Historic Bomber Missions

Black and white images of WWII bomber missions, showcasing B-17 and B-24 aircraft over European landscapes during air raids.

CAUSE AND EFFECT AT PLOESTI. May 5th 1944 raid of the oil refineries and railroad marshalling yards of the heavily defended city of Ploesti, Rumania, by Flying Fortress and Liberator bombers of the U.S. Army 15th Air Force. What seems like a darker
CAUSE AND EFFECT AT PLOESTI. May 5th 1944 raid of the oil refineries and railroad marshalling yards of the heavily defended city of Ploesti, Rumania, by Flying Fortress and Liberator bombers of the U.S. Army 15th Air Force. What seems like a darker