I understand, I am the family historian; a job that may one day be appreciated.
....and a cbkaty Salute to your Grandad is in order...!
My Dad was never stationed in Burma, but I still retell my Uncle's stories of flying "the hump".... He insisted that they barely made the flight over the hump each time....and a rough ride it always was.
You know the hump wasnt easy. A carburetor aspirated cessna is lucky to make 10,000 feet. The Hump was 20,000. Air is thin up there.
Our family historian neglected military service except for a passing note.
I may have to pick up the mantle on that one day.
Hats off to your Father and Uncle!
Another note on “the hump”
My only piloting experience was in a cessna in the sonoran desert. The planes cant quite clear the peaks and that requires flying mountain passes to get through.
Well, as soon as you hit the mountain face you encounter severe updrafts, in the passes all kinds of wind shear.
Experienced pilots often meet their demise in these conditions. Recently Steve Fossett.
Scared the crap out of me. I never did get that license.