The Hump airlift operation

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftLost	over 600 aircraft
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Hump
gptkbp:casualties	over 1,000 personnel lost
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	Hump Memorial in Kunming
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deliveredBy	over 650,000 tons
gptkbp:difficulty	dangerous weather Japanese fighter attacks high mountains
gptkbp:endDate	1945
gptkbp:location	gptkb:China gptkb:India gptkb:Eastern_Himalayas
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:C-46_Commando gptkb:C-54_Skymaster gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:notableEvent	first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift in history
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Air_Transport_Command gptkb:1st_Ferrying_Group gptkb:China_National_Aviation_Corporation gptkb:10th_Air_Force
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 in China
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Flying_Tigers gptkb:Ledo_Road gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
gptkbp:route	from Assam, India to Kunming, China
gptkbp:significance	kept China in the war against Japan
gptkbp:startDate	1942
gptkbp:supplies	gptkb:American_Volunteer_Group gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces USAAF Fourteenth Air Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hump_Memorial
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Hump airlift operation