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| Caption | B-24 Liberator bombers over Ploesti oil fields during Operation Tidal Wave, Romania, 1 Aug 1943. ww2dbase | |||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania | |||||||||
| Date | 1 Aug 1943 | |||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 1 Aug 1943 | |||||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Rh Sheehy says:
6 Oct 2012 08:59:44 AM
An uncle i never met died during this raid. Does anyone know if there are pics available of Pilots and there planes? His name was Victor E. Olliffe. Plane name was " Let er Rip".
6 Oct 2012 08:59:44 AM
An uncle i never met died during this raid. Does anyone know if there are pics available of Pilots and there planes? His name was Victor E. Olliffe. Plane name was " Let er Rip".
3. 
Alan Chanter says:
15 Jan 2013 04:51:14 AM
During July 1943 practice flights for the low level Ploesti raid were conducted against a mock-up target in the Libyan desert, followed by a full-scale dress rehearsal involving 175 Liberators. This well-known photograph was likely to have been taken during the rehearsal.
Alan Chanter says:15 Jan 2013 04:51:14 AM
During July 1943 practice flights for the low level Ploesti raid were conducted against a mock-up target in the Libyan desert, followed by a full-scale dress rehearsal involving 175 Liberators. This well-known photograph was likely to have been taken during the rehearsal.
4. Simon Fielding says:
9 Feb 2014 01:36:19 PM
Dear RH Sheehy
I'm doing some research into your great uncle who died in WW1 - would you like to contact me?
9 Feb 2014 01:36:19 PM
Dear RH Sheehy
I'm doing some research into your great uncle who died in WW1 - would you like to contact me?
5. Tom Pell says:
26 Jun 2018 05:11:59 PM
RH Sheehan, My mother's first husband, Ed Haller died along with your Uncle aboard B-24, "Let Er Rip", 8/1/43. I visited their group grave site last month in St. Louis, MO. Also searching for more info, pics.
26 Jun 2018 05:11:59 PM
RH Sheehan, My mother's first husband, Ed Haller died along with your Uncle aboard B-24, "Let Er Rip", 8/1/43. I visited their group grave site last month in St. Louis, MO. Also searching for more info, pics.
6. Dean Roork says:
28 Jan 2019 05:05:42 PM
Dad was at Shipham, 44th bomb group, 67th Sqd. Flew on practice. Flew to Benia-Main, Libya, possibly was on Ploestii raid.At least that what it says on Discharge record. Suspect picture could easily be a the edge of Ploesti. Aircraft entering or leaving. Dad described flying over the practice Ploesti target in desert. Wouldn't say much more - PTSD.
28 Jan 2019 05:05:42 PM
Dad was at Shipham, 44th bomb group, 67th Sqd. Flew on practice. Flew to Benia-Main, Libya, possibly was on Ploestii raid.At least that what it says on Discharge record. Suspect picture could easily be a the edge of Ploesti. Aircraft entering or leaving. Dad described flying over the practice Ploesti target in desert. Wouldn't say much more - PTSD.
7. bb fisk says:
23 Mar 2021 01:14:15 PM
My Father, 2Lt. Robert B. Fisk, was in the 66th Sq. at Shipdham starting Sept. 1944, a year after Tidal Wave. He was on Howard Hinshaw's crew.
When I asked Dad about Tidal Wave, he quickly and FIRMLY shut me down, which was NOT like him.
I believe that something bothered him about not being there.
He completed 30 missions with Lt. Hinshaw, being shot down twice (almost-under-control crash landings on the continent).
23 Mar 2021 01:14:15 PM
My Father, 2Lt. Robert B. Fisk, was in the 66th Sq. at Shipdham starting Sept. 1944, a year after Tidal Wave. He was on Howard Hinshaw's crew.
When I asked Dad about Tidal Wave, he quickly and FIRMLY shut me down, which was NOT like him.
I believe that something bothered him about not being there.
He completed 30 missions with Lt. Hinshaw, being shot down twice (almost-under-control crash landings on the continent).
8. Kerry Grimes says:
24 May 2025 09:20:59 PM
My great uncle, John Dee aged 24, was on the Exterminator. It and Let Er Rip allegedly collided midair per my grandfather Donald Dee's research on the subject. This was over Ploesti.
24 May 2025 09:20:59 PM
My great uncle, John Dee aged 24, was on the Exterminator. It and Let Er Rip allegedly collided midair per my grandfather Donald Dee's research on the subject. This was over Ploesti.
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My father was awarded the purple heart for flying this mission as a gun ball turret runner. I would be happy to send you his picture receiving the purple heart.