The most spectacular long bomb I ever heard about involved the aged navigator who was standing in for our regular plotter whilst the latter was away on an anti-honking course.
Some years earlier, this worthy had been on Lincolns. Whilst conducting a night practice bombing attack on some range on the German coast, he'd misidentified the target and as a result took out an entire wildlife sanctuary....
Wild duck featured on the local menus for quite a while, I imagine... Although perhaps some rather unusual cuts?