It has just gone midnight on July 26, 1944, and deep in the heart of occupied Poland, a daring topsecret mission known as Operation Most III is underway. As an Allied Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft comes in to land on a boggy makeshift runway.

a group of shadowy figures emerges from the pitchblack forest dragging wooden carts across the waterlogged terrain.

These mysterious men are members of the Polish underground resistance and are hauling a shocking cargo: components of a V2 rocket stolen right from under the Germans’ noses and now bound for Allied laboratories to be carefully analyzed.

The Poles hurriedly load the rocket parts onto the C47, and the pilot ignites the engine, ready to roll down the landing strip and disappear into the night sky. But the aircraft goes nowhere.

The extra weight and poor ground conditions have conspired to lodge the Dakota’s wheels firmly in the thick mud. The engine roars, but the wheels refuse to move. The Germans could be here any minute. They need to get the C47 out of here fast…


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