Bombing of Bucharest in World War II
Bucharest World War II bombings | |||||
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Bombing of the Gara de Nord marshalling yard (April, 1944) | |||||
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Arthur Harris |
The Bucharest World War II bombings were primarily Allied bombings of railroad targets and those of the Oil Campaign of World War II, but included a bombing by Nazi Germany after the royal coup. Bucharest stored and distributed much of Ploiești's refined oil products.[1]
Raids
Date | Target/Topic | |
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1944-04-04[2] | Railroad targets | |
1944-04-15[6] | Railroad targets | |
1944-06-10 | Romana Americana oil works, Ploesti | |
1944-06-28 | Oil refineries | |
1944-08-17/18 | Oil refineries | |
1944-07-31 | Oil refineries | |
1944-08-06 | Railroad targets | |
1944-08-23/24 & 24/25 | ||
Bombing of Bucharest and Ploești
One of the Operation Tidal Wave B-24s over a burning oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, 1 August 1943.
The Sandman B-24, piloted by Robert Sternfels, as it emerges from a pall of smoke during the Tidal Wave mission.
"15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploesti, Romania, after one of the long series of attacks against the No. 1 oil target in Europe" (National Museum caption).
Oil storage tanks at the Columbia Aquila refinery burning after the raid of B-24 Liberator bombers of the United States Army Air Force. Some of the structures have been camouflaged.
Bomb damage visible in Columbia Aquila refinery in Ploesti, Romania.
B-24 Liberators at low altitude while approaching the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, August 1, 1943.
References
- ↑ Stout, Jay A (November 2003). Fortress Ploesti: The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply. p. 190. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
- ↑
McKillop, Jack. "Combat Chronology of the USAAF". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
1944: January Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine., February Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine., March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine., April Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine., May Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine., June Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine., July Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine., August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. - ↑ review of "Ted's Travelling Circus: 93rd Bombardment Group (H) 1942-1945", by Scott A. Willey, Air Power History, Fall 1998
- 1 2 (in Romanian) "Ia-ţi Bucureştii - Cotroceniul liniştit" ("Keep Bucharest - Cotroceni Is Quiet"), Jurnalul Naţional, August 31, 2006
- ↑ USAF Historical Research Agency
- ↑ "Campaign Diary". Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
1944: January Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive, February Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive March Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive, April Archived 2006-02-21 at the Wayback Machine., May Archived 2013-04-09 at the Wayback Machine., June Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine., July Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive, August Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive - ↑ "461st Bombardment Group". Mission Records: April 1944.
- 1 2 Giurescu, Constantin C. (1966). Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre (English: History of Bucharest. From the earliest times to our day). p. 190,212.
- ↑ Stout, Jay, A.C. (2011). Fortress Ploesti: The Campaign to destroy Hitler's oil. Havertown, PA.: Casemate. pp. 151–166. ISBN 978-1-935149-39-2.
- ↑ Mission histories for Bombardment Groups:
- "464 BG": "Our Missions: The 464 BG Mission List".
- "485 BG": "tbd". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
- ↑ Macisaac, James, J. "The WWII History of James Macisaac and RAF 37 Squadron". Op 6 · Ploesti, Xenia Oil Refinery. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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