Pilots in Peril!
2015·232 pages
A gripping nonfiction account of U.S. pilots braving the deadly Hump route in WWII, facing extreme danger over the Himalayas.
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A gripping nonfiction account of U.S. pilots braving the deadly Hump route in WWII, facing extreme danger over the Himalayas.
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Historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world the skyway to Hell." Life Magazine called it ?the most dangerous non-combat flying in the war, the world's worst weather over the world's highest mountains.? Both of these statements are referring to the Hump, which was a perilous 500-mile flight path across the eastern Himalayan Mountains many U.S. pilots flew during World War II in order to keep the Allies well-supplied in China. B...
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Frequent descriptions of plane crashes, perilous flights, and pilot deaths in wartime conditions.
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Minor focus on U.S. military efforts and Allied support in WWII context.
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