![]() No.7 Squadron Battle Axes Motto : Shatrunjay (Vanquish the enemy) Date Raised : 1942-12-01 Location : Maharajpur Read Detailed History
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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01 Dec 42 to 05 Jun 44 | Squadron Leader Hemango Nath Choudhuri | 1565 GD(P) | CO | Vizagapatnam | |
06 Jun 44 to 20 Jun 44 | Squadron Leader Aizad Baksh Awan | 1552 GD(P) | CO | Ranchi | |
21 Jun 44 to 18 Sep 45 | Squadron Leader Pratap Chandra Lal | 1567 GD(O) | CO - to AirHQ | Peshawar/ Imphal | |
13 Oct 45 to 05 Jun 46 | Squadron Leader Syed Haider Hassan | 1582 GD(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
06 Jun 46 to 17 Jun 47 | Squadron Leader Madan Lal Misra | 1645 GD(P) | CO - to AirHQ | Risalpur | |
18 Jun 47 to 16 Apr 48 | Squadron Leader Sidney Basil Noronha | 1735 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
01 Feb 48 to 22 Jul 49 | Squadron Leader Ezra D'Sylva Masillamani | 1774 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
22 Jul 49 to 16 Dec 49 | Squadron Leader Devaiah Subia | 1866 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
16 Dec 49 to 07 Feb 51 | Squadron Leader Baldev Singh Dogra | 1921 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
20 Feb 51 to 01 Sep 53 | Squadron Leader George Kanishtkumar John | 2132 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
01 Sep 53 to 20 Oct 56 | Squadron Leader Michael Patrick Owen Blake | 2630 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
20 Oct 56 to 01 Jun 59 | Squadron Leader Wilbur Desmond McNeill | 2995 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
01 Jun 59 to 21 Apr 62 | Squadron Leader Bharat Singh | 3582 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
21 Apr 62 to 01 Oct 62 | Squadron Leader Surendra Kumar Mehra | 4197 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
01 Oct 62 to 05 Aug 64 | Wing Commander Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | CO | Halwara | |
05 Aug 64 to 24 Feb 66 | Wing Commander Toric Zachariah | 3026 GD(P) | CO | Halwara/ Hindon | |
24 Feb 66 to 15 Apr 67 | Wing Commander Man Singh | 4094 GD(P) | CO | Hindon | |
15 Apr 67 to 01 Jul 70 | Wing Commander Har Mohan Singh Chatwal | 4198 GD(P) | CO | Hindon/ Bagdogra | |
01 Jul 70 to 08 Dec 71 | Wing Commander Bernard Anthony Coelho | 4488 GD(P) | CO | Bagdogra | |
10 Dec 71 to 27 Mar 72 | Wing Commander Nirmal Chandra Suri | 4236 GD(P) | CO | Bagdogra/ Palam | |
27 Mar 72 to 29 Jul 74 | Wing Commander Ranvijay Singh | 4202 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
29 Jul 74 to 31 Aug 77 | Wing Commander Trilochan Singh | 5043 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
31 Aug 77 to 17 Mar 80 | Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Verma | 6528 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
17 Mar 80 to 27 Dec 82 | Wing Commander Satish Govind Inamdar | 7189 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
27 Dec 82 to 01 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Virendra Kumar Chawla | 7408 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
29 Jun 85 to 22 Jun 87 | Wing Commander Ajit Bhavnani | 10440 GD(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
22 Jun 87 to 18 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya | 11848 GD(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
19 Jun 89 to 08 Oct 89 | Wing Commander Ramesh Bakshi | 12376 GD(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
09 Oct 89 to 28 Oct 91 | Wing Commander Mohan John | 13131 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
29 Oct 91 to 14 Nov 93 | Wing Commander Vijay Prakash Nandrajog | 13136 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
15 Nov 93 to 04 Jun 95 | Wing Commander Satya Prakash Rajguru | 13765 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
05 Jun 95 to 20 Apr 97 | Wing Commander Hitesh Hari Bhai Patel | 14271 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
21 Apr 97 to 02 May 99 | Wing Commander Mohit Kumar | 14674 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
03 May 99 to 25 May 01 | Wing Commander Sandeep Chhabra | 16032 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
26 May 01 to 20 Apr 03 | Wing Commander Rajesh Kumar | 16770 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
21 Apr 03 to 24 May 05 | Wing Commander Suraj Kumar Jha | 17445 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
25 May 05 to 17 Jun 07 | Wing Commander Harpreet Singh Basra | 19174 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
18 Jun 07 to 21 Jun 09 | Wing Commander Vikram Pathak | 20971 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
29 Apr 13 to 31 Mar 14 | Wing Commander #N/A | CO | Gwalior | ||
01 Apr 14 to 22 Mar 15 | Group Captain #N/A | CO | Gwalior | ||
23 Mar 15 to 31 Mar 15 | Wing Commander #N/A | CO | Gwalior | ||
01 Apr 15 to 15 May 07 | Group Captain #N/A | CO | Gwalior | ||
15 May 17 to 02 Jul 17 | Wing Commander #N/A | CO | Gwalior | ||
03 Jul 17 to | Group Captain #N/A | CO | Gwalior |