Who flew the hump first, do you know . What outfit . What outfit flew over the hump first . Well, there was a flight of airplanes, jake sarts who was my roommate, arrived in india in 3n of april. And he was 2 and another you man, paul conroy, flew a couple of missions before. Also, jake sarts was the last airplane out of rangoon that i think most of you heard about that theyre loaded on 31 or 71 passengers. And when they arrived in india, there were 72. It wasnt magic. It was a baby. Okay. The first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert old in early april of 1942. And you know what they carried . They carried fuel to china for the doolittle raiders. They ended up not needing it. What air force was he with the 14th or not . Do you know . Well get back with you. Can i ask another question . What was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump . Im sorry. I dont know. I know it was very high. Yes. I do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over
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