Ploesti: The Great Ground-air Battle of 1 August, 1943 (Aviation Classics)

by JamesDugan (Author), Carroll Stewart (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $37.13

  On August 1, 1943, an enormous armada of America B-24 Liberator bombers roared at nearly treetop level over the peaceful farms and villages of Romania. This mission was Operation Tidal Wave. Its target - Hitler's giant oil refineries at Ploesti. Ploesti presents a vivid reconstruction of a dramatic and controversial mission.