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Antonov An 12 An-12BP BL-918

Construction Number 401509
Other Identities Not Available
Dates in Service : 0000-00-00 - 1971-08-16
Status: Written Off
Remarks: Dest Cr Pune 16/8/71
Date of Crash  16 Aug 71 Aircraft Type  Antonov An-12
Serial Number  BL-918 Unit  44 Sqn
Pilot details Wg Cdr Ajit Kumar Bhattacharjee +
Sqn Ldr Birendra Datt Dangwal +
Short Text  Cr Ahmednagar Pune 11 Killed. Nav Sqn Ldr P Handa (5302), F/L V Gopalakrishnan (7163), Sqn Ldr KD Anand (6531), G/C JB lal (3646), F/L BD Barua (9619), F/L Rv Habbu (7064) killed
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Occupants of Aircraft

GD(P) : W/C Ajit Kumar Bhattacharjee (4427 ) - 44 Sqn,
GD(P) : S/L Birendra Datt Dangwal (4839 ) - 44 Sqn,
GD(P) : G/C Jagdish Behari Lal (3646 ) - 44 Sqn,
GD(N) : S/L Vaid Prakash Handa (5302 ) - 44 Sqn,
GD(P) : S/L Kamal Dharmraj Anand (6531 ) - 44 Sqn,
ENG : F/L Ramchandra Vithal Habbu (7064 ) - 44 Sqn,
GD(N) : F/L Venkataraman Gopalakrishnan (7163 ) - 44 Sqn,
ARMT : F/L Bongshi Dhar Barua (9619 ) - 44 Sqn,
: WO PN Padmanabhan () - ,
: Flt Sgt Sunder Raj () - ,
: Cpl NV Verma () - ,
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