Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-20
SKY CAMERA MEN HAD
BIG ROLE IN THE WAR
Impending Attacks Unveiled by
Negatives Taken From Points
High Overhead.

London. Jan 10 Taking tremcn-
doum risks the British alr force camera
men PLAYED tn perfection III the war
the part ol the spy m the enemy camp
There were between twenty and thirty
typcs of cameras for aerial photography
and most of hem were the result "i en-
pcriments carried out SINCE August
1914
\ month or ro after our hrst very ~
tenuated and III equipped tying squad
ron had gone over 60 rance WIN ~"
odd contemporaries an "iN'tN'r ny
INC ono. sunny iaN over the enemy lines
took WITH h,m i much cherished pocket
,an,rra and cXposcd some hlns over the
enemy + ground beneath him
a., wanted them only tn send home Z"
h,s ncnnlc as souvenirs When they were
,lrvrlopcd ht found they inrmcd an ~
rellrnt pictorial map oi the B"rhc front
hnvs
rbcp n Was that lieutenant I Cnloncl
No,r,- Rr,hazon the father and or
gan,5rr nt thu photographic section ut
the RoNM Nr torcc realized the cnnr-
mous possibilities al AT photographs
as an aid 10 our Intelligence stan
lie began IL agitatc ior peimIssion {"
carry on the WORK 81 phutngtaphIng the
German activities from the ar The
early experiments turning ont tn hc oi
hrat rate value Coi Moore lirahalon
was sent homc t. start organizing photo
praphIc branch ut the llVnE torI>
And 50 the NrmN SpNng SrtNicc went
an uuproving month hN mouih New
camera, were invented icat~umr look
ING and weighing some 81 thrm nearly
hah i hundrcdWc,ght, with hong r,h-
lsh looklng lens Jackets fixed ln rcNnlN
inr cradles and fitted 40 Ia, iu~Clagr ot
III, machine with III, hens pointing ,aiih-
Nati
Nnrr while 4 mechanical method
al working Tho camera in flight Was dc-
Niycd 4 small propeller Vas httcd 'ithcr
fnr,,ard az att and worked q rclca~c at-
cached "a the camera The plate was cN-
rs,-,,l. changed and dropped INTO q re-
cclvlng huN hN tho mere pulling ot the
string
4. tho worA II thr ilving arm of the
srr1icr extended ASHORE and afoat 50
did the work thc ar splcS extend.
Ihrv phutogrlphcd -hnats resting On
the bed oi III Ndriatic and Ncditcrra-
mean. they pictured the oil patches on
he seas whlrh hctokcn the sudden end
81 4 submarine
To dodgg successfully the Hun NIcrS
aud the ever present Archie, the
plnts had invariably "a fly at fairly
lagh attitudes raurlN at loss than 10000
trcl and always on ligzag course
The .mosu s. ~ they Wcre called
pietur,, mars proceed together something
Ike ug-aN puzzle we're made from
thousands ~ ~. .turr~ taken with q lens
pointing vertically toward 'hc ground
\ brigade intelligence o'hccr having
got complete SET ~ prints, takcn IN
hour hcforr. sat down a. dcducc. Shcr-
lock Holmes liz. afcngthy Indictment
nf the Huns overnight activities Tic
spotted M once some newly made tracks
through clearly defucd belts ~ Nirr and
knew then that lrtg had hccn husN o.
gsnIzlnc @gnic new shcll-holC- N No
Mans Land
The shadows in the photograph told
him approximately the depth and ircnrth
III thrsc points, the shaduWs ALSO told
hm perhaps the heights and approx
mate number oi shells ln covered
dump.
Hc also spotted quicklN the fact that
IN another picture mg ,huuk> 81 turi
had hecn removed ,amnuiarg go gums
were IN progress near hcrc lAght rar-
WAYS and al trench ,Nstcme showed up
WITH almost uncannl CLARITY Ia most *
the photographs Machine gin posts
could b. picked out very oasi.N So
could newly made gun puts despite the
clahorated methods adopted tu hide
them
Signs Of an impending attack on a
big scale usually ruud ~ dedIccd hv
the PLAINLY apparent newly made rad'
for tanks and hv the m4SSnE 80 men
IN large numhcrs m support trenches
and on Foads leading Iromsback AREA
blllets.