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Wing Commander George Douglas Clarke
| Service No & Branch | 3295 GD(P) |  | ||||||||||
| Date of Birth: -- --- ---- | Commissioned: 07 Jan 1946 | Course: 37 Course | ||||||||||
| Service End: | Retired on 08 Nov 1966 Voluntary Retirement | Nick Name : Nobby | ||||||||||
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| Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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| 03 Mar 1947 - | Plt Offr | No.7 Squadron | Squadron Pilot fm 151OTU | ||
| 06 Nov 1948 - 11 Jul 1949 | Fg Offr | No. 1 Aircraft Testing Unit | Kanpur | Squadron Pilot | |
| 03 Apr 1956 - 14 Feb 1957 | Sqn Ldr | No.1 Squadron | Palam | Commanding Officer | |
| 15 Feb 1957 - 23 Jan 1958 | Sqn Ldr | No.27 Squadron | Palam | Commanding Officer | |
| 01 Dec 1959 - 30 Sep 1962 | Sqn Ldr | Pilot Attack Instructors Flight | Jamnagar | Officer in Charge | |
| 01 Oct 1962 - | Sqn Ldr | Armament Training Wing | Jamnagar | Chief Instructor | |
| 15 Nov 1963 - 06 Nov 1965 | Wg Cdr | No.27 Squadron | Commanding Officer | ||
| 01 Sep 1966 - 08 Nov 1966 | Wg Cdr | 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Ambala | Wg Cdr (Trg) | |
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Awards and Decorations
Number of Awards: 2
| Vir Chakra | ||||
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| Fg Offr | George Douglas Clarke | 3295 GD(P) | Award Date 29 Mar 1948 | Announced 20 Nov 1950 |
| Details : | Fg. Off. (Now Sqn. Ldr.) George Douglas Clarke (3295) proved himself as one of the outstanding pilots in the Jammu and Kashmir Operations. He carried out numerous close support sorties with excellent results. His coolness, skill and courage were of the highest order during the Operations. The officer carried out 75 Operational Sorties totaling about 200 hours mostly in close support of our ground troop. His accurate bombing, rocketry and gunnery inflicted severe damage on enemy positions and often foiled enemy advances. For the valuable service rendered by him during the Jammu and Kashmir Operations, he has been awarded the Vir Chakra. | |||
| Unit : 7 Sqn | ||||
| Reference : Gazette of India , 20th November 1950 - No.13 - Pres dated 15th November 1950 | ||||
| Mention in Despatches | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | George Douglas Clarke | 3295 GD(P) | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 1966 |
| Details : | Citation / Details Not Available | |||
| Unit : 27 Sqn | ||||
| Reference : Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
Accidents and Incidents: 1
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Unit | Remarks |
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| 23 Apr 1946 | Harvard IIB | FE603 | Flt Lt Kelvington A/Plt Offr G D Clarke | 1SFTS | Abandoned after engi |
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