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