The B-24 Liberator Sandman, silhouetted against smoke from a bombed refinery in Ploesti, Romania, during the Allied raid of Aug ... of surviving his World War II bomber crew’s 23rd mission ...

When it comes to World War II fighter planes ... s adaptability was on full display during the daring low-level raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania. On June 10, 1944, a formation of 36 ...

Wood, 25. The mission Operation Tidal Wave was the Allies' first large-scale, low-altitude raid against a well-defended Axis target, and the stakes were high. The oil fields and refineries spread ...