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Flying the Hump
Some fighter and bomber pilots jokingly referred to Air Transport Command as an acronym for “allergic to combat.” But the men of the command who flew over the Himalayan mountains during World War II knew better. They delivered more than 650,000 … Continue reading
Posted in aeronautics, aviation, History, World War II
Tagged Air Transport Command, B-24 Liberators, C-47 Skytrains, Chiang Kaishek, China-Burma-India Theater, Clair Chennault, d C-46 Commandos, Edward H. Alexander, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, Himalayan Mountains, Hump Airlift, Joseph Stilwell, William D. Old
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