Fatal error over Germany

21st February 1945: Small margins separate success or failure for RAF Bomber Command operations - and individual survival

Vertical photographic reconnaissance night aerial image taken over the Mittelland Canal at Gravenhorst, Germany, after the successful attack by 165 Avro Lancasters and 12 De Havilland Mosquitos of No. 5 Group, Bomber Command, on the night of 21/22 February 1945. The concentration of high-explosive bombs has put the Canal completely out of action and its…