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Operation Tidal Wave (1 August 1943)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Tidal_Wave_(1_August_1943)
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:awards
5 Medals of Honor awarded
gptkbp:AxisDefenders
gptkb:German_and_Romanian_forces
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied
53 aircraft lost
over 300 airmen killed
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Uzal_Ent
gptkbp:conductedBy
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:date
1 August 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Operation Tidal Wave (1 August 1943)
gptkbp:involvedUnits
gptkb:44th_Bombardment_Group
gptkb:93rd_Bombardment_Group
gptkb:376th_Bombardment_Group
gptkb:389th_Bombardment_Group
gptkb:98th_Bombardment_Group
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Ploiești,_Romania
gptkbp:nickname
Black Sunday
gptkbp:objective
destroy oil refineries at Ploiești
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:result
heavy Allied losses
limited damage to refineries
gptkbp:significance
one of the costliest Allied air raids of WWII
gptkbp:target
Axis oil production
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:B-24_Liberator_bombers
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Bombing_of_Ploiești_(WWII)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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