Kenley Image

The actual location of the Dornier crash at the end of (golf road) is on the image but shows no evidence of any smoke/wreckage/damage.
As this incident was very early on in the raid (within a minute of it starting) it hardly gives any credit to the accuracy of the image.
The smoke issuing on the airfield boundary near to the old Hayes Lane does tie in with reports of a fire there although it seems rather large for a bowser fire.
As far as the rest of the image is concerned, apart from the hangar fire there is little evidence of any other damage especially around the Hayes lane entrance to the camp.
When one looks at the blast pens several have no central bank so that poses an interesting query as to whether the original image for this “final” version was taken whilst the airfield was being updated in early1940.The famous Spitfire in the pen shot clearly shows the central wall on several pens (later to have an earth banks) yet in the raid shot they are not there.
As stated before once an image has been altered there is no real way to know what is real and what is changed.
As a propaganda tool it fails to show how much actual damage was caused and therefore is suspect.