Ploesti: The Odyssey of "Utah Man" North Africa, 1943 by Gil Cohen
The exhausted crew of the B-24, Utah Man, has returned to base near Benghazi, Libya, on August 1, 1943, after bombing the great oil refineries around Ploesti - a mission of more than thirteen hours in the air. Personnel of the base and Red Cross workers, rush to welcome the crew. The Pilot, 1st Lt. Walter T. Stewart, is describing his mission to operations officer, Major Ramsay D. Potts, who had returned earlier that day.
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