The Ploesti Raids

The Ploesti Raids Author:Roger A. Freeman Language:English Text Format:Hardcover Dimensions:12" x 8.5" Pages:160 pages Photos:300 photos Maps:Some maps Publisher:After the Battle ISBN:187006755X Item No. ATB BK-043 'If it is granted that the successful destruction of the target would warrant the possible expenditure of the entire force . . .'So wrote Major General Lewis Brereton, the US Ninth Air Force commander in the Middle East, as the planners contemplated the options of a high or low level attack on the oil refineries at Ploesti in Rumania.If this source of 40 per cent of Germany's oil could be eliminated, it would deal a vital body-blow to the Third Reich's ability to wage war, and a surprise attack by heavy B-24 Liberators flying at tree-top height was considered the best method of achieving success.Three bomb groups from the Eighth Air Force based in Britain flew out to join two groups of the N