Preview
Date
1943-08-01
Creation Date
2008-06-12
Description
Black & White photograph of an aerial view of one of the oil refineries in Ploesti [Ploiesti], Romania, on fire during Operation "Tidal Wave" by the United States Eighth and Ninth Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers on August 1, 1943.
Digital Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection, 1942-1945
Collection Number
SpC MS 0006
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/3/
Object Type
Photograph
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Europe;
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
Battles of Ploiesti, Romania--Ploiesti, 1943-1944--Aerial photographs, Ploiesti (Romania)--History--Aerial photographs, World War (1939-1945)--Romania--Ploiesti--Aerial photographs, World War (1939-1945)--Aerial operations, American--Aerial photographs, United States--Army Air Forces--History--Aerial photographs, Petroleum refineries--Romania--Ploiesti--Aerial photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 4, 06. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.