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Westland Wapiti II A The first Westland Wapitis came to the IAF
with the ‘A’ flight of No 1 sqn on 1 Apr 1933. No 7 Sqn was formed on 18 Nov
1942 at ‘Vizagapatnam’. Pending arrival of the new Vengeances, the Sqn flew the
Wapiti IIA ex-6 CDF for about six weeks. Here Sqn Ldr ‘Hemu’ Choudhari CO 7 Sqn,
ferries the first Wapiti from Calcutta. Oil on canvas 3’X2’, 7 Sqn Museum
collection.
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Hawker Hurricane IIC No 2 Sqn converted to the
Hurricane IIC in Dec 42. Here one of their aircraft clears its plugs at Imphal before
launching to carry out Tac/R for the scattered groups of Chindits and, if possible, some
strafing of Japanese rolling stock along the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway during the second
Burma offensive. Water colour 21/2’X11/2’. Artist’s collection.
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Vultee Vengeance MK I Nos 7 and 8 were the first raisings on
th Vultee Vengeance Mk I. Here Sqn Ldr PC Lal CO 7 Sqn (later Chief of the Air Staff)
leads Flt Lts Nur Khan (later Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force) and ‘Minoo
Engineer’ (later Air Marshall) into attack on a bridge at Sithaung-on-Chindwin, in
July 1944. Oil on Canvas 3’X2’ , 7 Sqn Museum collection.
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De Havilland Tiger Moth De Havilland DH 92A Tiger
Moth, HU 512 of the IAF’s Vintage Flight carrys out an air test before display at the
Air Force Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1982. The Tiger Moth was being flown then Gp Capt
AS Lamba VrC, after nearly 20 yrs after it lay unused at the Jaipur Flying Club. Oil on
Canvas 3’X2’. ASTE (Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment) art collection.
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Spitfire “Through the Storm” One of my very first
attempts. It’s a copy of Barrie Clark’s famous painting. Of course mine is
nowhere near the original’s fantastic depiction. Oil on canvas 3’X2’.
Artist’s collection.
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Hawker Tempest Mk II Two Tempests of 7 sqn
operating from Sri Nagar and flown by Sqn Ldr BS Dogra and Flt Lt U D’Cruz enter the
Shellatang valley along the Domel-Srinagar highway to strafe and rocket Pakistani invaders
in Nov 48. 7 Sqn’s precise attacks on enemy raiders often, within yards of own
forces, decisively plucked victory from almost certain defeat at Poonch, Rajouri and other
besieged enclaves. Oil on canvas 3’X2’. 7 Sqn Museum collection.
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 Supermarine
Spitfire VIIIc A Spitfire VIIIc . Oil on canvas 3’X2’. Artist’s
collection.
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Supermarine Spitfire XIVc A Spitfire XIVc from the Services
Flying Trainig School (SFTS) at Ambala gambols over the plains of Punjab 1952. Oil on
canvas 3’X2’. Artist’s collection.
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