Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania, on 1 August 1943, during World War II. It was a s
The B-24 Liberator Sandman during a bomb run over the Ploiești Astra Română refinery]] during Operation Tidal Wave
Approximate route of flight to Ploiești on August 1, 1943.
The attack on the Astra Română refinery.
Ploiești, formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and the county seat of Prahova County, Romania. Situated in the historical region of Muntenia, it lies on the Wallachian Plain, approximately 56 km north
Operation Tidal Wave
…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…
Casa Luca Elefterescu, azi Muzeul Ceasului "Nicolae Simache"
Casa Ghiță Stoenescu, azi clinica Alfa Medical Center, Bd. Independenței nr. 27, Ploiești