B-24s low altitude bombing of refineries at Ploesti, Romania
op Tidal Wave 1943-08-01
Black Sunday: 2nd-worst loss on a single USAAF mission: 660 aircrew.
178 B-24s took off, only 88 made it back to Libya.
All for "no result" in curtailing output.
RIP to the brave men.
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