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Category: Jets and Growth 1948-64
Last Updated: Monday, 23 July 2018 05:17
Written by P V S Jagan Mohan
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Many years ago (circa 2002) we published the story of Flight Cadet Balan Menon and the escapade that caused his exist from the Air Force. Balan Menon passed away on 24th April 2018 at 1630 hrs, due to respiratory complications, at the old age home in Thumba (Trivandrum). 

"A man with a brilliant mind, determination and undying passion for aviation, a maverick who lived by his own rules of right or wrong, never afraid to explore frontiers of science and technology far ahead of his peergroup, a man who could have achieved fame and fortune but didn't care; he has left us quietly." ~ Wg Cdr U G Kartha

Now Updated with the contents of an old letter - that Balan's late mother has written fifteen years ago when she read this article.

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Bomber Night - Gathering of Canberra veterans

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Category: The New Millenium
Last Updated: Saturday, 10 January 2015 21:04
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On 6 December 2014, Marshal of the Air Force, Arjan Singh reviewed the gathering of the Canberra Veterans at "Bomber Night" in Pune.  The event was a major success with several veterans of the Canberra fraternity gathering from all over India in one night to celebrate the role of a beloved aircraft in the presence of a living legend.

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Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava (1928-2014)

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Category: Tributes
Last Updated: Saturday, 03 January 2015 16:55
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Group Captain Kapil Bhargava (3939 F(P) who passed away on 17th December 2014, a was a good friend and a supporter for this website . He contributed so many articles on History that he had his own "sub-site" on Bharat Rakshak. He was also one of those  behind the Gnat Get-together event and the Gnat Golden Jubilee website (now hosted on bharat-rakshak).  Several tributes rolled in when he left for his final flight. we reproduced two such tributes to him in this page.

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No.1 Squadron “Tigers” and the Imphal Siege

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Category: The Royal Indian Air Force in the Second World War
Last Updated: Wednesday, 13 September 2017 03:24
Written by Jagan Pillarisetti
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The complete story of No.1 Squadron's operations in the Imphal Battle told in detail never before known. First published in an abridged form for the WW2 Imphal Battle Commemoration Brochure. This article also puts names to the unknown faces - and lists out those who sacrificed their lives in the battle.

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On Air Marshal Nur Khan (1923-2011)

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Category: Tributes
Last Updated: Sunday, 12 October 2014 21:17
Written by Jagan Pillarisetti
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A look at PAF Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan's time with the Indian Air Force before the division of the IAF. This piece was first penned for Shiv Aroor's LiveFist Blog in 2011.

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The last flight of LOCUS 65

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Category: Jets and Growth 1948-64
Last Updated: Friday, 25 July 2014 03:04
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On a dark night, exactly 57 years ago,  two young lives were extinguished in the skies of england near RAF Bassingbourn.  Flt Lt S H K Naidu and Flt Lt D P Pandey were killed in a Canberra crash during the night. And for many years, only a paragraph of information was all that was available.. till his nephew decided to find out more..

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