Word: humped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After his return from China a year ago, Robert W. Prescott, 32, a former Flying Tiger (six Jap planes) and Hump-hopper for the China National Aviation Corp., began writing unsentimental letters to his old buddies. His letters made one point: he was looking for money and talent to build a U.S. counterpart of the C.N.A.C...
...baby-faced Robert F. ("Duke") Hedman, who had shot down six Japs, and had flown the Hump 350 times, had an unemployed $10,000. Joe Rosbert (six Jap planes), who once crashed in the Himalayas and walked out in 46 days, threw in $10,000, took a job as chief pilot. J.R. ("Dick") Rossi, also a six-plane man, got his letter in India after his 600th Hump crossing. Wrote Prescott: "Rossi, put that drink in your left hand and tell me what you're doing." Rossi joined...
Although Skyways has flown hard indeed, it has flown mostly in the red. The first month, Skyways lost $21,000; the second, $12,000. Last month, the Flying Tigers finally flew over the Hump. They broke even...
...flown from China, India and Burma bases, but B-29 men knew from the start that the invasion of the Marianas (begun at Saipan, also June 15) was far more important for their purposes. For in China every bomb, every gallon of gasoline had to be flown over the Hump from India; airfields had to be handmade by half a million coolie laborers; it was over 1,600 miles to Japanese soil, and the industrially rich Tokyo-Nagoya area was still out of range...
...Over the hump with this burst, the part-time umbrella salesman could not be stopped. He calmly outshot ex-Yankee Ballplayer Sam Byrd in the final to pocket the P.G.A.'s first prize, $5,000 in war bonds, and stretch his winning string to a dizzy nine straight tourneys. His victory-starved rivals' future looked darker than ever. Cracked Mike Turnesa: "I was 7 under par. . . . I don't see how anyone can beat...