Hump Pilot

by Nedda R. Thomas

Based on the true life exploits of a World War II pilot flying the dangerous route over the Himalayas, the book brings to light a little known facet of World War II. Flying the Hump, was the name given by American pilots to flying over the treacherous air currents of the Himalaya Mountains during World War II. It was an extremely dangerous but necessary route American pilots traveled to bring vital material to Chinese troops in China and American and other Allied forces in the Pacific. The materiel transported, critical to the Allied war effort in the early days enabled them to persist while the industrial might of the United States was retooling.

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 2014

Reviews

[Duane · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF after 10%. This book is so terribly written that it's hard to say much more about it. It's not even clear exactly what it is. It seems like a factual account of the US effort to supply nationalist China by air during and immediately after WWII, but it also seems like names have been changed and conversations invented. Anyway, I could have lived with that if it were not in the most awful, lurid, unprofessional over the top and repetitive prose. I just couldn't take it. I expect the history itself was interesting and heroic, but you have to be able to actually read it...

[Rob McCarry · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing story of pilots and support crews flying treacherous missions that are often forgotten or not as well known as D-Day or Iwo Jima. This story brings those veterans to life and does them a great honor.

[Rob Mcfall · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Dad flew in this war. This was a good book to provide a feel for what that group of pilots saw and experienced.

[SueSue Conlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

If like ne, you are curious about the forgotten war. All books pertaining to the Korean War are of interest.

Tou won't be disappointed with this one.