Ploesti oil refineries raid

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation World War II bombing
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Tidal_Wave
gptkbp:AxisDefenders	gptkb:Romanian_Air_Force Luftwaffe
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied	53 aircraft lost over 300 airmen killed
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman	unknown
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Brigadier_General_Uzal_Ent gptkb:Alfred_Gerstenberg gptkb:Colonel_John_R._Kane Colonel Leon W. Johnson
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	August 1, 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	subsequent bombing raids on Ploiești
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ploesti oil refineries raid
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Ploiești,_Romania
gptkbp:notableWinner	5 Medals of Honor awarded
gptkbp:objective	destroy oil refineries
gptkbp:participatingUnit	gptkb:8th_Air_Force gptkb:9th_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Allied_strategic_bombing_campaign
gptkbp:precededBy	earlier bombing raids on Ploiești
gptkbp:result	heavy Allied losses partial destruction of refineries
gptkbp:significance	one of the costliest Allied air raids temporarily reduced Axis oil production
gptkbp:target	oil refineries Axis oil production
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:USAAF_449th_Bombardment_Group gptkb:USAAF_456th_Bombardment_Group
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8