south of Ostend.
• German Bombing of French Towns, 1940: Aerial photos of Amiens, Abbeville and Louviers show town-centre bomb damage from unopposed German raids during the Battle of France.
• Bombing of French River Crossings: Photos of Orléans, Tours and Rouen show destruction near bridge crossings on the Loire and Seine.
• War Damage at Calais and Dunkirk: Aerial photos show heavy destruction in the dock areas of both ports following the 1940 evacuation of the B.E.F.
• New Lock Gates at Dunkirk: Before-and-after photos show the repaired double lock gates at the Dunkirk harbour entrance.
• Problem Picture: A puzzle photograph invites readers to identify unusual ground markings, later revealed to be tethered cows grazing in Brittany.