[Eric in the Ozarks]

My dad flew the Hump in the China-Burma-India Campaign. I think this was the most distant part of the war in Asia but kept over 1 million Japanese troops pinned down in China and greatly contributed to the war effort.

[blam]

"My dad flew the Hump in the China-Burma-India Campaign. I think this was the most distant part of the war in Asia but kept over 1 million Japanese troops pinned down in China and greatly contributed to the war effort."

My hat is off to your dad. Most people have never heard about this part of the war.

The Chindits that your father supplied were some tough ole boys

[Skywarner]

As the son of a now passed WWII Pacific theatre veteran to another, let me say kudos to your dad. His was no easy mission.

[azcap]

My grandfather's C-47 crashed in Burma in May of 1945. His cargo was gasoline for forward airfields. Upon impact he and all 6 crewmembers were killed. He left three sons, 5, 3, and unborn who have only vague memories of a man they saw only a few days at time at the 5 airfields they lived at in the states. Comparing that generation of men to my own is somehwat dubious. Sacrifice, duty, and service are by no means lost in my generation but what today is noted was then the norm.

[blam]

Chinthe Statue

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

My dad flew the Hump, too, but in P-40s and P-38s. He passed in 1990, but until the end, when he would have a bad night, he would dream of being back flying his P-40 over the mountains. But I think the C-47 guys carrying gasoline had it even worse. We have some great heroes putting it on the line today, but thankfully none of them seem to be forced to try to do it with as little as the scraped together resources of the CBI in '43, '44.

[Wilhelm Tell]

My father flew with what I believe was called the Air Transport Command during the war. He had various routes, one of which covered north Africa, to Tehran, to Karachi India (now Pakistan) using mostly DC-4's. Fortunately, he was not part of the group that flew the Hump from India to Burma to China. The Hump was the most dangerous route. I recently spoke with a veteran who flew that route and he said it was littered with werckage of downed planes. He said the wreckage almost made a path one could follow. Even without the war it would have been a dangerous route because of the mountains and weather and because only very basic navigation equipment was available at the time.

[Burma]

To Eric in the Ozarks and others who wish to know more of the MIA US aircraft recovery project in Burma, please let me know. I am a Burmese and currently I am helping the friend who actually discovered the crash site to locate the other 2 crash sites in Northern Burma.
My father was from the Burmese Air Force.

I can be reached at ktun@juno.com and my name is Khine.