The Hump airlift operations

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

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Hump
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate	1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Hump airlift operations
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 gptkb:Claire_Lee_Chennault
gptkbp:notableEvent	first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift in history high loss rate due to weather and terrain over 1,000 personnel killed over 500 aircraft lost
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:publicTransit	gptkb:food gptkb:gasoline shooting medical supplies spare parts troops
gptkbp:purpose	to supply Chinese forces and USAAF units in China
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Burma_Campaign 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 demonstrated feasibility of large-scale air supply
gptkbp:startDate	1942
gptkbp:supplies	gptkb:American_Volunteer_Group gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force Chinese civilians USAAF units in China
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chabua_Air_Force_Station
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5