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Catalog Number:
1995.020
Location:
BOLLING, BLDG 1301
Description:
The Painting Is A Re-Creation Of An Actual Raid By 15th Aaf B-24 Liberators On The Ploiesti Oil Fields In Rumania. A Huge Fire Is Seen Rising Up Through The Smoke Screen Set By The German Defenderss. I Met Bill Fili, The Nose Gunner On Destiny Deb, At Our 450th Bomb Group (Cottontails) World War II Reunion. I Felt A Deep Sense Of Obligation To Paint A True Remembrance Of Those High-Level Bombing Raids On Ploiesti.