Wreckage of Aircraft from the Hump Route

　　Half a century ago, from May 1942 to August 1945, in southwestern China, the peoples of China and the United States fought shoulder to shoulder against Japanese fascism, thus launching a unique struggle and opening an international strategic air transport route known as the “Hump Route.” Over 2,000 aircraft were deployed, and a route between Yunnan and Dinjan in India was established—the deadliest “air corridor of death” in aviation history. This route transported more than 800,000 tons of military supplies to China’s anti-Japanese battlefields. During this time, a total of 609 aircraft were lost and nearly 2,000 pilots sacrificed their lives. To this day, many aircraft wrecks remain scattered across the Gaoligong Mountain region.　　　　

　　On the sixty faces of the thirty memorial steles for China’s anti-Japanese air martyrs, the names of 3,300 fallen heroes are inscribed, including those of 2,200 Americans. These young American pilots gave their young lives for the skies of China.　　　　

　　Every Chinese person holds them in the highest esteem. They left behind nothing, and the only thing that remains in this world are these names on the memorial steles.　　　　

　　To visit the wreckage of aircraft from the Hump Route, you can take a bus from Liuku to Pianma, a journey of 180 kilometers.