The B-24 was the only bomber with the range and firepower to reach Ploesti and take out the facilities there. Allied commanders called the mission Operation Tidal Wave and scheduled it for August ...
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Alexandria native, 100, survived 'miraculous' B-24 flight across Adriatic Sea in World War IINewark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library continues Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Hickman's story of survival in World War II.
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