Tragedy in Oslo

31st December 1944: A second low-level attack on Gestapo Headquarters by the RAF causes many civilian casualties

Damage to buildings in central Oslo on the 31st December 1944.

The R.A.F.'s 'Wooden Wonder' had often been used for specialist missions requiring pin point accuracy. In 1942 a raid had been mounted to disrupt a Nazi rally in Oslo by bombing the Gestapo headquarters. There had been subsequent successful attacks on other Gestapo buildings, perhaps the best…