Dacca – After Surrender

Various Photographs taken in and around Tezgoan and Kurmitola after the surrender

Thunder over Dacca

We were at the aircraft at 0635 hours. The Squadron Engineering Officer, Flight Lieutenant B.S. Ahluwalia,…

The Kilo Flight – a personal account of Op Cactus Lily

A rookie Flying Officer with four years of service, flying transports gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…

Special Heli Borne Ops – Sylhet and Meghna

The story of the Special Heli-Borne Operations of the 1971 war - as told by Sqn…

Special Heli Borne Ops – Sylhet and Meghna

Special Heli Borne Operations (SHBOs) by Mi-4 In 1971 “Liberation War” by Sqn Ldr Pushp Vaid,…

Flying Over East Pakistan

An An-12 pilot recollects his experiences of flying out refugees and supplies during the 1971 Bangladesh…

Night Intruder: A Personal Tribute To The Canberra

A 35 Squadron veteran writes about his personal experiences with the Canberra - and the 1971…

Flying the Sukhoi-7 in Operation Cactus-Lily

Air Marshal Narayanan Menon was a Flight Lieutenant with No.26 Squadron at Adampur flying the massive…

Electronic Warfare – The untold story of 1971

As a young Flight Lieutenant with an electronic eavesdropping unit of the Indian Air Force, (Wing…

De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou

De Havilland Canada DHC4 Caribou Number Procured:  26 Units Equipped:………………….. 33 Squadron “Caribous” (1963-1986) Brief History:…