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Vayusena Medal 1971 Ops


This page lists 70 VMs were awarded for the 1971 Bangladesh war for acts of gallantry and support in operations. There are probably more such awards that have not been listed here.

1971 Bangladesh War

Gp Capt Kottavathukal Thomas Abraham (3600) F (P)
Wg Cdr S K Roy (4032) F (P)
Wg Cdr R J Ambegaonkar (4622) F(P)
Wg Cdr Koshav Dev Kanagat (4433) F (P) OC,No6 Connie Sqn, Pune
Wg Cdr Gursharan Singh (4623) AE(M)
Wg Cdr K R  Natarajan (4270) AE(M)
Wg Cdr Anadi Shankar Sarkar (4273) AE(M)
Wg Cdr Johney William Greene VrC (4093) F (P) OC, No2 Gnat Sqn, Pathankot
Wg Cdr Vijay Chand Mankotia VM (4041) F (P)
Wg Cdr Man Singh (4094) F (P)
Wg Cdr Karam Singh (5132) AE(M)
Wg Cdr Gandharva Sen AVSM (4429) F (P) OC, No 230 Signal Unit, Amritsar
Wg Cdr Jagjit Singh Sawhney (4449) F (P) OC, No25 An-12 Sqn, Kkd
Sqn Ldr SM Hundiwala VM OC, No.104 HU Chetak, Srinagar
Sqn Ldr A M Mehta (5051) F (P)
Sqn Ldr B S Saihi (6011) F (P)
Sqn Ldr T K Seshachari (4954) AE(M)
Sqn Ldr T J Fernandes (5287) F (P) No26 Sqn Sukhoi-7 Adampur
Sqn Ldr J K Dhawan (6279) AE(M)
Sqn Ldr Krishnaswamy Chandra Shekhar (5670 (F (P) No29 Sqn MiG-21 Sirsa Dett Cdr
Sqn Ldr Ajai Kumar Brahmawar (5858) F (P) No1 Sqn MIG-21 Adampur
Sqn Ldr Sahay Sanjeeva (6139) F (P) No1 Sqn MIG-21 Adampur
Sqn Ldr Satwant Singh (5010) F (P)
Sqn Ldr Tehmurasp Ratanshaw Patel (5192) F(P)
Sqn Ldr Shailesh Kumar (5520) Adm
Sqn Ldr B S Raju (6724) ADM
Sqn Ldr Dinkar Shantaram Jatar (6521) F (P) No220 Sqn HF-24 Marut Uttarlai
Sqn Ldr Ujal Singh Pruthi (5488) Mod
Sqn Ldr Narinder Singh Verdi (5116) F (P) No2 Gnats, FL after Birdhit 71 ops
Maj Kuldip Singh Sahney (IC-13279)
Fit Lt K B Bagchi (9987) Adm ATC, for Boyra interception
Fit Lt V Arora (7934)  Sig
Fit Lt M B Madon (7681) F (P)
Fit Lt S K Mitroo (7688) F (P)
Fit Lt S Balasundaram (8274) Tech
Fit Lt CS Dhillon (8376) F (P) No20 Hunters, Mission to Peshwar
Fit Lt P S Subramanian (7974) AE(M)
Fit Lt S M Ghatate (8665) F (P) No101 Sukhois, Op Missions
Fit Lt P S Dikshit (7487) F(N)
Fit Lt P George (9603) AE(M)
Fit Lt J S Ghumman (10123) F (P) No26 Sqn Sukhoi-7 Adampur
Fit Lt Joginder Pal (10355)AE(M)
Fit Lt Kuldip Singh Bajwa (9757) F (P)
Fit Lt P S Parihar No1 Sqn MIG-21 Adampur
Fit Lt Parminder Jit Singh Sidhu (10488) F (P) No7 Sqn Hunter , Nal
Fit Lt Harjit Singh Bedi (7603) F (P)
Fit Lt Jagdish Bhattacharya (7739) F (P) No101 Sukhois, Op Missions , BO
Fit Lt Pradip Kantilal Gandhi (8142) F (P)
Fit Lt Mohan Kumar Prabhakar Samant (9061) F (P)
Fit Lt Ravindra Vikram Singh (9524) F (P) No105 HU (Mi-4)
Fit Lt Rudra Krishna Bishnoi (9533) F (P) No 6 Connies
Fit Lt Konerirajapuram S  Raghvachari (9743) F (P)
Fit Lt Ramesh Thakurdas Chandani (9797) F (P) No109 HU (Mi-4) Jaurian Sector
Fit Lt Nayanathara K P R  Menon (8766) F (P)
Fit Lt Prakash Nath Sharma (9412) F (P) No107 HU (Mi-4) Avoided PAF Raid
Capt Lakshminaryan Padmanabhan (IC- 13640) AIR OP Pilot
Fg Offr Goy Darasha Bomboat (12025) F (P) No27 Hunters, Pathankot
Fg Offr JP Mathur ? No 104 HU Chetak, Srinagar
Fg Offr BS Chandel ? No 114 HU Chetak, Srinagar
Sgt Pacheeri Sivasankaran Elect 1 23402
Sgt S K Soni Elect 1 228889
Sgt Sohan Lal Pal Ft Armr 220331
Sgt Kanniah Air Sig 217249
Flt Sgt Doraiswami Elect 1 200582
WO Ourdas Ram Dixit Fitter 18986
WP R  Rangaswamy  Armour (Gunner) 140037
MWO K P K Menon No 6 Connies
WO S S Walia No 6 Connies

 

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