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4 Course

Start Date : End Date : 10 Aug 40

1593 GD(P)
Air Vice Marshal
Erlic Wilmot Pinto
Died in Service on 22 Nov 63

1594 GD(P)
Air Vice Marshal
Ranjan Dutt

1595 F(P)
Air Marshal
Shivdev Singh

1596 GD(P)
Flight Lieutenant
Kanwar Haveli Shah Chopra

1597 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Om Prakash Sanghi

1598 F(P)
Air Marshal
Hari Chand Dewan

1599 GD(P)
Squadron Leader
Edwin Nazir Ullah

1600 GD(P)
Flight Lieutenant
Kenneth Joseph Bhore

1601 ADM
Air Vice Marshal
Satya Pal Shahi

1602 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Mian Mohammed Latif

1603 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Mohit Mohan Ghosh

1604 GD(P)
Squadron Leader
Mahindra Singh Pujji



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GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Kali Prasad Chaudhury
Died in Service on 18 Jun 41



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GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Rustom Nariman Dastur
Died in Service on 31 Aug 41



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GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Chander Parkash Khosla
Died in Service on 31 Aug 41

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Hukum Chand Mehta
Died in Service on 03 Nov 41

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Ali Raza Khan Pasha
Died in Service on 18 Jun 41

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Gurbachan Singh
Died in Service on 12 Apr 41

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Gnanamuthu Anandaraj Samuel
Died in Service on 11 Jul 41

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Man Mohan Singh
Died in Service on 03 Mar 42

1605 GD(P)
Group Captain
Karori Lal Bhatia
Died in Service on 20 Jun 54



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1606 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Surender Singh

1607 GD(P)
Air Commodore
Anantha Ananthanarayanan

1608 A&SD
Flying Officer
Ahmed Ibrahim



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1609 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Harbans Singh Thapar
Died in Service on 17 Apr 44

1610 GD(P)
Air Commodore
Chodagam Satyanarayana



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1611 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Purnendu Chuckerbutty
Died in Service on 25 Jan 45

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Raza Ullah Khan
Died in Service on 19 Mar 42

1612 GD(P)
Air Commodore
Jagdev Chandra



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1613 GD(P)
Flight Lieutenant
Pirojshah Reporter
Died in Service on 01 Jan 44

1614 F(P)
Air Marshal
Minoo Merwan Engineer

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Dara Phirozshah Majoo
Died in Service on 07 May 42



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GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Krishna Mohan Mukerjee
Died in Service on 18 Sep 41

GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Jatain Kumar Desukar
Died in Service on 23 Feb 42

1615 GD(P)
Squadron Leader
Dalip Singh Majithia

1616 F(P)
Air Marshal
Yeshwant Vinayak Malse



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1617 GD(P)
Flight Lieutenant
Rustom Kaikobad Munshi
Died in Service on 27 Jan 44

1618 GD(P)
Air Commodore
Ranendu Sen



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1619 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Mir Mustafa Hussain
Died in Service on 11 Sep 43

1620 F(P)
Air Marshal
Hirendra Nath Chatterjee

1626 EQPT
Wing Commander
Ram Nath Chawla



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1627 A&SD
Flight Lieutenant
Vasudeo Madhav Bhide



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1628 A&SD
Flight Lieutenant
Chaman Lal Tandon

1629 A&SD
Air Commodore
Abdul Mofazil Allahdad

1630 ADM
Air Vice Marshal
Chaman Lal Mehta

1631 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Tarlochan Singh

1632 A&SD
Wing Commander
Harbans Krishan Khanna



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1633 A&SD
Wing Commander
Ganjam Subramaniah

1634 A&SD
Group Captain
Dileep Kumar Sarkar

GD(P)
Flying Officer
Muhammad Abdel Ali
Died in Service on 26 Mar 41



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GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Ali Bilgrami


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The First Twenty-Four, before departure for the UK. Interestingly, it seems they are already wearing winter uniforms, while others in the picture seem to be wearing summer uniforms. The 24 were a select few from the 4th Pilots Course so chosen to go to the United Kingdom
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