Brave U.S. airmen persevered in the face of horrendously daunting circumstances. On June 11, 1942, 13 B-24D Liberator bombers flew from Fayid, Egypt, and bombed the oil complex at Ploesti, Romania. These aircraft were part of a secret program named HALPRO originally put together to bomb Japan from a base in China. Although the B- …
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