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English: B-24 Liberator Through flak and over the destruction created by preceding waves of bombers, these 15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploesti, Rumania, after one of the long series of attacks against the No. 1 oil target in Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo)[1]
LOC caption: "Waves of Consolidated B-24 liberators of the 15th AAF fly over the target area, the Concordia Vega Oil refinery, Ploești, Romania, unmindful of bursting flak, after dropping their bomb loads on the oil cracking plant, on 31 May '44"
Image appeared in Life magazine, unknown date.[2]
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Author Richard R. Ganczak (1924—2014). Ganczak served radio operator and later a bombardier in the Fifteenth Air Force, flying 70 combat missions. This photograph was taken during his second tour.[2][3]
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  1. ↑ http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Upcoming/Photos.aspx?igphoto=2000571702
  2. ↑ a b Blundo, Joe (15 March 2018). "Joe Blundo: Pal fights to get war hero the credit he deserves". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved on 7 July 2020.
  3. ↑ http://www.legiontown.org/uniform/2649/ploiesti-bombardier

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