Flying "The Hump"

John Ferguson became regionally famous as a sports broadcaster in Louisiana, but during the war he flew cargo missions from India to China, and weather was the most dangerous enemy.

http://ww2thebigone.com/2016/03/25/flying-the-hump/

 

Thanks for posting about John Ferguson. I've enjoyed reading a few books on the men who flew the Hump, some amazing stories and some incredible flying.

 

Here's another famous "flyer of the hump". Gene Autrey, the famous singing cowboy of Hollywood and radio was a pilot in the AAC. Courtesy of wiki of course.

During World War II, Autry enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, and became a tech sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps. Holding a private pilot's license, he was determined to become a military pilot and earned his service pilot rating in June 1944, serving as a C-109 transport pilot with the rank of flight officer. Assigned to a unit of the Air Transport Command, he flew as part of the dangerous airlift operation over the Himalayas between India and China, nicknamed the Hump.

 

From BBC News today and the article opens with:

Link: World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in Himalayas