Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Captain J.K. Kyle of 63rd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of ground targets. The United States fighter aircraft strafes trucks moving along roads. Ground targets are strafed. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions.
A huge fire seen at night in petroleum facilities bombed by the U.S. 15th Air Force, at Ploiesti (or Ploesti) Romania, during World War 2. Flames and heavy smoke rises up amongst storage tanks and facilities. Several Helmeted German soldiers are seen silhouetted against the flames as they make their way through the area.
Romanian firefighters, assisted by helmeted German soldiers, direct hoses on fire at oil storage facility in Ploesti, Romania, following bombing by U.S. 15th Air Force in World War 2. The oil fires seem difficult to extinguish with water. Later, extremely heavy clouds of black smoke are seen billowing from a complex of storage tanks. Firefighters are helpless to intervene. One stands with hands on his hips as he simply watches the inferno. Views of the damaged facility in the aftermath, several days later.
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.
Smoke rising from bombing at rail yards in Ploesti (Ploiesti) Romania,during World War 2. View of tank cars and petroleum storage tanks in the rail facilities. A locomotive sitting on a track partially obscured by heavy smoke blowing across the scene. Smoke coming from trains of tank cars that have been bombed.Firefighters training hoses on flames and black smoke rising high into the air. Firefighter silhouetted against the flames as he climbs a ladder next to embankment bringing a hose to train on the fires.
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.
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