31 JULY 2013

DOCID: 4126052(U) History Today - 31July2013(U) One of the first major long-distance bombing raids conducted by the U.S.Army Air Force in World War II was against the German-held oil fields atPloesti in Rumania. The raid was launched on August 1, 1943.(U) As it happened, German signals intelligence was able to pick up a lot ofclues about the impending action.(U) SIGINT units of the German Air Force High Command in Italy weremonitoring the communications of the U.S. Ninth Bomber Command, operatin...