"Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

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"Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:21 am

Researching this for my blog. Any help appreciated. Please use this thread to update any information you may have on the topic.

I know Dinjan and Chabua/Nagahuli airstrips were major bases for the operations. Dinjan is now fallen into disuse - parts of it are popular with bird-watchers. Chabua now is a site for a Mig-21 training facility.

Curious about the exact route the DC3's and C46's took for the arduous trek from Dinjan to Kunming. Since the C46's could fly higher, did they take a different routing?

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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:02 pm

Anything you gather on this forum has probably already been written in a book. Go to Amazon and search for "Flying the Hump" and you'll find 3 or 4 excellent books on the subject. I remember reading "Hump Pilot" years ago and it'll probably provide all the info you're looking for.
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:07 pm

So you have link to your blog?
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:01 am

RetiredWeasel wrote:
Anything you gather on this forum has probably already been written in a book. Go to Amazon and search for "Flying the Hump" and you'll find 3 or 4 excellent books on the subject. I remember reading "Hump Pilot" years ago and it'll probably provide all the info you're looking for.

Have been reading a few books on Kindle. Also physically visited some of the places to get photos and talk to locals.

Was specifically looking for the exact route flown so I could do a accurate flyby on Google Earth. nerdy stuff like that.

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So you have link to your blog?

Soon. Building up content now. Not sure if I can share the link here. But will DM. Thanks.
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:35 pm

BawliBooch wrote:
Chabua now is a site for a Mig-21 training facility.

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Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:06 am

angad84 wrote:
BawliBooch wrote:
Chabua now is a site for a Mig-21 training facility.

??


It isnt?

I saw the trainer variants of Mig-21 when I last visited the Airfield. So guessed its a training facility.
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:49 am

In 2009 I bought a book on a market in Beijing that was about the C46 in China during WWII with lots of pictures and stories. One picture showed how they loaded a C47 by using an elephant (!!!). Unfortunately, I forgot this book later that year in a hotel in Walachia.... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:52 am

BawliBooch wrote:
angad84 wrote:
BawliBooch wrote:
Chabua now is a site for a Mig-21 training facility.

??


It isnt?

I saw the trainer variants of Mig-21 when I last visited the Airfield. So guessed its a training facility.

Did you visit a decade ago? Because MiG-21s haven't been based there in ages.
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:23 am

angad84 wrote:
BawliBooch wrote:
angad84 wrote:
??


It isnt?

I saw the trainer variants of Mig-21 when I last visited the Airfield. So guessed its a training facility.

Did you visit a decade ago? Because MiG-21s haven't been based there in ages.

Interesting, Wiki lists it as an active base for MiG-21 training as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabua_Air_Force_Station but based on the following two wiki pages it is the home of 14 Wing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_Air_Force_stations and here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Command_(India) it says there are Mil-8/17 based there.
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:49 pm

Wikipedia is useless for Indian military stuff.

I think it might STILL have that nonsense about Indian Navy Tu-22Ms.

Avoid as far as possible.
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Re: "Flying the Hump" thread: India-China Air bridge during WW2

Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:10 pm

Dad flew P-40s in the CBI [25th FS and 80th FS]. Often flew HUMP on escort or long rang attack... and a few times CAP. He felt sorry for the transport pilots due to their miserable accident rates.
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