Description

Evidence in Camera

Volume 3, Number 13 — 28th June 1943

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

Page count: 28 pages scanned

• Front Cover Illustration: A stylised night-scene design by Chessell depicting factory buildings, a bombed river bridge, and a surfaced U-boat flying a swastika pennant.
• “No Need to Talk About It” Cartoon: A Scott cartoon of two monkeys grooming each other, captioned as a light-hearted reminder about wartime security.
• Night Attack on Düsseldorf – Incendiary Shower: A night reconnaissance photograph showing streaks of falling incendiaries over Düsseldorf, with the River Rhine, Rhine Bridge and Karls Platz identified.
• Night Attack on Düsseldorf – Smoke Column: A photograph taken roughly half an hour later showing smoke billowing to a great height over the target with light tracks from small fires.
• Industrial Damage at Münster: An annotated aerial photograph showing dockside buildings, industrial premises, a gas works, the Halle Münsterland, a power station and the Goods Station damaged or destroyed in an R.A.F. raid.
• Reggio di Calabria – Munition Train Hit (Vertical): A photograph showing a column of smoke rising after a direct hit on what was probably a munition train during a U.S.A.A.F. attack.
• Reggio di Calabria – Munition Train Hit (Oblique): An oblique photograph taken during the same attack showing the violent explosion and rising smoke column in more detail.
• Wilhelmshaven Naval Base Attacked – Formation Over Target: A photograph of three U.S.B.C. Fortress aircraft flying over Wilhelmshaven amid smoke generators and bomb bursts near the harbour.
• Wilhelmshaven – Oil Storage Tank Hits: A photograph showing bomb bursts near camouflaged oil storage tanks in the Scheer Hafen-Tirpitz Hafen area, with smoke rising to over 2,000 feet.
• Captured Enemy Equipment – Oblique View: An oblique photograph of a row of captured medium semi-tracked tractors in a snow-covered depot.
• Captured Enemy Equipment – Vertical View: A vertical photograph of the same row of captured semi-tracked tractors shown from directly overhead.
• Semi-Tracked Tractor Towing Flak Gun: A ground photograph of a 12-ton semi-tracked tractor towing an 8.8cm flak gun within a German Army position.
• Semi-Tracked Tractor Towing Field Howitzer: A ground photograph of a three-ton semi-tracked tractor towing a standard 10.5cm gun howitzer.
• Enemy Tanks at Middle East Depot – Oblique View: An oblique photograph of captured Italian M13/40 tanks and German Pz Kw III and IV tanks lined up at a British depot.
• Enemy Tanks at Middle East Depot – Wider Oblique View: A second, wider oblique photograph of the same rows of captured Italian and German tanks.
• Enemy Tanks at Middle East Depot – Vertical View: A vertical photograph of the same tank rows showing visible damage to turrets, tracks and body plating.
• Reconnaissance Photograph North of Antwerp: An uncaptioned vertical aerial photograph of railway lines and farmland north of Antwerp, immediately preceding the North Formation Sidings photograph.
• North Formation Sidings, Antwerp: An annotated aerial photograph with a distance scale showing the little-used North Formation Sidings and their access to the Antwerp dock area.
• Know Your Ports – Catania: An annotated aerial map of Catania harbour identifying the Old Port, New Port, Levante Mole and other quays used to supply Sicily.
• Catania Harbour Under Attack: A reconnaissance photograph of a daylight raid on Catania harbour showing smoke from direct hits and a blazing quay.
• German Aircraft Repair Factory in Norway: An annotated aerial photograph of the Horten seaplane base identifying various German seaplane types and fuselages under repair.
• Fighter Command Combat Films – Fw 190 Cine-Gun Sequence: A set of six enlarged cine-gun frames showing an Fw 190 in flight, illustrating its streamlined exhaust outlet as a recognition feature.
• Camouflaged Shelters, Dunkirk – Before Camouflage: An inset photograph showing E/R boat shelters at Dunkirk with conspicuous flak positions prior to camouflage.
• Camouflaged Shelters, Dunkirk – After Camouflage: A photograph showing the same shelters after their concrete roof was disruptively painted to help conceal the flak positions.
• Hangar Camouflage – Hamburg/Finkenwarder: An aerial photograph of Blohm und Voss factory hangars camouflaged with disruptively painted, draped netting and dummy bushes.
• Hangar Camouflage – Brussels/Evere: An aerial photograph of hangars camouflaged with dummy gables, chimneys, darkened netting and dummy houses to blend with the surrounding town.
• U-Boat Surrender – Crew on Deck: A photograph of the U-boat’s crew crowded on the conning tower and deck shortly after the vessel surfaced and surrendered.
• U-Boat Surrender – Aerial View After Surrender: An aerial photograph showing the U-boat and the attacking Hudson’s wake in heavy seas following the surrender.
• U-Boat Surrender – Destroyer Arrival: A photograph of the destroyer that arrived at dawn to take the surrendered U-boat in tow.
• U-Boat Surrender – Close View of Crew: An inset photograph showing a closer view of the crew crowded on the U-boat’s deck.
• U-Boat Surrender – Naval Officers Boarding: A photograph of two naval officers approaching the U-boat in a Carley float to board the vessel.
• Breastworks at Ostend Batteries – Overview: An aerial photograph of a battery position near Ostend showing earth breastworks and trenches built up in place of dug defences owing to the high water table.
• Breastworks at Ostend Batteries – Annotated Detail: An inset close-up photograph labelled A to M identifying wire, gun posts, command posts, ammunition bunkers and flak positions within the battery.
• Leeuwarden Airfield: An aerial photograph of the enlarged Leeuwarden airfield in Holland, showing the runways and dispersal areas built up by the Germans since the invasion.
• Problem Picture – Eindhoven: An inverted aerial photograph puzzle image, revealed in the accompanying caption as an aircraft hangar at Eindhoven camouflaged with draped netting and dummy bushes.