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The PVSM was constituted in 1960 and since
then till 1980, it was awarded in recognition to wartime service in all the three
conflicts in the 60s. Most of the awards were to Base Commanders and a few to senior staff
officers of the Air Commands.
- The Highest number of awards being made in the 1971 conflict
for ten Officers including five Station Commanders.
- After the conflict and the constitution of the SYSM, Only
one IAF Officer received it, Air Marshal Vinod Patney , the AOC-in-C, Western Air Command
for his command during the Kargil Conflict.
- No Bar to PVSMs have been awarded in the Indian Air Force
- The lowest ranking officers to be awarded the PVSM are six
Group Captains in the 60s and the early 70s.
As most of the awards are for continuos, sustained service
in the capacity mentioned and not for specific incidents, the citations are not reproduced
here. For further clarifications/corrections, please contact the webmaster. The following
awards listed below are the PVSM awards awarded from 1960-71. Most of these are for
'wartime service'
| A Complete list of PVSM Awardees |
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War Time PVSMs
For available citations click on the year |
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| 1962 |
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| A V M |
Kanwar Jaswant Singh (Posthumous) |
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GD(P) |
AOC-in-C, EAC HQ |
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Eric W Pinto (Posthumous) |
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GD(P) |
AOC-in-C, WAC HQ |
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Minoo Merwan Engineer DFC |
1614 |
GD(P) |
AOC-in-C, EAC HQ |
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| 1965 |
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George Kanisht Kumar John |
2132 |
GD(P) |
Stn Cdr Halwara |
| Gp Capt |
Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd |
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GD(P) |
Stn Cdr Adampur |
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| 1971 |
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H N Chatterjee DFC |
1620 |
F(P) |
Dy CAS,Air HQ |
| A V M |
Maurice Barker |
1691 |
F(P) |
AOC-in-C, CAC HQ |
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Satya Pal Sahi |
1601 |
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Charan Das Guru Devasher |
1867 |
F(P) |
SASO, EAC HQ |
| A V M |
Deviah Subia Vr.C |
1866 |
F(P) |
SASO, WAC HQ |
| Air Cmde |
Randhir Singh AVSM VrC |
2135 |
F(P) |
Stn Cdr Adampur |
| Air Cmde |
John Francis Lazaro, VM |
2944 |
F(P) |
AOC, Advance HQ, WAC |
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Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen VM |
3641 |
F(P) |
Stn Cdr Gauhati |
| Gp Capt |
Peter Maynard Wilson VrC |
3590 |
F(P) |
Stn Cdr Jamnagar |
| Gp Capt |
Chandra Kant Vishwanath Gole AVSM |
3652 |
F(P) |
Stn Cdr Halwara |
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| Air Marshal |
Vinod Patney PVSM, AVSM VrC |
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F(P) |
AOC-in-C , WAC HQ |
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