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Sqn Ldr RK Uppal

Sqn Ldr Raman Kumar Uppal hailed from Punjab and was born on 22nd Aug 1932. He got selected for the prestigious NDA and joined the 62nd Course. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force as Pilot Officer on 16 Jan 1954 at the age

Sqn Ldr MJ Marston

Sqn Ldr Maurice John Marston was born on 28th Nov 1932. He joined the IAF after completing his initial education as an airman. Later he got selected to be an officer and was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 Jan 1954 at the

Flight Lieutenant G S Ahuja

Flight Lieutenant Gurbax Singh Ahuja was born in the year 1939 in the undivided Punjab. His parents migrated from Hoti Mardan (Pakistan) in 1947 and settled in Joria Bhathian locality of Patiala in Punjab. He joined the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA) after completing Faculty

Sqn Ldr Jasbeer Singh VrC

Sqn Ldr Jasbeer Singh hailed from Jalandhar district in Punjab and was born on 02 Jul 1932. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 01 April 1953 at the age of 21 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got

Sqn Ldr SB Bhagwat

Sqn Ldr Sureshchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat was born on 14th Dec 1934. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force as Pilot Officer on 06 Nov 1954 at the age of 20 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as a fighter pilot

Flying Officer Jagdev Singh Brar

Flying Officer Jagdev Singh Brar hailed from Punjab and was born in the year 1943. Son of Shri Ajaib Singh Brar and Smt Balwant Kaur, Fg Offr Jagdev had five brothers Surinder, Amarjit, Surjit, Sukhdev & Harpal and sister Davinder as his siblings.  Following the

Sqn Ldr Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya MVC

Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, a distinguished son of Kodagu district, Karnataka, was born on 24 December 1932 in the tranquil village of Manchalli in South Kodagu. The son of Dr. Ajjamada Bopayya and Smt. Neelamma, he grew up in a household that fostered discipline

Flt Lt Babul Guha

Son of a professor Dr Prafulla Chandra Guha, Flt Lt Babul Guha did his schooling from St Joseph's Boys High School Bangalore. Subsequently he got selected to join the Air Force and was commissioned on 1st Apr 1956. He joined the flying stream of the

Flying Officer Jagat Singh Toor

Flying Officer Jagat Singh Toor hailed from Punjab and joined the Indian Air Force after completing his school education. He was commissioned on 18 Apr 1964 the flying stream of the IAF. He got trained as a navigator as part of 27th NAV Course. After

Sqn Ldr AK Rawlley

Sqn Ldr Ajit Kumar Rawlley was born on 16th Nov 1934 in a well known Rawlley family. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 17 Jul 1954 at the age of 20 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got

Sqn Ldr A K Bhagwagar

Sqn Ldr Aspi Kekobad Bhagwagar was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 30 Nov 1956 in the flying stream of the IAF. He got trained as a fighter pilot and graduated as part of 70th Pilots' Course. After completing his flying training, he served

Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj

Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj hailed from Delhi and was born in the year 1940.  He studied from Modern School Barakhamba in New Delhi.  He was very quite passionate about joining the Air Force and worked at realizing his dream. Eventually, he got selected for the prestigious

Flight Lieutenant V M Joshi

Flight Lieutenant Vijay Madhav Joshi hailed from Pune in Maharshtra and was born on 28th March 1940. Son of Shri Madhav Krishna Joshi and Smt Nalini Joshi, Flt Lt Vijay Madhav Joshi had two sisters Mohini and Vidya as his siblings. In his early childhood

Flt Sgt H Thakur

Flight Sergeant H Thakur hailed from Kolkata in West Bengal. He was enrolled into the IAF and got trained as a a technician. Later he got trained as an air crew and became a Flight Sergeant. By 1971, Flt Sgt H Thakur had flown as

Plt Offr RB Umralikar

Pilot Officer Raghunath Bhikaji Umralikar hailed from Pune in the state of Maharashtra and joined the prestigious NDA after his schooling. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 12 Jun 1971. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as