The Hump airlift over the Himalayas

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The Hump airlift over the Himalayas was a World War II Allied air transport operation that flew supplies from India to China across the treacherous Himalayan mountains after the Japanese cut the Burma Road.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied logistics operation ⓘ
World War II military operation ⓘ
airlift operation ⓘ
alternateName Hump airlift ⓘ
The Hump ⓘ
approximateAircraftLost more than 600 aircraft ⓘ
approximatePersonnelLost around 1500 aircrew and passengers ⓘ
approximateTonnageDelivered over 650000 tons of cargo ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
hasCause Japanese capture of Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

closure of the Burma Road ⓘ
location China ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
India ⓘ
namedAfter the hump-like profile of the eastern Himalayas as seen by pilots ⓘ
notableFeature dangerous weather conditions ⓘ
flights over extremely high mountain terrain ⓘ
high aircraft loss rate ⓘ
lack of accurate maps and navigation aids ⓘ
objective maintain Chinese resistance against Japan ⓘ
supply Nationalist China ⓘ
transport military supplies from India to China ⓘ
operatedBy Air Transport Command ⓘ
Eastern Air Command ⓘ
Tenth Air Force ⓘ
opponent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
participant Republic of China ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
riskFactor icing and severe turbulence ⓘ
jet stream-level winds ⓘ
limited radio navigation aids ⓘ
night and bad-weather flying ⓘ
routeEnd Kunming, China ⓘ
routeStart Assam, India ⓘ
linked to: Assam
startTime 1942 ⓘ
strategicImportance enabled continued air operations against Japanese forces from Chinese bases ⓘ
kept China in the war against Japan ⓘ
supported Allied operations in the China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ
USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in China ⓘ
linked to: 14th Air Force
theaterOfOperations China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
usedAircraft Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express ⓘ
Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ

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CBI Theater → notableAirOperation → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
Burma campaign → strategicImportance → Hump airlift ⓘ
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Ledo Road → partOf → Allied logistics network in Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
Ledo Road → relatedTo → Hump airlift ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → alternateName → Hump airlift ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
Air Transport Command → notableOperation → Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
China Burma India Theater → keyOperation → Hump airlift ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
The Hump → alsoKnownAs → Hump airlift ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
Kunming → connectedBy → The Hump airlift ⓘ
subject linked to: Kunming, China
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
The Aluminum Trail → refersTo → World War II air route over the eastern Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
Burma Front → involves → Hump airlift ⓘ
linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
Allied command in the China-Burma-India Theater → usedLogisticalRoute → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ