One of the men who sponsored my membership in the ANAF Veterans in Canada was one John Harley, one of the many incredibly brave young pilots who laid their lives on the line for freedom by flying over “The Hump”.
In a way I am glad he has long since passed on. Though I miss him and his charming wife Hilda a LOT, I think he would be utterly mortified by what we have become.
My dad was a C-46 Hump pilot in the China-Burma-India Campaign.