Description

Evidence in Camera

Volume 3, Number 7 — May 17th, 1943

Publisher: Issued by Air Ministry, A.C.A.S.(I)

Page count: 28 pages scanned

• Fishing for Information (Cartoon): A cartoon shows a man fishing beside a case marked “German Intelligence,” satirising German efforts to gather information.
• Boston over Tunisia: A South African Air Force Boston aircraft flies over the rugged terrain of southern Tunisia en route to bomb the Djebel Terbaga landing ground.
• Wadi Akarit Bridge Demolition: Paired aerial photographs compare the road and rail bridges over the Wadi Akarit before and after their demolition by retreating Axis troops.
• IJmuiden Steel Works Attack: A sequence of photographs shows Boston aircraft of Bomber Command bombing the Royal Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Works and the Velsen Generating Station, with smoke rising from direct hits.
• IJmuiden Low-Level Approach: A further photograph shows a Boston flying low over the IJmuiden target, illustrating the very low altitude of the attack.
• Leghorn Shipbuilding Yard: An aerial view of the Leghorn shipyard shows Italian Regolo-class cruisers at various stages of construction, fitting out and completion.
• Regolo Cruisers Under Repair: Photographs show a torpedoed Regolo-class cruiser at Palermo, the cut cruiser hull used to repair it, and the cruiser Bolzano undergoing repair.
• Searchlights Over Berlin: A night photograph captures the sweeping curved beams of two searchlights during an RAF attack on Berlin.
• Searchlight Track Near Dunkirk: A night photograph over the Dunkirk railway canal area records a searchlight’s evasive track alongside a photoflash and exploding bombs.
• Ansaldo Shipyard, Genoa: An annotated aerial view of the Ansaldo shipyard near Genoa identifies torpedo boats, munition carriers, naval hulls and other vessels under construction for the Italian Navy.
• Fighter Command Combat Film Stills: Enlarged frames from combat films show a Fighter Command aircraft attacking E/R boats, gunfire striking a water tower, and a coastal anti-aircraft gun tower.
• Salzburg Rail Junction: An aerial mosaic of Salzburg identifies the main station, goods station, marshalling yard and engine sheds of this key German-Austrian rail junction.
• Zeebrugge Port Plan: An annotated aerial map of Zeebrugge harbour shows its access canal, the Mole, and surrounding canals and railway links.
• Zeebrugge Coastal Defences: Photographs show an anti-tank ditch and new heavy gun battery under construction at the root of the Mole, and the adjoining coke and by-products plant.
• Hörsching/Linz Airfield: An aerial view of the Hörsching/Linz airfield shows its compact layout, twin runways, assembly tarmacs and ladder-type servicing area.
• Aircraft Take-off and Landing Shadows: A series of aerial photographs of He 177 and Ju 88 aircraft uses the length of their shadows to indicate differing heights during take-off and landing.
• German Aircraft at French Factories: Photographs show Fw 189s, Fieseler Storchs and Si 204s in production or storage at French aircraft factories operating under German direction.
• New German Communications Aircraft: Photographs show Siebel Si 204 transport aircraft, along with Ju 86 and Fi 156 types, at Prague/Letnany, Rechlin and Berlin/Tempelhof.
• Ploughed Landing Grounds in Libya: Aerial photographs document enemy efforts to obstruct landing grounds at Ghindel, Sedada and Tauorga through ploughing, trenching and cratering.
• Bir Dufan and Castel Benito Landing Grounds: A ground photograph shows furrows at Bir Dufan, while an aerial view of Castel Benito shows partial ploughing before Allied fighters destroyed the ploughs.
• Bomb Damage at Palermo: An aerial view of Palermo’s docks shows bomb damage to the Piave and S. Lucia piers and to small vessels blown against the pier.
• Traumland Amusement Park, Schönholz: An annotated aerial photograph of a former Berlin amusement park shows it apparently converted to military use, with warehouses, huts and slit trenches marked.
• Problem Picture: Oslo River Mist: A puzzle photograph invites readers to identify a striking white pattern, revealed at the foot of the page to be mist in a river valley near Oslo.