Flying the Hump: Memories of an Air War Volume 25

by Otha Cleo Spencer

Book Overview

Noted historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world . . . the skyway to Hell." This is the story of the air war over the Himalaya Mountains, in World War II, when Japan and China were locked in a death struggle. China was completely cut off from the world, and the transport planes of the Allies flew day and night missions for three and one half years over the Himalayas to keep China...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890966249
• ISBN13: 9780890966242
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

out standing

I was in the CBI for over 2 years and this is the most accrate account of any books I have read on the subject. If they had 6 stars I would vote for that.

Excellent overview of the Hump pilot's challenges

This book gets a 10 for two reasons: the author scoured hundreds of books and articles and created a perfectly sized introduction to the Hump CBI history that should whet appetites of all military aviation buffs. Second, and most important, this is the ONLY WWII book I've seen that was honest about the women in these mens' lives. No beating around the bush in this book, although there was plenty of that in the CBI! An excellent book that touches on all the challenges of flying the highest mountains on the planet.