CHINA AIRLIFT THE HUMP HUMP PILOTS ASSOCIATION FIRST EDITION
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CHINAAIRLIFT: THE HUMP ~ HUMP PILOTS ASSOCIATION ~ FIRSTEDITION ~ LIMITED EDITION
Limited to 1500 copies. This copy is number H-30 ~ See Picture
596p.index. Limited Edition commemorating the US Army Air Force'sflying over the Hump at the eastern end of the Himalayas. Theweather, inadequate charts, and the treacherous winds near the mountain topsrequired extraordinary skill and courage especially. Yet it was this dangerousroute that supplied the Chinese war e...ffort and the US Army forces in China. Profusely illustrated with color plates andover 1, 000 photographs, nose art, pilots, index of those who flew. Cover reads:Hump Pilots Association; China, Burma, India with their insignia printed insilver type on cover. Book is in like new condition consideringage. A couple of brown spots.Book weights 6 lbs, 7 oz.
Limited to 1500 copies. This copy is number H-30 ~ See Picture
596p.index. Limited Edition commemorating the US Army Air Force'sflying over the Hump at the eastern end of the Himalayas. Theweather, inadequate charts, and the treacherous winds near the mountain topsrequired extraordinary skill and courage especially. Yet it was this dangerousroute that supplied the Chinese war e...ffort and the US Army forces in China. Profusely illustrated with color plates andover 1, 000 photographs, nose art, pilots, index of those who flew. Cover reads:Hump Pilots Association; China, Burma, India with their insignia printed insilver type on cover. Book is in like new condition consideringage. A couple of brown spots.Book weights 6 lbs, 7 oz.
