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"Flying The Hump" follows an Oklahoma Panhandle farmer/rancher as he fights muddled bureaucratic red tape and Army age regulations to fly for his country in WWII.
Although pushing age 35, George Aycock believed the country needed him somewhere in that great global conflict.
Turns out he was right; the US Military Transport Command needed pilots to take supplies, war material and troops over the Himalayan Mountains in fragile two motored planes, 900 of which slammed into mountain sides killing their three-man crews.
The generals found that older men mixed among 20-year-old hotshots helped keep squadrons on the ball.
By the end of the war, casualties on the Hump runs dropped dramatically;
Although pushing age 35, George Aycock believed the country needed him somewhere in that great global conflict.
Turns out he was right; the US Military Transport Command needed pilots to take supplies, war material and troops over the Himalayan Mountains in fragile two motored planes, 900 of which slammed into mountain sides killing their three-man crews.
The generals found that older men mixed among 20-year-old hotshots helped keep squadrons on the ball.
By the end of the war, casualties on the Hump runs dropped dramatically;
Caractéristiques et détails
- Catégorie principale: Histoire
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Format choisi: Portrait standard, 20×25 cm
# de pages: 80 - Date de publication: déc 20, 2010
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