Dragged Through The Mouth of Hell At Ploesti

About a week ago I received a huge dump of contemporary (original) Romanian and German documents related to TIDAL WAVE. All these docs are in the Romanian or German language, and since I don’t speak either language, I’ve been working 15-16 hour days since the pile arrived to get them translated.

Not to overstate the situation, but this document dump is proving to sort of like the “Wikileaks” of the Axis side TIDAL WAVE. Very, very good stuff. ...  (Read more)

By David H. Klaus (with additional information provided by Dana Bell)
© 2013

Romanian citizens reported being attacked by “Soviet” bombers shortly after midday on Sunday, August 1st, 1943.  They can be excused for their confusion.² ...  (Read more)

Been a while since I updated you on what’s been going on with the Tidal Wave/Ploesti project. Don’t let my lack of communication imply that I haven’t been busy, however!

This documentary is about more than just Tidal Wave mission execution—although that is certainly one of the main sections. “War stories” about what the men on Tidal Wave experienced can be found all over the place, whether firsthand accounts from actual participants or secondhand or third-hand hearsay. ...  (Read more)

Here is the final part of noted aviation historian and author Dana Bell’s interview of documentary producer Dave Klaus about the upcoming Ploesti/Tidal Wave DVD set.

Be sure to fill in your name and primary email address in the box on the right side of this page to ensure you’re notified when the documentary is released as well as other important updates. ... 

Here is Part 2 of noted aviation historian and author Dana Bell’s interview of documentary producer Dave Klaus about the upcoming Ploesti/Tidal Wave DVD set.

The third and final part of this interview is shown in the next post. ... 

Noted aviation historian and author Dana Bell interviewed documentary producer David H. Klaus on about his upcoming documentary on the Tidal Wave low level attack on the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 Aug 1943.

Here is Part 1 of Dana’s interview of Dave Klaus. Part 2 will be posted shortly. ... 

I need your help.

The first 250 people who order my “deluxe” Tidal Wave DVD documentary set (multiple DVDs when they become available) will receive a FREE, full-size (13″ x 17″), suitable-for-framing, exact replica of one of the official Tidal Wave attack approach map/diagrams used by the pilots and bombardiers on their final low-level runs into their targets. It will ship rolled in a sturdy container so you can display it any way you wish. ...  (Read more)

As I get closer to finishing my Ploesti (Tidal Wave) documentary, it’s necessary to consider whether it will be released on only DVD, or both DVD and Blu-Ray.

As you probably know, DVDs will not give true “high definition” quality video, but Blu-Ray does. ...  (Read more)