. . "Heavy anti-aircraft defenses, 52Bf 109s,Bf 110s, andIAR-80s" . . . . . "55 B-24s damaged" . "United States" . "Romania" . . "440 killed and 220 captured or missing" . . "Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya and Southern Italy on nine oil refineries around Ploie\u0219ti, Romania on 1 August 1943, during World War II. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the \"oil campaign\" to deny petroleum-based fuel to the Axis."@en . . "Germany" . . "1943-08-01Z"^^ . . "Operation Tidal Wave"@en . "Strategic Allied failure" . "53 B-24s destroyed" . "177B-24s(162 over the target)" . "Bulgaria" .