Pilots in peril! : the untold story of U.S. pilots who braved "The Hump" in World War II
- North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press 2016
- 232 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Encounter .
Historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world...the skyway to Hell." The Hump was a perilous 500-mile flight path across the eastern Himalayan Mountains many U.S. pilots flew during World War II in order to keep the Allies well-supplied in China. Using personal accounts from pilots, rescuers, and U.S. Air Force staff, this fast-paced narrative puts young readers in the cockpit alongside some of the war's bravest pilots