Air Supply in the Burma Campaigns

Abstract

This monograph describes air supply operations in the India-Burma Theater during the Second World War. Included In the discussion are brief accounts of the ground campaigns that the air supply effort supported as well as of the transport operations which delivered the supplies. Considerable attention is given to the command organizations developed to control air supply operations, to the procedures followed in all allocating supplies, and to the ground supply organizations that procured, packed, and loaded the goods which air transport units delivered. The narrative covers both American and British operations. This monograph was written by Dr. Joe G. Taylor of the USAF Historical Division. Dr. Taylor was a bombardier with the 12th Bomb Group, India-Burma Theater, during World War II. Like other Historical Division studies, this history is subject to revision, and additional information or suggested corrections will be welcomed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1957
Accession Number
ADA529960

Entities

People

  • Joe G. Taylor

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Supplies
  • Evacuation
  • Geography
  • Information Operations
  • International Organizations
  • Landing Fields
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • Thailand
  • Transport Ships
  • War
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering