Flying The Hump To China, The Early Days: The Humble Beginning of the First Air Lift - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781544941875ISBN-10:1544941870UPC:9781544941875Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, Aviation & SpaceSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCVYKXQ59A
Flying The Hump To China, The Early Days: The Humble Beginning of the First Air Lift
A kid from Boston yearns to fly. In December, 1941, he graduates from Army Air Corps Flight school and is assigned to a fighter squadron. But fate and Pearl Harbor intervene, and he is assigned AMMISCA, the first Air Corps transports to fly the treacherous "Hump" from India to China (the CBI Theatre). So many planes and crews were lost that the route became known as "The Aluminum Trail." This is...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781544941875ISBN-10:1544941870UPC:9781544941875Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, Aviation & SpaceSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCVYKXQ59A
James Segel was born of immigrant parents in Boston in 1919. After graduating from High School, he attended law school and studied Engineering at MIT, in evenings, while working at various jobs to help support the family. He entered the Civilian Pilot Training program in 1940 and earned his private pilot license. He then went to work for Pratt and Whitney in their engine assembly department. That...
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