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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, during World War II. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the " oil campaign " to deny petroleum -based fuel to the Axis powers . [ 4 ]
Eleven U.S. Consolidated B-24 Liberators made an emergency landing in Turkey coming from bombing of Ploesti within Operation Tidal Wave. All of them were interned by Turkey and five of them were repaired and served in the Turkish Air Force. [8] In 1947, Turkey received aircraft from Britain, including four Spitfire PR.
Lieutenant Colonel Addison Earl Baker (January 1, 1907 – August 1, 1943) was commander of the 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) in the U.S. Army Air Forces who led the group on the low-altitude Allied bombing mission of oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania, Operation Tidal Wave.
Operation TIDAL WAVE had a massive cost of both materiel and human life with 54 aircraft shot down, 310 airmen killed, 130 wounded and 100 captured. At the time the mission was seen as only a partial success: though three of five refineries destroyed they were quickly repaired and within months had increased production.
Operation Tidal Wave was launched on 1 August 1943, with the squadron forming part of the last group formation to attack. The squadron headed for its target in Campina. This target was the most distant of the refineries being attacked and was assigned to the 389th Group because its B-24Ds were late production models and had a longer range than ...
U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. George Winger, 25, was killed on Aug. 1, 1943, during Operation Tidal Wave. His remains have been officially identified. Remains of Columbus pilot killed during World ...
Notable missions of the Oil Campaign of World War II included Operation Tidal Wave, bombing of the Concordia Vega Refinery near Ploiești on 18 May 1944, the marshaling yards and oil refinery at Vienna on 8 July 1944, for which the group was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation, and the Pardubice oil refinery and nearby railroad tracks on 24 ...
On Aug. 1, 1943, a B-24D Liberator carrying Samoski and nine other crew members took off from an airfield in Lete, Libya, as part of Operation Tidal Wave, a large-scale aerial attack against oil ...