“OPERATION HUNGER”
GALLANT AIR FORCE FEAT TRIBESMEN SUCCOURED (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. The Royal Air Force lost three Dakotas in Burma in the biggest supply mission since the end of the war, but raced the monsoon to carry food to Kachin hillmen, whose empty larders threatened them with famine. The War Office released the story, “Operation Hunger,” describing the 41-day effort to succour the fighting tribesmen, who had assisted the British during the war , against the Japanese. The tribes had even eaten seedling rice and were faced with a serious prospect. Air Force Halifaxes and Dakotas dropped an average of 60 tons a day in deteriorating weather and completed the operation nine days ahead of schedule. They dropped 2400 tons of rice and 180 tons of salt. Army Supply, in addition, sent in 3600 tons of food overland Two of the missing aircraft were found wrecked on the mountainsides, but no trace of the third was found. Kachins buried 13 members of the crew beside the two crashed planes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26175, 11 June 1946, Page 5
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