Flying "The Hump"

[mojo1a]

John Ferguson became regionally famous as a Louisiana sports broadcaster, but during the war he flew cargo missions from India to China, where weather was the deadliest enemy.

http://ww2thebigone.com/2016/03/25/flying-the-hump/

[shidan]

I just saw this, thanks for posting.

My grandfather was with the 40th BG in Chakulia, India, and worked on B-29's that flew over the Hump before the unit was transferred to Tinian.

[Dr Eisvogel]

A chapter about the flying "The Hump":
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VII/AAF-VII-5.html

On general William H. Tunner:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc/hoppebj.pdf

John D. Plating: The Hump. America's strategy for keeping China in World War II
https://books.google.hr/books?id=Xr0QEO ... mp&f=false

[Dr Eisvogel]

The aircraft types distribution of the India-China Division of the ATC (Air Transport Command) on July 31st 1945:

C-46 = 330

C-47 = 167

C-54 = 132

B-25 = 33

L-5 = 10

B-24 = 1

Source:
Heflin, Dr. Woodrow A (1953): "Chapter 6. Ways and Means". In Craven, Wesley Frank; Cate, James Lea. The Army Air Forces in World War II: The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki June 1944 to August 1945, V. Air Force Historical Studies Office. pp. 179–199.; p. 192
http://newpreview.afnews.af.mil/shared/ ... 05-012.pdf