Multi achievement

Flying The Hump

Official achievement authored by Bobby Allen.

The "Hump" refers to the mountainous area at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, north of Myanmar. This was a notorious flight route during the Second World War used by the Allies to fly supplies into the West of China. It was vital in the war effort but is one of the most dangerous routes ever flown.

While the first supply mission over "The Hump" occurred in April 1942, regular Hump operations began in May 1942 with twenty-seven aircraft (converted US airline DC-3s, C-39s and C-53s) and approximately 1,100 personnel from New Malir Air Base, a British base located in the Sind Desert about twenty miles east of Karachi in western India.

The air routes went over the eastern part of the Himalayan Mountains. This operation was the first sustained, long range, twenty-four hours around-the-clock, all weather military aerial supply line in history. It was a start-from-scratch operation. There was no precedent for it. Even with the opening of an alternate ground route in early 1945, The Hump remained the principal supply route until after the war ended.

During 1944, the Hump flights grew exponentially in terms of tonnage, organization, and operational sophistication. They became quite simply the world’s biggest international airline. By the end of the war the ATC Division increased from 369 to 722 aircraft and personnel numbers from 26,000 to more than 84,000, including 4,400 pilots. Early in 1945, the monthly cargo delivered to China reached 44,000 tons, peaking at 71,000 tons in July. Between August 1944 and October 1945, The Hump delivered almost 500,000 tons of material from India to China.

The cost in aircraft and crews was enormous. Loss estimates vary between 468 and 600 plus airplanes (the AAF did not record every crash), but the more probable estimate is 590 aircraft lost along with 1,314 crewmen. Some 1,171 men who after surviving crash landings and bailouts walked out to safety; 345 men were declared missing

Operations ended, after three and one-half years, on November 15, 1945, the day The Hump was officially closed.

We have prepared a recommended LittleNavMap flight plan if you wanted to fly the route more realistically, which you can download from here if you wish.

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
02JUL25 2215Z ZPPP VECA Jamesos10809 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -303 ft/m 502 nm 01:26 View
26MAY25 1111Z ZPPP VECA VAF197 Giampiero Boeing 737-800 (B738) -114 ft/m 488 nm 01:14 View
19APR25 2203Z ZPPP VECA J.A. Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -534 ft/m 696 nm 04:34 View
10MAR25 1045Z ZPPP VECA Icarusgr Boeing 737-800 (B738) -132 ft/m 491 nm 01:26 View
15FEB25 2042Z ZPPP VECA Ernest Maillet Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -213 ft/m 448 nm 02:25 View
03FEB25 1122Z ZPPP VECA Mike Papa Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -37 ft/m 455 nm 01:57 View
16JAN25 1404Z ZPPP VECA Nexus 15 Airbus A320 (A320) -51 ft/m 500 nm 01:30 View
28DEC24 1752Z ZPPP VECA PAPA974 British Aerospace BAe-146-300 (B463) -111 ft/m 448 nm 01:25 View
21DEC24 2314Z ZPPP VECA Róbert Bencsik Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -58 ft/m 456 nm 03:04 View
27NOV24 0712Z VECA ZPPP Scotty Clifford Airbus A320 (A320) -133 ft/m 525 nm 01:12 View
08OCT24 0127Z ZPPP VECA Zaarrd Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -105 ft/m 452 nm 01:44 View
20AUG24 1358Z ZPPP VECA Roger Abram BEECH 60 Royal Turbine Duke (B60T) -128 ft/m 455 nm 01:48 View
14AUG24 0620Z ZPPP VECA Nexus 19 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -48 ft/m 551 nm 01:18 View
31JUL24 0219Z ZPPP VECA Aaron Priest Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -277 ft/m 463 nm 01:18 View
18JUL24 0205Z VECA ZPPP Rp Aveko VL-3 (VL3) -65 ft/m 471 nm 00:59 View
28JUN24 0141Z ZPPP VECA Krupke77 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -232 ft/m 491 nm 02:57 View
20JUN24 2310Z ZPPP VECA Blanche Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -112 ft/m 498 nm 01:33 View
09JUN24 0820Z ZPPP VECA Niels1501 Boeing FA-18E Super Hornet (F18S) -901 ft/m 459 nm 00:52 View
21MAY24 1939Z ZPPP VECA HuseeN AL Shammari Airbus A320 (A320) -472 ft/m 554 nm 01:27 View
01MAY24 1403Z ZPPP VECA VAF125 Antonino Boeing 737-800 (B738) -234 ft/m 516 nm 01:37 View