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On Aug. 1, 1943 five groups of American B-24 Liberators lifted off from airrields around Benghazi, Libya. Their destination was the huge oil refining complex at Ploesti, Roumania. Code named "Tidal Wave," this raid was designed to take the Axis defenders by surprise and strike a decisive blow against Nazi Germanys oil supply. The young men on board those Liberators knew of Ploesti's importance to Hitler's war machine; they also knew that many of them might not come back. Sadly, the mission was dogged by misfortune from the very beginning. Undaunted by a string of unfortunate events, the valiant men of Tidal Wave pressed on to their target and a trip through hell. More