BLACK SUNDAY: PLOESTI
Written by Michael Hill
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
in 1993
ISBN: 0887405193
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- WORLD WAR II
- ROMANIA
BLACK SUNDAY: PLOESTI
Written by Michael Hill.
Stock no. 1830055
1st.
1993.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The legendary low-level raid on Ploesti, Rumania on August 1, 1943. 50th anniversary book. Includes complete list of the aircraft and crews that flew in the mission. Large format. Pictorial beige cloth boards with black title to spine. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos. 249 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 0887405193. Light shelf-rubbing to top & tail of spine else a lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Chapter I Ploesti & The Plan
- Chapter II Planning & Practice
- Chapter III Off We Go Into the Wild Blue
- Chapter IV The Circus Comes to Town
- Chapter V The Liberandos Grand Tour of Romania
- Chapter VI The Pyramidiers at White IV
- Chapter VII White V: "Great Balls of Fire"
- Chapter VIII Blue Target: Low Level Perfection
- Chapter IX Campina
- Chapter X Flying For Ourselves
- Chapter XI Always Be The Other Guy
- Chapter XII Blue Monday
- Chapter xiii The Legacy of "Tidal Wave"
- Appendixes
- Appendix I: What Went Wrong With "Wongo Wongo"
- Appendix II: The Aircraft and the Crews
- Operation "Tidal Wave"
- Bibliography