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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:aircraftLost
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over 600 aircraft
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:The_Hump
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 1,000 personnel lost
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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Hump Memorial in Assam, India
Hump Pilots Association
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:endDate
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1945
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Hump Airlift
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:China
gptkb:India
Eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains
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gptkbp:notableAircraft
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gptkb:C-46_Commando
gptkb:C-54_Skymaster
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:William_H._Tunner
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:peakMonthlyTonnage
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over 71,000 tons (July 1945)
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Burma_Road
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gptkbp:purpose
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to supply Chinese forces and US units in China
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gptkbp:reasonForOperation
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Japanese capture of Burma cut land supply routes to China
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gptkbp:riskFactor
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severe weather
Japanese fighter attacks
high mountains
mechanical failures
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gptkbp:route
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from Assam, India to Kunming, China
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gptkbp:significance
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first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift operation in history
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gptkbp:startDate
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1942
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gptkbp:suppliedMaterial
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gptkb:food
gptkb:gasoline
shooting
medical supplies
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gptkbp:supplies
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gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces
gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force
US Army Forces in China
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gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered
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over 650,000 tons
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_H._Tunner_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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