No.1 Squadron Tigers

Motto : Ekta mein Shakti (In Unitsy Lies Strength)
Date Raised : 1933-04-01 Location : Maharajpur

Mothballed at independence and reraised in 1953

Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers
01 Apr 33 - 01 Aug 35 Flight Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Bouchier RAF CO Karachi	01 Aug 35 - 02 May 36 Squadron Leader Cecil Arthur Bouchier RAF CO Karachi	02 May 36 - 21 Apr 38 Squadron Leader KC Hanscock RAF CO Karachi	21 Apr 38 - 01 Oct 38 Wing Commander CP Horsley RAF CO Karachi	01 Oct 38 - 16 Mar 39 Squadron Leader CH Smith RAF CO Ambala
16 Mar 39 - 25 Aug 39 Flight Lieutenant Subroto Mukerjee 1551 GD(P) CO Ambala	25 Aug 39 - 27 Jun 41 Squadron Leader Subroto Mukerjee 1551 GD(P) CO Ambala	27 Jun 41 - 16 Apr 42 Squadron Leader Karun Krishna Majumdar 1555 GD(P) CO Peshawar	17 Apr 42 - 03 Sep 42 Squadron Leader Subroto Mukerjee 1551 GD(P) CO Secunderabad	03 Sep 42 - 04 Oct 42 Squadron Leader Henry Runganadhan 11 GD(P) CO Trichinopoly
04 Oct 42 - 03 Sep 43 Squadron Leader Surendra Nath Goyal 1560 GD(P) CO Trichinopoly	03 Sep 43 - 15 Dec 44 Squadron Leader Arjan Singh 1577 GD(P) CO - To AirHQ Kohat	15 Dec 44 - 01 Aug 45 Squadron Leader Ramaswami Rajaram 1573 GD(O) CO - To Delhi Imphal	01 Aug 45 - 18 Mar 46 Squadron Leader Edwin Nazir Ullah 1599 GD(P) CO - To HAIFA for course Peshawar	20 Mar 46 - 14 May 47 Squadron Leader Ranjan Dutt 1594 GD(P) CO Peshawar
26 May 47 - 10 Jul 47 Squadron Leader Anand Ramdas Pandit 1707 GD(P) CO Peshawar	31 Jul 47 - 14 Aug 47 Squadron Leader Zahiruddin Ahmad 1672 GD(P) CO Peshawar	01 Feb 53 - 25 Sep 53 Squadron Leader Edul Jahangir Dhatigara 1899 GD(O) CO Halwara	25 Sep 53 - 03 Apr 56 Squadron Leader Trilochan Singh Brar 2884 GD(P) CO Palam	03 Apr 56 - 14 Feb 57 Squadron Leader George Douglas Clarke 3295 GD(P) CO Palam
14 Feb 57 - 26 Mar 59 Squadron Leader Dilbagh Singh 2998 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	26 Mar 59 - 29 May 61 Squadron Leader Paul Cecil Roby 3479 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	29 May 61 - 21 Nov 62 Squadron Leader Surapati Bhattacharya 3974 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	21 Nov 62 - 14 Sep 64 Wing Commander Raghubir Dutt Law 3069 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	14 Sep 64 - 26 Sep 67 Wing Commander Om Prakash Taneja 3843 GD(P) CO Adampur
26 Sep 67 - 29 Jan 68 Wing Commander Sudesh Kumar Dahar 4425 GD(P) CO Adampur	29 Jan 68 - 28 Sep 70 Wing Commander Bhupendra Nath Misra 4079 GD(P) CO Adampur	28 Sep 70 - 24 Sep 73 Wing Commander Upkar Singh 4658 GD(P) CO Adampur	24 Sep 73 - 17 Feb 76 Wing Commander Brijesh Dhar Jayal 4972 GD(P) CO Adampur	17 Feb 76 - 16 Apr 78 Wing Commander Keith David Kingsley Lewis 5109 GD(P) CO Adampur
03 May 78 - 04 Jan 81 Wing Commander Tushar Sen 6006 GD(P) CO Adampur	05 Jan 81 - 22 May 83 Wing Commander Ritu Raj Jaindass 8432 GD(P) CO Adampur/ Gorakhpur	23 May 83 - 24 Aug 84 Wing Commander Teshter Jall Master 7224 GD(P) CO Gorakhpur	25 Aug 84 - 31 Dec 85 Wing Commander Gopalasamudram Mahadevan Vishwanathan 9056 GD(P) CO Gorakhpur	01 Jan 86 - 21 May 88 Wing Commander Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia 11631 GD(P) CO Gwalior
21 May 88 - 23 Apr 90 Wing Commander Sharad Uddhavrao Apte 12380 GD(P) CO Gwalior	23 Apr 90 - 27 Apr 92 Wing Commander Noel Amiyakumar Moitra 12931 F(P) CO Gwalior	27 Apr 92 - 16 May 94 Wing Commander Anil Chopra 13368 F(P) CO Gwalior	16 May 94 - 26 Nov 95 Wing Commander Satvir Singh Dhanda 13926 F(P) CO Gwalior	26 Nov 95 - 15 Dec 97 Wing Commander Daljit Singh 14553 F(P) CO Gwalior
15 Dec 97 - 06 Mar 00 Wing Commander Sanderraman Neelakantan 15184 F(P) CO Gwalior	06 Mar 00 - 22 Apr 02 Wing Commander Neeraj Yadav 16399 F(P) CO Gwalior	22 Apr 02 - 07 Jul 03 Wing Commander Raghunath Nambiar 16378 F(P) CO Gwalior	07 Jul 03 - 13 Dec 04 Wing Commander N S Venkateshvar 18087 F(P) CO Gwalior	13 Dec 04 - 26 Dec 06 Wing Commander Narmdeshwar Tiwari 18270 F(P) CO Gwalior
26 Dec 06 - 19 Jan 09 Wing Commander Hilal Ahmed Rather 19863 F(P) CO Gwalior

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