Amerikaanse Consolidated 'B-24 Liberator'. 'U.S. Air Force strikes oil.

Amerikaanse Consolidated 'B-24 Liberator'. 'U.S. Air Force strikes oil. Smoke and flame rises to 23,000 feet as Italian-based B-24 Liberators of the 15th U.S. Air Force wheel away from the target during the heavy attack on the Nazi oil refineries at Ploesti, Rumania, July 15, 1944. The heavies, which were over the target area for an hour, scored hits on five refineries ond one pumping station besides lighting many fires. The total weight of bombs dropped in the attack was the greatest tonnage over dropped by the 15th U.S. Air Force in a single raid.'