Imphal, The Hump and Beyond 
Imphal, The Hump and Beyond
3rd Combat Cargo Group, 12th Combat Cargo Squadron
Single Engine September 1944
3rd Combat Cargo Group, 12th Combat Cargo Squadron, APO629 Unit History, September 1944 CONFIDENTIAL OPERATIONS: An amazing and rather unusual flying feat was performed during the month by Captain James Craick. While flying at tree top level in an attempt to dodge bad weather, Captain Craik's aircraft struck a mound near Ledo. Tearing the propeller completely off, and pulling the front sections of the engine out of it’s mounts, the aircraft dropped a wing toward the ground. With exceptional skill, Captain Craick righted the plane and pulled it up safely, using only the one remaining engine. Flying instrument weather, Captain Craick flew the plane to Ledo where he made a single engine landing. Remarkable enough, no one was injured in the accident, but the aircraft had all the appearances of having flown through a saw mill. Submitted by Lt. William L. Eisele, 3rd Combat Cargo Group, 12th Combat Cargo Squadron, from the Official 12th Combat Cargo History September 1944 |
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I am looking for former members of the 3rd 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, etc.) Please e-mail comment, suggestions, corrections,etc to: bill@comcar.org Imphal, the Hump and Beyond Copyright © 1999 Bill Bielauskas All rights reserved. Notice to all Viewers: All stories and images within "Imphal, The Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F Combat Cargo Units of the Second World War", are Copyright ©1999, to the Veteran who submitted the text and/or photographs and to Bill Bielauskas, Webmaster at "Imphal, the Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Units of the Second World War". All rights reserved. No part of this page, or those connected via links, either text, or images may be used for any purpose other than personal use. Storage, reproduction, modification on a retrieval system or transmission, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Copyright © holder(s) is prohibited. This includes storage on another Internet Website other than "Imphal, the Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War" Bill Bielauskas 10 Cayuga Trail, Wayne, NJ. 07470-4406 |