Image: The Sandman a B-24 Liberator, piloted by Robert Sternfels

Description: ;Captions and Titles from Published Works 2003: One of the most famous images of World War II shows The Sandman, piloted by Robert Sternfels, as it emerges from a pall of smoke during the TIDALWAVE mission.[1] 2002: The Sandman barely clears the stacks of the Astra Romana refinery.[2] 1944 (unreversed):Note 1 HITLERS NO. [sic] 1 oil source, Ploesti, Rumania, was bombed Aug. 1, 1943, by a large force (177) of B-24s which came in at smokestack level, braved oil and bombs exploding close beneath them to hit refineries, tanks, cracking plants. 53 aircraft and 660 air crewmen were lost.[3]
Title: The Sandman a B-24 Liberator, piloted by Robert Sternfels
Credit: National Museum of the US Air Force http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/media_search.asp?q=ploesti http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/070802-F-1234S-006.jpg
Author: Jerry J. Joswick, the only survivor of the 16 cameramen of the operation[4]
Permission: This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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