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The International B-24 Museum
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From "Into the Mouth of Hell"
1st August 1943. B-24 Low Level Raid
Ploesti Romania, one of the heaviest defended targets in Europe
| The Attack Forces: B-24D A/C | The Defense Forces | |
| 9th Air Force Total A/C | 75 |
Ack-Ack Anti- Aircraft 10 Batteries of 88 mm Some with RDF 20mm, 37mm, & 40mm in Flack Towers, "Q Trains", Hay stacks & other gun positions. Aircraft: Me-109, Me-110, FW-190, Ju-88 & He-111 18 Barrage Balloons with cables |
| 98th Bomb Group | 47 | |
| 376th Bomb Group | 28 | |
| 8th Air Force (Detached to 9th A/F) Total A/C | 102 | |
| 44th Bomb Group | 37 | |
| 93rd Bomb Group | 39 | |
| 389th Bomb Group | 26 | |
| Fate of Aircraft | ||
| Returned to Combat - Later | 33 | |
| Shot Down | 55 | |
| Interned in Turkey | 7 | |
| Malta | 6 | |
| Cyprus | 10 | |
| Sicily | 8 | |
