Flying the Hump
Flying the Hump
bigpigeon.us webpage WW II -  Japan > China-Burma-India, updated by RAC 5 Feb 2020.
Links to the WW II - China-Burma-India Theater supages
==> This is a work in progress - some webpages, including this one, are incomplete.
This webarea is incomplete. I hope to touch on the following subjects in my China-Burma-India Theater webarea:
  • Overview of the WW II political and military situation in China.
  • Land routes into China (Burma and Ledo roads). -  see Burma 1941-45.
  • The Flying Tigers (AVG - American Volunteer Group). - see China 1941-45.
  • The Hump (air route from India into China). - see Burma 1941-45.
  • US combat in northern Burma.
  • US Army Air Force action in southern China.
  • 1944 Japanese offensive in northeastern India. - see Burma 1941-45.
  • 1944 Japanese offensive in southern China.
China-Burma-India Theater Overview
Like the WW II war in the Pacific, the war in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater in East and Southeast Asia was fought over a vast distance. Major Allied combatants were:
  • Republic of China
  • British Empire
  • United States
United States contributions, aside from as much war material is could be shipped to China through northeast India and northern Burma, were primarily aircraft and aircrews. Most of the Allied ground combat in the CBI Theater was done by Republic of China and British Empire troops.
The China-Burma-India Theater
China-Burma-India Theater
Great Britain and the United States worked together in the China-Burma-India Theater, although their major goals differed:
  • Great Britain - Preserve India for the British Empire.
  • United States - Support the Republic of China in the War with Japan.

Except for the US Army Air Force in China, most American WW II activity in the China-Burma-India Theater took place in and near Northern Burma, in the area shown on the accompanying map.
North Burma and the Surrounding Area
North Burma and the Surrounding Area in WW II
Sources for the WW II - China-Burma-India Theater webpage
  • The webpage header photo, Flying the Hump, is courtesy of historicaltruth101.com.
  • The China-Burma-India Theater map is courtesy of ww2db.com and the National Archives.
  • The North Burma and the Surrounding Area in WW II map is courtesy of iloveww2warbirds.com.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Dead - China-Burma-India Communications Zone
(taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea)
​Only deaths from accident or sickness are listed here; combat deaths appear on subordinate webpages.
10 - China-Burma-India (two non-combat dead, updated 19 Apr '20)
† Finley, Clyde Clem Jr., SN T-004898, USAAF, Harrison Co.
1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chubua, Assam; Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando #43-47003 co-pilot; DNB 31 Aug 1945 in Assam, India; plane crashed on flight from Kumning, China to Chabua; initially buried at crash site 56 km (35 mls) NW of Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport
† Jones, Donald Eugene - SN 37-484-709, USAAF
1305th AAF Base Unit; C-47B-1-DL Sky Train/Dakota #43-16261 radio operator; d. 27 Nov ’45 N of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; flight from Singapore to Butterworth, Malaya; BNR.