Nav view search
Navigation
Search
 No.101 Squadron Falcons Motto : Anwishyavedhi (Search and Destroy) Date Raised : 1949-05-01 101 Squadron of the IAF, popularly known as the 'FALCONS OF CHHAMB' was created as a photo reconnaissance flight at Palam on 1 May 1949. Four Harvards, two Spitfires, eight pilots and fifty five airmen formed the nucleus of the Squadron. In 1957, the Squadron converted to Vampire aircraft and shifted its base to Adampur. The Squadron graduated to supersonic era with SU-7 ac in June 1968. The Squadron shifted to AF Base Sirsa on 10 May 1981. As of early 2002, Squadron 101 appeared to have relocated to Adampur Airbase.
|
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 May 49 to | Flight Lieutenant John Frederick Shukla | 2458 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
| 01 Nov 53 to | Squadron Leader Fredrick Van Allen Scudder | 2639 F(P) | CO | Palam |  |
| Unknown to 04 Jul 58 | Wing Commander Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd | 2623 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| Unknown to 01 Oct 62 | Squadron Leader Edwin Noble Millicans | 3161 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Oct 62 to 01 Apr 65 | Squadron Leader Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy | 4022 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Dec 66 to | Squadron Leader Jayant Vishwanath Gole | 4578 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Jan 68 to 30 Jun 68 | Squadron Leader Amarendra Nath Sanyal | 4982 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Jan 69 to | Wing Commander Prithi Singh | 4480 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Jan 71 to | Wing Commander Kailash Chandra Khanna | 4722 F(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| Unknown to 01 Dec 78 | Wing Commander Pratap Rao | 5188 F(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| Unknown to | Wing Commander Mahendra Vir Singh | 6769 F(P) | CO | ||
| Unknown to | Wing Commander Jeffrey Reginald McKerrow | 10469 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Jan 87 to 01 Jan 89 | Wing Commander Manmohan Singh | 11862 F(P) | CO | Sirsa | |
| Unknown to | Wing Commander Satish Chandra Mehta | 12223 F(P) | CO | ||
The URL for this page is http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/101 Sqn
Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.