The Diary of a Pilot

When Burma fell to the Japanese in 1942 China's route to vitally needed supplies from the West was cut The only route remaining was now by air, involving a treacherous flight over the Himalayas("The Hump"),the highest mountain range in the world. Flights were commonly made at 15,000 to 25,000 feet in unpressurized, unheated, transports.

This book is a true account, supplemented by 41 photographs and drawings, of a pilot's life during the years when he helped to deliver bombs, gasoline and ot...