Charles L. Sharp; April 23, 1908 – January 14, 1974) was a trailblazing aviator from the

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who was commissioned as chief pilot for the

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(CNAC), and on assignment with the

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in the discovery and establishment of the most-feasible heavy-airlift routes over the

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in late-1941, in order to keep materiel and supplies flowing into wartime China; this supply-line into China became known as ''

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''.

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