The Hump airlift over the Himalayas

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Allied logistics operation World War II military operation airlift operation

The Hump airlift over the Himalayas was a World War II Allied air transport operation that flew supplies from India to China across the treacherous Himalayan mountains after the Japanese cut the Burma Road.

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Hump airlift 5
Allied logistics network in Asia 1
Hump airlift over the Himalayas 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied logistics operation ⓘ
World War II military operation ⓘ
airlift operation ⓘ
alternateName The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Hump airlift

The Hump ⓘ
approximateAircraftLost more than 600 aircraft ⓘ
approximatePersonnelLost around 1500 aircrew and passengers ⓘ
approximateTonnageDelivered over 650000 tons of cargo ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
hasCause Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Japanese capture of Burma

closure of the Burma Road ⓘ
location China ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
India ⓘ
namedAfter the hump-like profile of the eastern Himalayas as seen by pilots ⓘ
notableFeature dangerous weather conditions ⓘ
flights over extremely high mountain terrain ⓘ
high aircraft loss rate ⓘ
lack of accurate maps and navigation aids ⓘ
objective maintain Chinese resistance against Japan ⓘ
supply Nationalist China ⓘ
transport military supplies from India to China ⓘ
operatedBy Air Transport Command ⓘ
Eastern Air Command ⓘ
Tenth Air Force ⓘ
opponent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
participant Republic of China ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
riskFactor icing and severe turbulence ⓘ
jet stream-level winds ⓘ
limited radio navigation aids ⓘ
night and bad-weather flying ⓘ
routeEnd Kunming, China ⓘ
routeStart Assam ⓘ
surface form: Assam, India
startTime 1942 ⓘ
strategicImportance enabled continued air operations against Japanese forces from Chinese bases ⓘ
kept China in the war against Japan ⓘ
supported Allied operations in the China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces

14th Air Force ⓘ
surface form: USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in China
theaterOfOperations China Burma India Theater ⓘ
surface form: China-Burma-India Theater
usedAircraft Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express ⓘ
Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Hump → alsoKnownAs → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hump airlift
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → alternateName → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hump airlift
Kunming, China → connectedBy → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
subject surface form: Kunming
this entity surface form: The Hump airlift
China Burma India Theater → keyOperation → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hump airlift
CBI Theater → notableAirOperation → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
Air Transport Command → notableOperation → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hump airlift over the Himalayas
Ledo Road → partOf → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied logistics network in Asia
Ledo Road → relatedTo → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hump airlift
Burma campaign → strategicImportance → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hump airlift