tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2033201135660780309..comments2024-03-28T03:06:18.182-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Weekend Wings #10: Flying The HumpPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52189987902079435232010-04-30T15:29:12.306-05:002010-04-30T15:29:12.306-05:00A neighbor up the street from me flew the Hump. He...A neighbor up the street from me flew the Hump. He wore the (iirc) 14th airforce cap whenever I saw him on the street. He spoke once of attending a banquet with other pilots given by some local government officials in China. At one point his buddy turned to him and referring to the Chinese man on his side, said to Mickey, "This man thinks he's going to take over China." That was Chou En Lai, Mao's ambassador to the Nationalist Chinese forces.Windy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75668409083283450122008-03-20T19:06:00.000-05:002008-03-20T19:06:00.000-05:00I will be going to AP state in April 2008 working ...I will be going to AP state in April 2008 working on a flood project for the Asian Development Bank. I will be working in some of the areas where planes were lost. I will ask questions on missing planes in remote villages I will visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50469279064688012062008-03-10T09:16:00.000-05:002008-03-10T09:16:00.000-05:00Thanks for the memory of the Flying Tigers. Brave ...Thanks for the memory of the Flying Tigers. Brave men! They were indeed dependent on cargo planes from India, since after May 1942 there was no overland route until one was built through northern Burma. After the original volunteers were disbanded in July 1942, the 23rd Fighter Group was commanded by a former C-47 pilot, Col. Robert Scott. More about all this in <A HREF="http://www.FlyingTigersBook.com" REL="nofollow">Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942</A> or at the <A HREF="http://www.warbirdforum.com/avg.htm" REL="nofollow">Annals of the Flying Tigers</A>. Blue skies! -- Dan FordDaniel Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502949808815331803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62617340834691465992008-03-10T01:03:00.000-05:002008-03-10T01:03:00.000-05:00Phew! What would us humans not do to kill each oth...Phew!<BR/><BR/> What would us humans not do to kill each other!<BR/><BR/> One old man in my village recounted how one morning during the war they woke up to see the shining wreck of a plane in a distant hill. Soon white men descended, employed many villagers to make a makeshift tarmac, flew in an aircraft , collected the remains and flew out again. This was in the hilly area of India in hump route. <BR/> Many others apparently got left behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com