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![WW2 Bombing run heroic American Airforce B-24 Liberators flying through flak and over the destruction created by waves of bombers, 15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploieşti, Romania, after one of many attacks WW2 Bombing run heroic American Airforce B-24 Liberators flying through flak and over the destruction created by waves of bombers, 15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploieşti, Romania, after one of many attacks](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2HEDW6P/ww2-bombing-run-heroic-american-airforce-b-24-liberators-flying-through-flak-and-over-the-destruction-created-by-waves-of-bombers-15th-air-force-b-24s-leave-ploieti-romania-after-one-of-many-attacks-against-the-leading-oil-refinery-target-in-continental-europe-us-air-force-photo-loc-caption-waves-of-consolidated-b-24-liberators-of-the-15th-aaf-fly-over-the-target-area-the-concordia-vega-oil-refinery-ploeti-romania-with-bursting-flak-after-dropping-their-bomb-loads-on-the-oil-plant-31-may-44-the-mission-was-deemed-a-success-though-54-of-the-177-bombers-didnt-return-2HEDW6P.jpg)
WW2 Bombing run heroic American Airforce B-24 Liberators flying through flak and over the destruction created by waves of bombers, 15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploieşti, Romania, after one of many attacks
![Bombing Berlin: The Biggest Wartime Raid on Hitler's Capital | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Bombing Berlin: The Biggest Wartime Raid on Hitler's Capital | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2020-03/Gift%20of%20Peggy%20Wallace%20398th%20Bmb%20Grp%202010.308.031_1_0.jpg?h=dec22bcf)
Bombing Berlin: The Biggest Wartime Raid on Hitler's Capital | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
![Bombing Run, world, art, guerra, b-17, ww2, boeing, wwii, flying, drawing, painting, HD wallpaper | Peakpx Bombing Run, world, art, guerra, b-17, ww2, boeing, wwii, flying, drawing, painting, HD wallpaper | Peakpx](https://w0.peakpx.com/wallpaper/213/17/HD-wallpaper-bombing-run-world-art-war-b-17-ww2-boeing-wwii-flying-drawing-painting-fortress-bomber-b17-thumbnail.jpg)
Bombing Run, world, art, guerra, b-17, ww2, boeing, wwii, flying, drawing, painting, HD wallpaper | Peakpx
![This once-classified film was used to train American bomber pilots how to survive enemy flak | We Are The Mighty This once-classified film was used to train American bomber pilots how to survive enemy flak | We Are The Mighty](https://www.wearethemighty.com/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17224840/origin.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
This once-classified film was used to train American bomber pilots how to survive enemy flak | We Are The Mighty
![North American B-25 Mitchell After Skip-Bombing Run on IJN Coastal Defense Vessel No. 134 | The World War II Multimedia Database North American B-25 Mitchell After Skip-Bombing Run on IJN Coastal Defense Vessel No. 134 | The World War II Multimedia Database](https://worldwar2database.com/sites/default/files/wwii1331.jpg)
North American B-25 Mitchell After Skip-Bombing Run on IJN Coastal Defense Vessel No. 134 | The World War II Multimedia Database
![Bombing Berlin: The Biggest Wartime Raid on Hitler's Capital | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Bombing Berlin: The Biggest Wartime Raid on Hitler's Capital | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2020-03/B17%201945%20Germany%20Gift%20of%20Peggy%20Wallace%2C%20from%20the%20Collection%20of%20The%20National%20WWII%20Museum%202010.308.030_1.jpg)