ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. - Vertical photographic-reconnaisssance aerial showing a section of the Mittelland Canal near Gravenhorst, Germany, which was successfully breached by Avro Lancasters of No. 5 Group on the night of 21/22 November 1944. Direct hits on the embankment have caused the water to drain off over a 30-mile stretch, stranding many barges, some of which can be seen here Royal Air Force, 106 Group, Royal Air Force, Wing, 50 (Army Co-operation)

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