The Hump (airlift over the Himalayas)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military airlift operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Hump
gptkbp:casualties	over 1,000 men lost
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:difficulty	dangerous weather high mountains mechanical failures enemy action
gptkbp:endDate	1945
gptkbp:handlesCargo	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:food gptkb:gasoline shooting
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Hump (airlift over the Himalayas)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:China gptkb:India gptkb:Himalayas
gptkbp:notableFor	high loss rate critical to Allied war effort in China first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:peakMonthlyTonnage	over 71,000 tons (July 1945)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Burma_Road_closure
gptkbp:purpose	to supply Chinese forces and USAAF units in China
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Ledo_Road gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater Allied logistics in World War II
gptkbp:startDate	1942
gptkbp:supplies	gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force
gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered	over 650,000 tons
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:C-46_Commando gptkb:C-54_Skymaster gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:C-46_Commando
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6