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Ploesti Raid Claims Over 40 Nazi Planes Downed
Allied headquarters report 40 plus enemy aircraft shot down in yesterday's raid on Ploesti Romania, targeting rail yards and adjacent facilities as Liberators and Fortresses faced heavy flak. Additional strikes hit oil refineries and rail lines across Italy and the Balkans.
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Allied
Ploesti
Romania
Germany
Nis
Leskovac
Yugoslavia
John C. Slessor
Mediterranean
Allied Air Forces
Balkans
U. S
Middle East
Italy
Colleferro
Anzio
Terracina
Formia
Fifth Army
Frosinone
Cassino
Rome
Procula
Cisterna
Slessor
Steyr
Austria
Ira C. Eaker