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A SALUTE TO AMERICAN AND CHINESE AIRMEN WHO FLEW THE "HUMP"In
the Spring of 1942, the military forces of Imperial Japan succeeded in
severing the Burma Road, China's last supply link to the Allied world. The situation was desperate, unless the Allies could continue to
supply the Chinese with essential military provisions, it would just be
a matter of time before China's conventional military forces were
overwhelmed by the invading Japanese.
The only alternative was to airlift supplies directly to China from Allied supply depots in eastern India. However, to do so meant that American and Chinese airmen would have to fly heavily loaded transport planes, in numbers previously unimagined, over the world's tallest and most unforgiving mountain range-the mighty Himalayas. Utilizing air routes that had been recently explored by pilots of the China National Aviation Corporation, and known as flying the "Hump" airmen of the American Army Air Force and the China National Aviation Corporation would for the next three and a half years, maintain a constant supply of materials and hope to the beleaguered people of China. In "Over the Top of the World" aviation artist Roy Grinnell has caught the moment that a China-bound Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the China National Aviation Corporation has just succeeded in transiting the most dangerous part of the "Hump" air route. The paining is dedicate to the courage, perseverance and sacrifice of American and Chinese airmen who flew the "Hump". Each print is signed by four veteran CNAC pilots, John "Dick" Rossi, Erik Shilling, Robert "Catfish"" Raine and James Dalby.
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