This week marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Army Air Corps raid on Ploesti, Romania, one of the most heroic episodes in the history of military aviation. As a result of the twin victories of t… ...

U.S. Army Air Forces conducts daring and costly low-level attack on the Ploesti Oil Fields, Rumania Flying 8-Balls:The Ploesti Raid. By Shannon S. Schwaller, U.S. Army Military History Insitute ...

The raid knocked about 46% of Ploesti's annual production offline, but the Germans had the refineries up and running at full capacity within three months. The US Army Air Forces never tried ...

This is the story of Operation Tidal Wave - the famous B-24 Liberator bombing raid on Ploesti, Romania on August 1st of 1943 to strike the oil refineries of the Nazi war machine. The became a ...

The B-24 Liberator Sandman, silhouetted against smoke from a bombed refinery in Ploesti, Romania, during the Allied raid of Aug. 1, 1943. It is the signature image of the raid. Low-level flight ...

Ivan Cregger, a World War II veteran who now lives in Burbank, remarkably survived the Ploesti Air Raid in 1943. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County California.

Jacob E. Smart, 97, a retired Air Force general credited with planning the audacious, low-level raid over German-held oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, during World War II and who later helped ...

As Ploesti raids continued that D-Day summer, American forces pushed into France. Army Air Force commander General Hap Arnold noted the increasing incidence of German vehicles being abandoned.

(WHTM) — abc27 salutes Ellwood Collins. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and took part in Operation Tidal ...

DAYTON, Ohio – Veterans of a daring and costly World War II low-flying raid on Axis oil fields are gathering in Ohio this week for a 70th anniversary reunion. Those participating in the Ploesti ...