Hump airlift

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hump_airlift

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_airlift_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Hump
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:Assam,_India
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Hump_Memorial_in_China
gptkbp:crosses	gptkb:Himalayas
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Kunming,_China
gptkbp:endDate	1945
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:C-46_Commando gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Burma_Road_closure
gptkbp:purpose	to supply Chinese forces and USAAF units
gptkbp:riskFactor	bad weather Japanese fighter attacks high mountains mechanical failures
gptkbp:route	from India to China
gptkbp:significance	first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift in history
gptkbp:startDate	1942
gptkbp:supplies	gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_Army gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force
gptkbp:tookPlaceIn	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered	over 650,000 tons
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:CBI_Theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hump airlift