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Looking around the internet there is a dearth of information on the 75th anniversary of Tidal Wave, with one known exception so far. If anyone knows of any Tidal Wave 75th information, articles, pics, whatever, please share here. Anyway, see article titled "Remembering Operation Tidal Wave at...

Kudos to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas, for noting the 1 August Tidal Wave "Black Sunday" 75th anniversary and for planning a Sunday, 5 August event to talk about it: Join us this Sunday, August 5, at 1:30 pm to learn more about the controversial Operation Tidal Wave during our...

News via Alianta, the organization promoting Romanian-American cultural, economic, and security ties that there will be a commemoration of Operation Tidal Wave on 1 August 2018 between 100 and 1400. The 75th Anniversary of the famed ‘Tidal Wave’ bombing raid over Ploiesti on Aug 1, 1943, will...

Hat tip to Mr. Chris Gregg on the B-24 Best Web Liberator Discussion Group in Facebook, for his word that there will be a little something at the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB OH on 1 August. A previously planned Tidal Wave reunion was cancelled, probably due to...

Air Force 1 Aircraft (Series 2) A00157, Consolidated B-24D Liberator Diecast Model in 1/72 scale, depicting USAAF 376th BG, 512rd BS, #42-40563 Wongo Wongo!, Ploesti, Romania, Operation Tidal Wave, 1 August 1943. Pre-Ordering now, "planned arrival date" in August 2018 per information at: B-24D...

Through efforts to create awareness and find out if anyone anywhere will commemorate Operation Tidal Wave, it appears that two of the squadrons involved that are still flying heavy bombers today, the 343rd Bomb Squadron (B-52H) and 345th Bomb Squadron (B-1B) of the Air Force Reserve Command...

Major Progress Update (on Tidal Wave subjects) With the 75th anniversary of the TIDAL WAVE attack on Ploesti only a few months away, I’ve been busting my butt on the three major projects I have underway to commemorate the event and honor the participants. I can freely admit I’m really feeling...

B-24D TIDAL WAVE Decal Sets Update With the coming 75th Anniversary of the 1 August 1943 low-level attack on the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, by the combined force of 8th Air Force and 9th Air Force B-24 bombers, we’re working hard on getting a series of brand-new PYN-ups Decals and...

Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 will be the 75th anniversary of the epic USAAF B-24 Liberator heavy bomber low-level mission against the oil refineries at Ploesti (Ploiesti in modern parlance), Romania. Is anyone aware of any commemoration or ceremony anywhere by any entity to remember this...

As the 75th anniversary of Tidal Wave nears, I skimmed through the prospective movie script (cue crickets on the movie status) and there is a lot of good work in it, a great start but agree that a composite character misrepresenting a true person is inappropriate. And I think the public can...

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