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Dubova refinery before bombing by 15th Air Force - Related Files

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	Dubova refinery during the bomb raid by 15th Air Force Anglo-American bombers of 15th US Army Air Force from their airbases in south Italy bombed oil refinery in Dubová. They destroyed fuel depots that were included in plans for insurrection. Depots were bombed regardless of dispatch send to London by Ján Golian asking not to bomb Dubová and Podbrezová. Dubová refinery, the centre of Slovakia's petrochemical industry, was 50-60% des...		06/25/2007	279
	461st BG (H), Mission 43, Porto Marghera Refinery 10 June 1944 On the 6th of June many of the groups in the Fifteenth Air Force had gone to Ploesti. On the 10th of June, the Air Force resumed its policy of bombing the enemy sources of oil supply. Our mission was against the oil refinery of Porto Marghera, Italy. The 765th Squadron Bombardier, Lt. Murphy, found the target for the other bombardiers who turned in an excellent scor...		05/14/2007	375
	461st BG (H), Mission 78, Almasfuzito Oil Refinery 9 August 1944 The veteran team of Lt. Colonel Knapp, Captain Strong, Lt. King, Lt. Coles, and Lt. Sullivan came through with their second superior mission of the young month when they scored 62 percent on the oil refinery at Almasfuzito, Hungary. Conditions for the attack were ideal -- CAVU weather, no fighters, and not too much flak. Although Captain Strong and Lt. Sullivan did...		05/30/2007	329
	Stornara Airfield - Home of the 456th Bomb Group The 456th Bomb Group (Heavy) was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. A "heavy bombardment group," the 456th operated B-24 Liberator aircraft and was known unofficially as "Steed's Flying Colts," after its commander. The 456th Bomb Group flew 249 bombing missions from Italy while assigned to the Fifteenth Air Fo...		06/26/2007	621
	301st BG (H), Mission 374, Salzburg Marshalling Yard 17 November 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 630+ B-17s and B-24s attack Blechhammer S oil refinery, Germany; Floridsdorf oil refinery in Vienna, Austria; the industrial area in and near Vienna; marshalling yards at Maribor, Yugoslavia; Gyor, Hungary; Graz, Salzburg, Villach, and the town of Sankt Johann in Tirol, Austria; plus several scattered targets of opport...		07/13/2007	393
	Dresden after the air raids 1945 All photographs were taken on 18 April 1945, one day after the last big raid on the city. Dresden was both an important garrison as well as a centre of military industry during the Second World War. The bombing of Dresden by the Royal Air Force and by the United States Army Air Force between February 13 and February 15, 1945, remains one of the more controversial Allied actions o...		06/25/2007	1,024
	U.S Air Force Big label for this airbase. Telling everybodt this is a U.S Air Force base. 48.9 Smoots long (that would be 8,322 cm or 273 feet). This is Hill Air Force Base. (not labeled by Google Earth, but that's what the roof says.)		03/04/2006	706
	461st BG (H), Mission No. 58, Korneuburg Refineries 8 July 1944, Target: Korneuburg Oil Refinery, Austria STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 520+ B-17s and B-24s attack targets in the Vienna, Austria area bombing refineries at Vosendorf and Korneuburg, the airfield at Zwolfaxing, Markersdorf, and Munchendorf, and marshalling yard and oil storage at Vienna/Floridsdorf, and the airfield at Veszprem; fight...		11/21/2009	9
	Precision Bombing of Marienburg Marienburg in East Prussia was the home of a Focke-Wulf aircraft assembly plant where half of all Fw-190's were produced. The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on this well defended plant. A survivor is quoted as saying: "Coming back, the Germans were up in full force and we lost at least 80 ships-800 men, many of them pals". The plant was destroyed in this dayli...		06/27/2006	532
	Phantom Display A Vietnam War-era US Air Force F-4 Phantom display located at the entry to the now-shuttered 440th Air Lift Wing of the United States Air Force Reserve. This aircraft is painted in the same colors of the Phantom flown by USAF Captain Lance P. Sijan, the first Medal of Honor recipient who was also a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, and a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.		02/15/2008	344
	Donges Oil Refinery, 23-24 July 1944 119 aircraft - 100 Halifaxes, 14 Lancasters, 5 Mosquitos - of Nos 6 and 8 Groups attacked an oil refinery and storage depot at Donges, near the mouth of the River Loire. This was the start of a new campaign against oil targets in the occupied Countries. The bombing took place in good visibility. The target was severely damaged and a tanker was hit and capsized. No aircraft lost.		02/04/2007	392
	Two SAAB JAS 39 Gripen at SAAB AB plant in Linkoping The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (English: Griffin) is a 4.5 generation fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. Gripen International acts as a prime contracting organisation and is responsible for marketing, selling and supporting the Gripen fighter around the world. The aircraft is in service with the Swedish Air Force, the Czech Air Force, the Hungarian Air F...		04/21/2009	679