Part III is an historical sketch of the growth and development of the air supply system in North Burma, primarily from the Northern Combat Area Command viewpoint and is intended to record the activities of the various agencies and some of the key personnel in the development of the air supply system and to bring out the principal difficulties encountered in policy, administration and operations and the manner in which they were met. Introductory: authority, purpose, scope, sources, credits. Part I: brief statement of the problem. Part II: summary of favorable and unfavorable factors. Part III: history of growth and development. Part IV: evacuation of wounded and medical supply by air. Part V: SOP, methods and techniques. Part VI: miscellaneous data on tonnages delivered, sorties flown, troops served. Part VII: notes on air supply costs.

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