The B-29 didn’t go into service until late ‘43 or early ‘44 and so couldn’t have flown the Hump in ‘42.
Thanks for the catch! It takes a great deal of work to sort through the conflicting dates and details to write these posts. Always looking for volunteers at the Center for American Military History...
“The first B-29 flight to airfields in China (over the Himalayas, or “The Hump”) took place on 24 April 1944.”
Good catch! They had the right date, wrong year. April of 42 was a very different war than April of 44 for us!
“The first B-29 flight to airfields in China (over the Himalayas, or “The Hump”) took place on 24 April 1944.”
Good catch! They had the right date, wrong year. April of 42 was a very different war than April of 44 for us!