Imphal, The Hump and Beyond 
Imphal, The Hump and Beyond
U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War
1st Combat Cargo Group, 4th Combat Cargo Squadron
Introduction
T/Sgt. Walter Kamula
| Birthdate: March 10, 1927
Brooklyn, NY. Education: Graduate of Westbury High School, Westbury, NY 1936 Employment: Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulas OK. at Muskogee and Miame, Oklahoma. Wright Field, Dayton, OH. Aircraft Experimental Section Roosevelt Aviation School, Mineola, NY. Instructor Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Buffalo, NY. Service Department Representative Military: Basic Training, Greensboro, NC Stationed at Sedalia Army Air Field, Knobnoster, Missouri Promoted to Corporal, made AE (2750). Attached to 813th AAF Base Unit, Sqdn. T, later to 806th Base Unit, Baer Field, Ft Wayne, Indiana, prior to shipment overseas. Attached to 4th Combat Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group. Stationed at Dohazari and Hatazari, India, flying combat missions daily bringing needed supplies to forward areas to our British Allies in Burma; towing gliders, and making parachute bundle drops to remote contol areas. Participated in Central Burma Battle and Campaign. Attained T/Sgt. rating. Decorations and Citations: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, China War Memorial Medal and China Wings. Discharged at Fort Dix, NJ January 1946, Self Employed Maintenance Contractor, Married to Natalie, one son, Matthew. Retired now living in Lake Worth, FL. since December 1983. |
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Combat Cargo Group, 1st, Combat Cargo Group, 2nd Combat Cargo Group and the 4th
Combat Cargo Group. In fact I would like to hear from anyone who flew over the Hump
during WW II, or flew any Combat Cargo Missions at any time (Berlin Air-Lift, Korea,
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