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Group Captain Bhopindra Singh
| Service No & Branch | 3025 GD(P) |  | |||||||||||
| Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1923 | Commissioned: 09 Oct 1944 | Course: 27 Course | |||||||||||
| Service End: | Retired on 02 Aug 1967 Voluntary Retirement | Nick Name : Bindi | |||||||||||
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| Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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| 28 Aug 1945 - | Plt Offr | No.2 Squadron | Quetta | Squadron Pilot Fm 151OTU | |
| - 09 Mar 1959 | Sqn Ldr | A&ATU | |||
| - 01 Dec 1951 | Sqn Ldr | Empire Test Pilots School, UK | Farnborough | Test Pilot Course 10th Course | |
| 04 Sep 1953 - | Sqn Ldr | HAL | Bangalore | Test Pilot | |
| 01 Jun 1956 - | Sqn Ldr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | ||
| 01 Jun 1957 - 01 Nov 1959 | Sqn Ldr | Aircraft and Armament Testing Unit | Kanpur | Commanding Officer | |
| 10 Mar 1959 - | Sqn Ldr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | ||
| 03 Oct 1962 - 01 Jul 1965 | Wg Cdr | No.23 Squadron | Ambala | Commanding Officer | |
| 28 Feb 1966 - 21 Apr 1967 | Gp Capt | 9 Tactical Air Center | Barrackpore | Commanding Officer | |
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Awards and Decorations
Number of Awards: 1
| Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Bhopindra Singh | 3025 GD(P) | Award Date | Announced 01 Jan 1965 |
| Details : | Wg Cdr Bhopindra Singh, an experienced test pilot, is now in command of a Jet Fighter Squadron. He was entrusted with the complicated and exacting task of high altitude trials on the Gnat airraft. The task was hazardous in the absence of suitable data on which the bhaviour of the aircraft could be pre-assessed at high altitudes. Despite this handicap, Wg Cdr Singh, wih courage and professional skill, carried out the trials from one of the highest airfields located in treacherous mountainous terrain. The data collected as a result of the trials will have far reaching effect on the concept and future conduct of Fighter operations in the western sector. The operation of a Jet fighter from an airfield at a high altitude in Ladakh is a land mark in the history of the Indian Air Force. Wg Cdr Bhupinder Singh displayed courage and a high degree of prefessional skill in the best traditions of the Indian Air Force | |||
| Unit : 23 Sqn | ||||
| Reference : Gazette of India 13th March 1965 - No.20 - Pres/65 dated 1st January 1965. | ||||
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