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In the Spring of 1942, Japanese forces succeeded in severing
the Burma Road, China's last supply link to the Allied world.
In order to continue supplying the Chinese with essential military
provisions and prevent their defeat by the Japanese, all supplies
would have to be air-lifted over the Himalayas. Flying heavily
loaded transport planes over the Hump, airmen of the U.S.A.A.F.
and the China National Aviation Corporation would for the next
three and a half years, maintain a constant supply of materials
to the beleaguered people of China.
Signed by Flying Tiger Legends; Dick Rossi, Catfish Raines, Erik
Shilling, and CNAC pilot Jim Dalby. |
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