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 No.8 Squadron Eight Pursoots Motto : Surakshya Va Akraman (Offense is Defence) Date Raised : 1942-12-01 Location : Bareilly
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Mar 43 to 26 Mar 44 | Squadron Leader Niranjan Prasad | 1586 GD(P) | CO - To AirHQ | Trichinopoly/ Phapha |  |
| 30 May 50 to 28 May 52 | Squadron Leader Madhav Bhawrao Naik | 1874 GD(P) | CO | Palam |  |
| 29 May 52 to 31 May 53 | Squadron Leader Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey | 2715 GD(P) | CO | Palam |  |
| 01 Jun 53 to 08 Apr 56 | Squadron Leader Roshan Lal Suri | 2459 GD(P) | CO | Palam/ Ambala |  |
| 09 Apr 56 to 16 Jan 57 | Squadron Leader Potula Venkata Sobhan Ram | 3084 GD(P) | CO | Ambala/ Kalaikunda |  |
| 17 Jan 57 to 10 Apr 59 | Squadron Leader Regionald Louis Sayce | 3086 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda |  |
| 11 Apr 59 to 22 Apr 62 | Squadron Leader William Macdonald Goodman | 3571 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda |  |
| 21 Oct 62 to 22 Nov 64 | Wing Commander Subhas Ranjan Bose | 3152 GD(P) | CO | Palam/ Adampur |  |
| 23 Nov 64 to 15 Oct 65 | Wing Commander Edwin Noble Millicans | 3161 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 16 Oct 65 to 07 Apr 68 | Wing Commander Patrick Russell Earle | 3965 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 27 Mar 44 to 07 Dec 44 | Squadron Leader Ira Allison Sutherland | RAF | CO | Manpur/ Cox Bazaar | |
| 08 Apr 68 to 08 Dec 68 | Wing Commander Sanwal Shah | 4421 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 23 Dec 68 to 10 Jan 71 | Wing Commander Partha Kumar Dey | 4404 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 11 Jan 71 to 02 Dec 73 | Wing Commander Amia Kumar Sen | 4717 GD(P) | CO | Ambala/ Pune |  |
| 03 Dec 73 to 31 May 76 | Wing Commander Arun Trimbak Thakur | 4985 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 01 Jun 76 to 14 Nov 76 | Wing Commander Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 15 Nov 76 to 25 Nov 79 | Wing Commander Ramesh Shridhar Hardas | 5308 GD(P) | CO | Pune/ Tezpur |  |
| 26 Nov 79 to 14 Mar 82 | Wing Commander Manjit Singh Sekhon | 6756 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 15 Mar 82 to 08 Jul 84 | Wing Commander Vasudevan Vatsalan Nair | 7693 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 09 Jul 84 to 15 Jun 86 | Wing Commander Henery Osborne Robey | 10166 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 16 Jun 86 to 12 Jul 87 | Wing Commander Chandra Nath Ghosh | 10124 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur/ Hasimara |  |
| 10 Jan 45 to 04 Jun 45 | Squadron Leader MW Coombes | RAF | CO | Baigachi | |
| 12 Sep 87 to 18 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Christopher Michael James | 11593 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara/ Bagdogra |  |
| 19 Jun 89 to 16 Jun 91 | Wing Commander Phillip Frank Montes | 12524 GD(P) | CO | Bagdogra | |
| 17 Jun 91 to 27 Jun 93 | Wing Commander Ajit Singh | 13147 F(P) | CO | Bagdogra |  |
| 28 Jun 93 to 10 Jul 95 | Wing Commander Sapan Kumar Karmaker | 13379 F(P) | CO | Bagdogra |  |
| 11 Jul 95 to 20 Jul 97 | Wing Commander Charles James Weir | 14697 F(P) | CO | Bagdogra |  |
| 21 Jul 97 to 22 Aug 99 | Wing Commander Arvind Singh Karki | 15048 F(P) | CO | Bagdogra |  |
| 23 Aug 99 to 13 Jul 00 | Wing Commander Anil Kumar Murgai | 16212 F(P) | CO | Bagdogra |  |
| 09 Aug 00 to 06 Oct 02 | Wing Commander Tejinder Pal Singh | 16781 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 07 Oct 02 to 14 Nov 02 | Wing Commander Naresh Dogra | 17839 F(P) | CO | ||
| 20 Nov 02 to 30 Aug 04 | Wing Commander Savinder Pal Singh | 18116 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 05 Jun 45 to 23 Nov 45 | Squadron Leader James Samuel Humphreys | RAF | CO | Baigachi/ Mingaladon | |
| 01 Nov 07 to 08 Nov 09 | Wing Commander Mehtab Singh Deswal | 20131 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 24 Nov 45 to 24 Oct 46 | Squadron Leader Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | CO | Mingaladon/ Trichino |  |
| 06 Jan 47 to 18 Jul 47 | Squadron Leader Zahiruddin Ahmad | 1672 GD(P) | CO | Kolar/ Pune |  |
| 19 Jul 47 to 29 Feb 48 | Squadron Leader Padam Singh Gill | 1656 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 01 Mar 48 to 15 Dec 48 | Squadron Leader Manohar Maharudrappa Sakhare | 1679 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 16 Dec 48 to 29 May 50 | Squadron Leader Rustom Sorabji Kalyaniwala | 1869 GD(P) | CO | Palam |  |
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