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The Radio Broadcast of Wg Cdr K K Majumdar

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Category: Veterans Project - Interviews, Profiles and Memoirs
Last Updated: Friday, 25 February 2022 14:49
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Among the various artefacts that were part of the Jumbo Majumdar Collection sold by Morton and Eden was an audio recording of a radio address given by Wg Cdr Majumdar in the weeks prior to his death.  The recording was with the Majumdar family for years and were part of the artifacts acquired by the Indian Air Force.  A copy of the recording was recently provided by Mr. J R Nanda.  

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Gp Capt H S R Gohel - Flights of Valour

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Category: Veterans Project - Interviews, Profiles and Memoirs
Last Updated: Monday, 14 February 2022 22:35
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On the 101st birth anniversary of late Gp Capt H S R Gohel , who was born on 15th February 1921, the e-book "Flights of Valour" is presented to provide an insight into this distinguished aviator from the Second World War, who left behind a treasure trove of notes of his memories and experiences via his extensively annotated logbook. 

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The 1965 Beechcraft incident : A daughter's search for closure

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Category: The India-Pakistan War 1965
Last Updated: Sunday, 17 October 2021 02:38
Written by Precy D'Costa
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 Precy D'Costa was ten months old when the tragedy struck her family. Her father, an Aviation Radio Officer, A M Da'Costa, happened to be on the ill-fated flight of the Beech 18  carrying the then Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Balwant Rai Mehta on 19th September 1965. The aircraft on a flight in remote Bhuj was intercepted by a PAF F-86 Sabre and was shot down with the loss of all lives. For many years she was not aware of the circumstances. She narrates her journey to find closure, and her visit to the crash site, 56 years later. 

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The Tiger Moth of the Vintage Aircraft Flight

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Category: The Last Quarter: 1972-99
Last Updated: Wednesday, 13 October 2021 03:14
Written by Gp Capt Ajit K Agtey
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Gp Capt Ajit Keshav Agtey 12188 F(P) , a graduate of the Air Force Test Pilots School was one of the few pilots to have been associated with the Vintage Aircraft Flight of the 1980s. He writes about the flights he undertook in the Tiger Moth of the VAF, which is currently flying with the Heritage Flight.

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A few anxious moments - a Gooney Bird story

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Category: The Last Quarter: 1972-99
Last Updated: Monday, 11 January 2021 05:36
Written by Air Cmde Arun Karandikar VM,VSM
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 The C-47 is a reliable work-horse that served for nearly four decades in the Indian Air Force's service.  Over 200 examples served in the IAF across the length and breadth of the country. It saw its fair share of accidents and contributed to quite a few anxious moments - in this case, when an engine failed right after take off - as narrated by then Flt Lt (later Air Cmde) Arun Karandikar, serving with 43 Squadron at Jorhat. 

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The Kilo Flight - a personal account of Op Cactus Lily

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Category: The Bangladesh War 1971
Last Updated: Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:58
Written by Air Cmde Arun Karandikar VM,VSM
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A rookie Flying Officer with four years of service, flying transports gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly war-time missions as part of a clandestine force.  Air Commodore Arun Karandikar 10865 F(P), narrates his chance posting to the Kilo Flight on the eve of the 1971 War, to fly support missions in aid of the Mukti-Bahini rebels and their Indian Air Force instructors.  This account was written on the request of 43 Squadron, during their effort to fill in gaps in their historical records

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