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Secret Until 1997 - Something Happened Here in WW2

The Allied bombing campaign against Romanian oil refineries was bleeding the U.S. 15th Air Force dry. By August 1944, nearly half the bomber fleet, 350 aircraft, had been shot down over the Balkans. Hundreds of American airmen were scattered across Nazi-occupied territory, officially listed as missing in action. In Washington, families received telegrams stating their sons were "missing and presumed lost." The War Department had written them off. But in a remote mountain clearing near the village of Pranjani, Serbian peasants were moving massive stones by hand, filling potholes with stream gravel, and clearing trees, building an airfield one shovelful at a time. The project defied all military logic. Transport aircraft had never attempted to land in such terrain. The makeshift runway was surrounded by German patrols hunting for downed airmen. Bounties turned every neighbor into a potential executioner. Yet more than 500 Allied airmen were counting on peasants with ox carts to accomplish what the most powerful military in history could not. As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Docs sometimes utilizes similar historical images and footage for dramatic effect. I do my best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Dark Docs is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with corrections, additional information, or new ideas. -