Start Date : 04 Sep 43 End Date : 24 Apr 44
23 Pilot Course - Reported to ITW Poona on 4 Sep 1943 and completed initial ground training on 6 Jan 1944. They were split and subsequently sent 1 EFTS (Secunderabad on Tigermoth) and 2 EFTS (Jodhpur ) from 10 Jan 44 to 14 April 44 for basic flying. They were commissioned on reporting to SFTS (Ambala on Harvard) for advanced flying on 24 April 1944 and attended SFTS from 24 April 1944 to 25 August 1944. Subsequently, the Course attended Fighter Course at 151 OTU (Risalpur on Hurricane) from 1 Sep 1944 to 1 Dec 1944 and SLAIS Ranchi from 18 Dec 1944 to 7 Jan 1945 before being posted to operational squadrons.
2879 GD(P)Group CaptainJanmast Afridi | 2880 GD(P)Wing CommanderSyed Mohammad Ahmed | 2881 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreSamir Banerji | No Image Available2882 GD(P)Pilot OfficerLeslie George Stclair Bartley | 2883 GD(P)Squadron LeaderSuhas BiswasDied in Service on 12 Sep 57 |
2884 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalTrilochan Singh Brar | No Image Available2885 GD(P)Pilot OfficerMahesh Chandra Dikshit | No Image Available2886 GD(P)Flying OfficerTerence Robert Healy | No Image Available2887 GD(P)Pilot OfficerS F Hussain | 2888 GD(P)Pilot OfficerShamin-Ul-Zafar KhanDied in Service on 16 Mar 46 |
No Image Available2889 GD(P)Flight LieutenantEustace John Cunningham Lander | 2890 GD(P)Flying OfficerKanonthil Matulla Mathen | 2891 GD(P)Flying OfficerSubimal Chandra Maulik | No Image Available2892 GD(P)Flying OfficerHarish Chandra Francis MayadasDied in Service on 27 Sep 47 | No Image Available2893 GD(P)Flying OfficerNando Kumar Mukerjee |
No Image Available2894 GD(P)Pilot OfficerMokhtar Karim Maullick | No Image Available2895 GD(P)Pilot OfficerK K Nair | No Image Available2896 GD(P)Pilot OfficerFaram Cavasji PavriDied in Service on 07 Nov 44 | 2897 GD(P)Pilot OfficerTrevor Lancelot Perry | No Image Available2898 GD(P)Wing CommanderJagdish Lal Rampal |
2899 GD(P)Pilot OfficerChunilal RayDied in Service on 10 Jan 45 | No Image Available2900 GD(P)Pilot OfficerE V Ross | 2901 GD(P)Air CommodoreSalahuddin | No Image Available2902 GD(P)Pilot OfficerO P Sharma | No Image Available2903 GD(P)Pilot OfficerVas Dev ShouriDied in Service on 07 Jun 44 |
No Image Available2904 GD(P)Flying OfficerBabu Kang Singh | No Image Available2905 GD(P)Pilot OfficerK C Singh | No Image Available2906 GD(P)Pilot OfficerKrishan Kumar SurDied in Service on 26 Jul 44 | 2907 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreKrishan Lal Suri | No Image Available2908 GD(P)Flying OfficerMalcolm Richard WebbDied in Service on 03 Apr 45 |
No Image Available2909 GD(P)Pilot OfficerRatnavely Jalganthan OdayarDied in Service on 04 Jul 44 |