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Division was the primary anti-aircraft formation on the ground that opposed the USAAF air raid against Ploiești on 5 April 1944. It did so armed with 48 heavy flak batteries (mostly German-made, though with Romanian and Bulgarian support), over 40 medium and light flak batteries, and
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