Dummy Mosquitoes at Al Adem 1944.tif

Date: 1944 Reference: CN 26/1 (170) Creator: Photographic prints and negatives extracted from various record series Catalogue context: 307 photographs showing a variety of dummy weapons, vehicles and vessels under construction and testing, with aerial views taken to test their efficacy. (1-16) Photographs showing the components and construction of a straw packed dummy skeleton replete with fuse ingnition, cordite tubes, firing mechanism and parachute. Photos: Size 12cm x 12cm. (17-31) Photographs showing components and construction of a slybob, used for storing fuel drums. Photos: Size 11cm x 8cm and 8cm x 11cm. (32-49) Photographs showing components of dummy tanks and armoured vehicles, together with personnel undertaking construction trials. Photos: Size 16cm x 21cm. (50-55) Aerial photographs showing effectiveness of dummy vehicles. Photos: Size 13cm x 12cm. (56-7) Photographs with close-up view of dummy artillery gun. Photos: Size 11cm x 16cm. (58) Aerial photograph showing effectiveness of dummy vehicles. Photo: Size 13cm x 12cm. (59) Photograph with close-up view of dummy artillery gun. Photo: Size 11cm x 16cm. (60-63) Photographs with close-up view of dummy tanks and vehicles. Photos: Size 8cm x 12cm. (64-65) Photographic collages showing panorama of desert landscape with dummy vehicles Photos: Size 8cm x 28cm. (66-95) Photographs with close-up view of dummy tanks and vehicles placed in face encampments, some under construction. Photos: Size 10cm x 16cm and 9cm x 12cm. (96-99) Photographs with close-up view of dummy boats. Photos: Size 12cm x 13cm. (100-120) Aerial photographs showing effectiveness of dummy vehicles. Photos: Size 12cm x 13cm and 23cm x 18cm. (121-136) Photographs with views of dummy submarines. Photos: Size 8cm x 10cm (137-161) Aerial photographs showing effectiveness of dummy vehicles. Photos: Size 13cm x 12cm. (162-190) Photographs with views of dummy aircraft. Photos: Size 9cm x 11cm. (191-232 ) Photographs with views of dummy boats and oil dumps. Photos: Size 9cm x 11cm. (233-272) Aerial photographs showing effectiveness of dummy vehicles. Photos: Size 13cm x 12cm. (273-282) Photographs with views of dummy aircraft and vehicles. Photos: Size 9cm x 11cm. (283-288) Photographs showing construction and effectiveness of a dummy tank track device. Photos: Size 13cm x 18cm. (289-291) Photographs showing construction of dummy landing craft. Photos: Size 21cm x 26cm. (292-299) aerial views showing effectiveness of dummy landing craft. Photos: Size 26cm x 25cm and 14cm x 14cm. (300-303) Photographs of dummy landing craft. Photos: Size 17cm x 22cm. (304-305) Photographs of dummy oil dump. Photos: Size 7cm x 9cm. (306-307) Photographs of dummy landing craft. Photos: Size 7cm x 9cm. Photographs have been extracted from CAB 154/6. Subjects: Navy; Oil and gas; Weapons Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf