[Don Caldwell]

Hi Alex --

Thanks, but the report you reference covers only TIDAL WAVE, the 1 Aug 43 low-level mission. The report I'm looking for was issued by the 15th AF itself in Italy in 1944 and covers the entire campaign, which ended only days before the Red Army entered Ploesti in August 1944. It was the principal reference used by Jay Stout in his Fortress Ploesti (Casemate, 2003). I haven't seen it elsewhere. I don't know if USAFHRA has it -- if they have an on-line holdings index like the PRO's I haven't found it -- but it isn't in the 8 reels of 15th AF microfilm I've bought over the years. However, if anyone can ferret it out, Frank can.

Don