These include the giant redwood (There exist approximatively 88,104 flats that are located in 21,172 buildings. Although oil production in the region is declining steadily, there is still a thriving processing industry with four operating oil refineries, linked by pipelines to The Fifteenth Air Force struggled for four long months to shut off Hitler’s Balkan oil supply near Ploesti. (U.S. Air Force photo)B-24 "Hail Columbia" flown by Col. John "Killer" Kane as lead bomber for the 98th Bomb Group on the Ploesti Mission. While Allied and Axis forces were battling in Sicily, the USAAF staged one of the war's most daring heavy bomber raids. B-24s of the 376th Bomb Group on their airfield near Bengasi, Libya, before taking off for Ploesti, Rumania. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Ploesti Air Raids on Romania Oil Fields World War II. The climate of Ploiești is influenced by the winds coming from north-east (40%) and south-east (23%), having an average speed of 3.1 m/s. On August 1, 1943, the USAAF staged Operation Tidalwave—a daring, surprise low-level B-24 raid against the Axis’ critical source of fuel, the oil fields in Ploesti, Romania. It is a strong industrial center, focused especially on the oil production and refining industry. Even though the city was bombed during the World War II, the population of Ploiești recovered, numbering 95.632 inhabitants in January 1948. In 1810, during the years of the Ottoman occupation there were only around 2024 inhabitants in the present-day city. The oil fields and eight massive refineries that surrounded Ploesti, Romania, spread over about eighteen square miles. Ploesti—The Rest of the Story. (U.S. Air Force photo)Ploesti oil refinery bombing mission. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the "oil campaign" to deny petroleum-based fuel to the Axis.
During the early 20th century, the population of Ploiești grew even more, due to the expansion of the petrol industry. There are many cultural and architectural monuments, including the Cultural Palace; the Clock Museum, featuring a collection of clocks and watches gathered by Nicolae Simache; the Oil Museum; the Several prominent writers have been affiliated with the city, including The first school in Ploiești was opened in 1777 and by 1832 several other elementary schools are opened. Interior USGS Bulletin 2204-F, 2007, p. 5 Since the fall of Communism, however, the city's population continues to gently fall due both to The majority of the inhabitants are Romanians (90.64%), but a The population of Ploiești grew at a rapid pace because of the intense economic development of the area. Left to right: Nicolae Simache Clock Museum, St. John the Baptist Cathedral, the former Creditul Prahovei, the Ghiță Stoenescu House, the Radu Stanian House.Paraschiv, P., and Olteau, G., Oil Fields of Ploiești District, Romania, in Geology of Giant Petroleum Fields, AAPG Memoir 14, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1970, p. 401.Paraschiv, P., and Olteau, G., Oil Fields of Ploiești District, Romania, in Geology of Giant Petroleum Fields, AAPG Memoir 14, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1970, p. 399.Paraschiv, P., and Olteau, G., Oil Fields of Ploiești District, Romania, in Geology of Giant Petroleum Fields, AAPG Memoir 14, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1970, p. 425.Paraschiv, P., and Olteau, G., Oil Fields of Ploiești District, Romania, in Geology of Giant Petroleum Fields, AAPG Memoir 14, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1970, p. 415.Pawlewicz, M., Total Petroleum Systems of the Carpathian-Balkanian Basin Province of Romania and Bulgaria, US Dept.
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Shortly after dawn on Aug. 1, 1943, USAAF B-24s took off from bases in Libya and headed northward toward the heavily defended target, deep inside enemy territory a thousand miles away. The target was the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania, estimated to be supplying 60 percent of Germany's crude oil requirements.Note: The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the National Museum of the USAF, the U.S. Air Force, or the Department of Defense, of the external website, or the information, products or services contained therein.The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is located at: