Operation Tidal Wave by Nicolas Trudgian. PER141 Captain Andrew McKeever and 2nd

Captain Andrew McKeever and 2nd Lieutenant Leslie Powell by Ivan Berryman

with men of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and Fusiliers Mont-Royals

the navigator

and it is the P-38s of this famous unit that Nicolas Trudgian has portrayed in his tribute to the American Air Forces that made Victory in the Pacific possible

Operation Tidal Wave by Nicolas Trudgian. PER141 Captain Andrew McKeever and 2ndDHM2449. Operation Tidal Wave by Nicolas Trudgian. At first light on August 1st, 1943 a force of 178 B 24 Liberator bombers lifted off dusty airstrips in the Libyan desert. They were to fly a 2000 mile round trip deep into enemy territory, bomb a heavily defended target, and return to their North African base without fighter escort. So began one of the bloodiest and heroic missions in the annals of aerial warfare. The target the oil refineries at