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Air Commodore Chodagam Satyanarayana

Service No & Branch 1610 GD(P)
Date of Birth: 23 Sep 1915 Commissioned: 01 Aug 1940 Course: 4 Course
Service End: Retired on 23 May 1965 Superannuated Nick Name :
Qualifications Held :
Remarks : First IAF DS at DSSC in 1949
Promotions Gazetted
Fg Offr : 01 Feb 1942Acting Flt Lt : 01 Oct 1944Flt Lt : 01 Nov 1946Sqn Ldr : 20 Dec 1947
Wg Cdr : 01 Mar 1951Acting Gp Capt : 10 Jan 1955Gp Capt : 15 Apr 1959Acting Air Cmde : 28 Dec 1962
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Wg Cdr

Gp Capt
Notes:1)Branch is at retirement and may not match with branch at Commission 2)Notional seniority is reflected in dates of substantive rank.

Appointments, Postings & Other Service Particulars

DatesRankUnitLocationAppointmentPhoto
01 Aug 1940 - 30 Nov 1940Acting Plt OffrInitial Training School (Officers)Lahore Trainee Pilot
01 Dec 1940 - 21 May 1941Acting Plt OffrNo.1 Flying Training School (India)Ambala Trainee Pilot
25 May 1941 - 07 Jul 1941Plt OffrNo.2 SquadronPeshawar Squadron Pilot
07 Jul 1941 - Plt OffrNo.1 SquadronPeshawar Squadron Pilot
26 Jan 1943 - Fg OffrNo.22 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation UnitDrigh Road Fm 1SFTSAmb Ex 1Sqn
20 Dec 1943 - 29 Dec 1944Fg OffrNo.7 SquadronCampbellpore Squadron Pilot Fm 152OTU
30 Dec 1944 - 29 Dec 1945Flt LtNo.7 Squadron Adjutant
30 Dec 1945 - 09 Feb 1946Flt LtNo.7 Squadron Flight Commander B Flt
10 Feb 1946 - Flt Lt2 Indian Air Training CorpsMysore 
17 Mar 1947 - Sqn LdrRAF Station KohatKohat 
- 01 Jun 1952Wg CdrAir Head QuartersDelhi 
15 Aug 1947 - 19 Apr 1949Wg CdrAir Head QuartersDelhi Wg Cdr (Intelligence)
01 Apr 1949 - Wg CdrDefence Services Staff CollegeWellington Directing Staff
10 Oct 1950 - Wg CdrAir Head QuartersDelhi Deputy Director, Staff Duties
09 Jun 1952 - 09 Aug 1952Wg Cdr1 WingSrinagar Station Commander
01 May 1953 - Wg Cdr2 NCC Circle (Madras)Madras Commander
10 Jan 1955 - 20 Aug 1957Gp Capt2 Ground Training SchoolTambaram Station Commander
20 Jan 1961 - 20 Jan 1963Gp Capt6 WingBarrackpore Station Commander
28 Dec 1962 - 19 Aug 1964Air CmdeNCC APSecunderabad Director
 
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Accidents and Incidents: 3

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewUnitRemarks
16 Jan 1942Lysander IIR2033Plt Offr C Satyanarayana
1 SqnPeshawar Swung on la
21 Jul 1944Vengeance IIFg Offr C Sathyanaryana
7 SqnUnder carraige faile
04 Apr 1945Harvard IIBFE953Flt Lt C Satyanarayana
7 SqnCr L lost Kanbalu Bu
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