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USAAF return to Ploesti

USAAF return to Ploesti

5th April 1944: Another attempt to hit the lifeblood of the German war machine - the Rumanian oil refineries - meets strong air defences

Apr 05, 2024
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From a sequence of images from one of the raids on Ploesti in the spring of 1944. A clear view of the density of the Flak as the aircraft stay in formation.

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