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20 Course

Start Date : 18 Mar 43 End Date : 20 Dec 43

20 Pilot Course - Reported to ITW on 18 March 1943 and completed initial ground training by 31 Augst 1943. Subsequently they went to 2 EFTS (Jodhpur) from 19 Sep 1943 to 11 Dec 1943 for basic flying. Awarded Commissions on reporting to 1 SFTS (Ambala) for advanced flying on 20 Dec 1943. Attended 1 SFTS from 20 Dec 1943 to 21 April 1944. Subsequently the Course attened 31 Fighter Course at 151 OTU from 15 May 1944 to 5 Aug 1944. Followed by Low Attack Course at Ranchi from 27 Aug 1944 to 21 Sep 1944.

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2767 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
P Bhaskaran

2768 GD(P)
Air Vice Marshal
Eric Gordon Hall



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2769 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
C McGliskie

2770 GD(P)
Wing Commander
George Christadoss Vithuasiromony Nallayya

2771 GD(P)
Squadron Leader
Charles Alfred Nicholas



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2772 GD(P)
Wing Commander
Nyani Lakshmanaswamy Soundararajan

2773 GD(P) (Later F(P))
Air Commodore
Anthony Ignatius Kenneth Suares

2774 GD(P)
Air Commodore
David Eugene Bouche

2775 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Dattajirao Bhujangrao Ghorpade

2776 GD(P) (Later F(P))
Air Commodore
Maheshwar Das Khanna



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2777 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Anwar Ahmad Malik



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2778 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
I H Malik



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2779 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
E D S Redi



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2780 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Muthuveera Veerasamy Seetharaman
Died in Service on 30 Jan 45

2781 GD(P) (Later F(P))
Air Commodore
Kanwar Singh


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