. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for the doolittle. >> was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question. what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> okay. thank you. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip out of berlin to england. >> well they are flying c 47s in planes that won't go as high as the mountains with the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations. very few navigation aids and pretty heavily loaded. >> you mentioned an air base that you were stationed at. was it in de kah or chittygau. >> the air commandos were stationed at a place called laligot. they were in far eastern assahm. did you ever get supplied by air drop from any of the other bases in india whether assahm or east ind

. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for the doolittle. >> was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question. what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> okay. thank you. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip out of berlin to england. >> well they are flying c 47s in planes that won't go as high as the mountains with the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations. very few navigation aids and pretty heavily loaded. >> you mentioned an air base that you were stationed at. was it in de kah or chittygau. >> the air commandos were stationed at a place called laligot. they were in far eastern assahm. did you ever get supplied by air drop from any of the other bases in india whether assahm or east ind

. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for the doolittle. >> was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question. what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> okay. thank you. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip out of berlin to england. >> well they are flying c 47s in planes that won't go as high as the mountains with the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations. very few navigation aids and pretty heavily loaded. >> you mentioned an air base that you were stationed at. was it in de kah or chittygau. >> the air commandos were stationed at a place called laligot. they were in far eastern assahm. did you ever get supplied by air drop from any of the other bases in india whether assahm or east ind