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...unity had grown in the India-China command in a progressive pattern since Howard Davidson had taken over command of the Tenth Air Force. Peace came quickly to two commands which had done a lot of bickering between good jobs of fighting with too-few planes...
...Operational hazards on the India-China airlines are terrific. "Our men must fly across mountains higher than the Rockies. They must fly over or close to Japanese-held territory. In winter, the planes ice up; in summer they fight thunderstorms and cyclones. In some parts of India it rains as much in one day as it does in a year in New York. In other parts it rains practically never. Severe dust storms are frequent...
...China might still not be altogether cut off. The U.S. is now equipping a great air-transport line, to fly war goods from India to China. The Japs were never able to ground China National Aviation Corp. by air attack. C.N.A.C.'s best pilots are helping to establish the India-China service, and they think that it can be maintained and steadily increased, unless the Japanese capture the bases at both ends...