Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania, on 1 August 1943, …

Aug 3, 2020 · Ploesti produced all the aviation fuel used by the Luftwaffe. The raid was conceived by Colonel Jacob Smart, at the time considered one of the best planners in the U.S. Army Air …

On that fateful day, 178 Consolidated B-24D Liberator bombers of five heavy bombardment groups, carrying more than 500 tons of bombs, left bases in Libya to undertake the longest …

After a journey of 1200 miles from Benghazi, Libya, an air armada of 178 B-24 Liberators arrived at their destination in the early afternoon of August 1, 1943. Maintaining strict radio silence, the …

Smart, the principle architect and planner for Operation TIDALWAVE, proposed, in complete antithesis of USAFF bombing policy, a low-level massed raid on the nine most important …

Operation TIDAL WAVE. B-24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B …

Sep 12, 2018 · Officially known as Operation Tidal Wave, the Ploesti Raid occurred on 1 August 1943, and because it marked the second highest loss suffered by the United States Army Air …

On August 1, 1943, the USAAF staged Operation Tidalwave—a daring, surprise low-level B-24 raid against the Axis’ critical source of fuel, the oil fields in Ploesti, Romania. During the …

Nov 30, 2015 · On 1 August 1943, 178 B-24 Liberator bombers flew over 1200 miles from a base in North Africa to Ploesti and staged a daring, low level attack that devastated the targets. The …

Jul 10, 2020 · Operation Tidal Wave—one of the most daring, and costly, raids of World War II —had begun. The target of the raid was the oil refineries near Ploesti, Romania, which …