Tidal Wave Footage Photos, 15th AAF and Luftwaffe, 'Black Sunday', 1 August 1943

Cip .." Killer " Kane crashed in Cyprus outbounded from Ploesti.....I would love to see it !!!

Alex

I think this piece of restauration with 15th AF museum was also an element on the Tidalwave

Alex

This post has been edited by alexkdl on December 13, 2004 01:37 pm

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an other piece of a B-24 restaurated somewhere in the US...courtesy Confederate AF

Alex

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maby is my confusion, i will provide the movie anyway in a few days

Alex, my grandad was a pilot with the 8 Balls under Col.Leon Johnson who was on the lead aircraft,myself I am a USAF pilot ..... while browsing on Internet I found your retaled topics.....let me say this ; IT IS THE BEST TOPIC ON THE NET ABOUT TIDALWAVE may I strongly recommend you to continue this topic.....I shall alert other friends of mine , I am certain we can help you too.

Best Wishes
Steve " TorpedoMan " Boyngton

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Thanks alot for your remarks, with the help of people like you I try to revive the past

Thanks Again

Alex

They work OK on my end. Try pressing the "reload/refresh" button of your browser.

Its remains tom me a mistery till the day of today despite huge research I conducted on Tidalwave since years...on grounds Gen Ent and Col.Compton remained unscaved after Tidalwave for their navigational errors who brought the death upon somany airmen , their aircraft wasnt even scratched during the raid by AA, Fighters nor the German and Roumanian secret services would't know that a one star general would be on board

Alex

This post has been edited by Victor on December 24, 2005 08:26 am

A B-24 on inverted flight out of control ,after being hit by fighters which may have disabled or killed the pilots at their controls , on its way down over Ploesti .....376th BMB GRP, courtesy ASAF Museum. Note the bomb bay door is still open ,as well the smoke cover over Ploesti.

Alex

This post has been edited by alexkdl on December 13, 2004 09:35 pm

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In this picture they were lined up for takeoff ? or they were just taxiing to the runway ?




In this picture the plane is inverted not necesarry because the pilot is wounded or dead, but because half of the right wing is missing and the aerodinamical forces turned the aircraft (due to the increased forced on the left wing compared to the force on the right wing):

I guess taxiing for take off but not sure because I have no details , regarding the broken wing tip which I actually didn't notice, it won't necessarilly bring a plane into inverted upsidedown position..I need to tell you that many B-17's came back and landed with almost one elevator missing, vertical stabilizer chopped in half or choppped wing tips and B-24's with severe airframe damages and none would thought they would ever land ...therefore I don't think that your theory would apply on that case at all ....after 61 years the single way to prove it is get the plane through wind tunnel.....and yet I still doubt it will get it into a spin or beyond control.......I will ask Confederate AF pilots who heard stories from WWII...and will let you know in due course

Alex

This post has been edited by alexkdl on December 14, 2004 12:26 am

Tidal Wave Ace profile : Lt. Barladeanu Ion credited with 2 B-24 on 1 august'43

IAR 81 C nr. 279 ( armed with 2 Ikaria 20mm guns) the personal mount of Lt.Barladeanu ( in the cockpit) on Targsor airfield august '43.
On the fuselage is his personal emblem.




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Sorry , IAR 80C nr 279 ( not IAR81C)

Below ( in the midlle) Lt.Barladeanu standing in the front of his IAR 80. on the engine cowling we can see the bullet holes from B-24 guns after Tidal wave.



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Barladeanu personal emblem " Tenebras" on the fuselage of IAR 80 C nr 279.





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And color profile of his mascot : ''Tenebras- regele cotcarilor'' ( Tenebras -mafia king)





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