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Wreckage of bombed oil refineries at Ploesti (WWII)
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Evacuation Party inspects damage to Ploesti oil refineries. Romanian military and government officials accompany the OSS Evacuation Party officers. Oil refinery lay in ruins after Allied bombing ended. Debris and rubble are scattered over the destroyed oil refinery. An OSS officer writes on his notebook during the inspection. The OSS officers questioning a Romanian oil refinery assistant manager. A man walks past a large cylindrical tank. Oil drums lay scattered with debris outside an oil refinery. Smokestacks in oil refinery. Shots of the wrecked Ploesti oil refinery made by Lieutenant JG Forbes. View of damaged building with pile of rubble. Pipes and oil tanks in refinery. Allied and Romanian officials move through the rubble while touring the damaged oil refinery. Façade of a destroyed brick building. A damaged building in Ploesti. “Laborator” is written on the portico of the building.
B-17 bombers depart Popesti Airfield during evacuation of Allied prisoners of war (WW2)
United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers depart from Popesti Airfield during 15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) during World War II. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxiing in the airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber starts its engines. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from the airfield. A group of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight heading to Italy. Men viewing the sky from the gun turret.
Aftermath of U.S. 15th Air Force bombing in Ploesti during World War II
Wreckage in and around Ploesti (Ploiesti), following air raids by U.S. 15th Air Force bombers in World War 2. Sign hanging down from bombed out building reads, in Romanian: "Coafor. Frizer" (Hairdresser. Barber). Thick Plume of smoke rises in background. A car passes the camera.Men work to clean up debris inside steel skeleton of a wrecked hangar-like building. From a rooftop, camera pans over various damaged buildings. The Teleajen River is visible in the background. Heavy black smoke billows from bomb strikes on an industrial site. Rubble fills the foreground. A church building stands (apparently undamaged) in the midst of fire and smoke. Vehicles pass a massive cloud of smoke rising from inside a fenced enclave. Fire and smoke billow from some sort of storage tank. Fire hoses seen pouring water on the scene. Suddenly a large burst of fire and smoke rises and then the scene is engulfed in black smoke. Firefighters using hoses on fires in an industrial complex. Smoke stacks and oil derrick seen.
Romanians begin cleanup and repair of railroad and facilities in Ploesti, after bombing in World War II
Romanians commence cleanup after attacks by U.S. 15th Air Force bombers in Ploesti (Ploiesti) during World War 2. Workers shovel building debris from rails in front of a train station. A locomotive pulls a train into a platform on which the entire roof has been destroyed. A group of Romanian workers carrying shovels and other implements, walks along a section of track past destroyed structures.They work to straighten rails and remove portions of buildings and other debris from the tracks. One uses a cutting torch to release a huge piece of reinforced concrete, which is then raised up by a crane. Workers are busy all over the area in the cleanup activities. Several men inspect damage to a locomotive.