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USAAF Bombing Run Photos| Dénes |
Posted: March 15, 2004 10:54 pm
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Bucharest:
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| dragos03 |
Posted: March 15, 2004 11:20 pm
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Capitan  Group: Members Posts: 641 Member No.: 163 Joined: December 13, 2003 |
Very nice pictures! Do you have more?
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| cnflyboy2000 |
Posted: March 16, 2004 06:12 am
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___________________________________________ There was a first-hand account by a B-24 pilot (1st Lt. John B. McCormick) of his part in the August 1, 1943 raid on Ploesti. I found it in a magazine I got from a newstand here last month. (Eyewitness to War: WWII Air Combat) The article had some good photos and artwork. The badly shot-up aircraft (The Vagabond King) and most of the crew survived that raid, limping into Crete. (Apparently the ack-ack was fierce and accurate.) Most of the aircrew were killed in subsequent sorties. The text can be found @ http://www.thehistorynet.com/ahi/blvagabondraid/ Unfortunately, the photos and artwork which were in the mag. are not on that website. I'd be happy to scan the photos/artwork and send them along if anyone is interested. :cheers: |
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 16, 2004 10:02 am
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Oradea
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 16, 2004 10:03 am
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
Another Oradea
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 16, 2004 10:07 am
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
Another Ploiesti
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 16, 2004 10:11 am
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One more image from Ploiesti
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| Dénes |
Posted: March 16, 2004 01:53 pm
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Apparently, His Majesty Carol I. wakes up earlier than me...
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 16, 2004 03:06 pm
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
Or you can blame it on the time difference...
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| Chandernagore |
Posted: March 16, 2004 05:36 pm
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Locotenent colonel  Group: Banned Posts: 818 Member No.: 106 Joined: September 22, 2003 |
Some "nice" views of the Ploesti raid, video from the US army air force. You will need a high speed connection however. Hurry, it stays one week and then is rotated out
http://www.homeofheroes.com/video/index.html |
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 16, 2004 06:52 pm
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
I guess Chandernagore's link and some of the photos above would fit better in the Looking for pictures or video on Ploiesti bombing thread.
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 18, 2004 10:39 pm
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
Another image from a US bombing raid on Romania
Were they bombing a bridge? |
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| Florin |
Posted: March 24, 2004 03:27 pm
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The oval (actually rectangle ended in half-circles) in the first photo of Cpt. Dens is the horse race course arena of Bucharest. The river is Dambovita.
In the 1980's, very close to the "oval", a 13 level hospital was built. It is the Municipal Hospital of Bucharest. Of course, you couldn't see this in that photo of 1944. Less than 1 kilometer from there is the Cotroceni royal palace. Even at less distance is the Bucharest botanical garden. Both things exist since the XIXth century. |
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| Carol I |
Posted: March 24, 2004 04:53 pm
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I thought Casa Scanteii was built on the site of the Bucharest Hippodrome. :?
By the way, Baneasa airport is also visible on the right side of the photo. |
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| Dénes |
Posted: March 24, 2004 05:32 pm
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What was the airfield's name during W.W. 2? It does not come up in period documents under this name. |
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