To: fidelis
These planes came from the attacks most likely from the raid on Ploesti Oil Fields, a force of 177 planes attacked and 54 lost outright with another 55 damaged and some of those ditched at sea on the trip back..Single worse loss up that point in the war.
To: dpetty121263
Sounds spot on! The main reason for the invasion of Italy was to take over a dozen or so airfields that would have the oil fields and some other Axis-controlled industry in the Balkans in their flight radius.
16 posted on
11/23/2022 9:27:06 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: dpetty121263
25 posted on
11/23/2022 10:06:34 AM PST by
packrat35
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To: dpetty121263; packrat35; SunkenCiv
These planes came from the attacks most likely from the raid on Ploesti Oil Fields, a force of 177 planes attacked and 54 lost outright with another 55 damaged and some of those ditched at sea on the trip back...Single worse loss up that point in the war. Possibly, but not for sure. All of the planes that were involved in that operation flew out of Libya, and the ones that survived the mission appear to have returned there. I don't recall any accounts specifically of them ditching off Croatia though it can't be ruled out.
31 posted on
11/23/2022 10:34:29 AM PST by
fidelis
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