page_title: August 1943
hierarchical_section_title: August 1943
caption_attribution_description: English: Air Raid Ploesti! A B-24 flying over a burning oil refinery at Ploesti, Rumania, 1 August 1943.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in August 1943:
context_section_description: The following events occurred in August 1943:
caption: August 1, 1943: American B-24s carry out first bombing of German oil production
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