No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers

Motto : Yudhyay Kritanishchayam (Into War with Determination)
Date Raised : 1944-02-20 Disbanded : 2019-03-31

Numerplated for 3 years in 1964. Converted to Marut as the first squadron on the type in 1967. It was given the type conversion role in August 1975

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Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers
20 Feb 44 - 18 Jun 45 Squadron Leader Robert Francis Thomas Doe RAF CO Lahore	19 Jun 45 - 28 Jun 45 Flight Lieutenant RW Jones RAF CO Lahore	29 Jun 45 - 21 Oct 45 Squadron Leader RW Jones RAF CO Ranchi/ Burma	22 Oct 45 - 05 Jan 46 Flight Lieutenant I Adamson RAF CO Burma	05 Jan 46 - 22 Aug 46 Squadron Leader Haider Raza 1579 GD(P) CO - AHQ 1STB to RAF Kohat Burma
23 Aug 46 - 08 May 47 Squadron Leader Mirza Abdul Rahman 1647 GD(P) CO - Fm RIAF PHU to AirHQ Chakeri	02 Jun 47 - 21 Feb 48 Squadron Leader Hrushikesh Moolgavkar 1644 GD(P) CO Chakeri	21 Feb 48 - 10 May 49 Squadron Leader Zafar Ahmed Shah 1805 GD(P) CO Ambala	10 May 49 - 03 Jul 50 Squadron Leader Charandas Gurudas Devashar 1867 GD(P) CO Palam	03 Jul 50 - 26 Aug 50 Squadron Leader George Kanishtkumar John 2132 GD(P) CO Palam
26 Aug 50 - 18 Jul 52 Squadron Leader Pundalik Basawant Rao Pawar 2123 GD(P) CO Palam/ Halwara	18 Jul 52 - 05 Oct 53 Squadron Leader George Henry King 2386 GD(P) CO Palam	05 Oct 53 - 19 Jun 54 Flight Lieutenant Cecil Hugh Lawrence Digby 2988 GD(P) CO Palam	19 Jun 54 - 07 Jul 57 Squadron Leader David Eugene Bouche 2774 GD(P) CO Palam	07 Jul 57 - 01 Sep 59 Squadron Leader Shamrao Ramrao Powar 3100 GD(P) CO Palam
01 Sep 59 - 17 Aug 61 Squadron Leader Yogindra Kumar Barman 3847 GD(P) CO Palam	17 Aug 61 - 30 May 64 Squadron Leader Brijpal Singh Sikand 3947 GD(P) CO Palam	01 Apr 67 - 21 Sep 67 Wing Commander Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy 4022 GD(P) CO Jamnagar	21 Sep 67 - 11 May 70 Wing Commander Gandharva Sen 4429 GD(P) CO Jamnagar/ Pune	11 May 70 - 12 Sep 70 Wing Commander Onkar Nath Kacker 4605 GD(P) CO Pune
03 Nov 70 - 01 Feb 74 Wing Commander Keshev Chandra Aggarwal 4434 GD(P) CO Pune/ Jodhpur	01 Feb 74 - 08 Jan 77 Wing Commander Krishen Kumar Bakshi 5012 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	08 Jan 77 - 11 Dec 79 Wing Commander Chandra Krishna Kumar Menon 5699 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	11 Dec 79 - 30 Dec 80 Wing Commander Dinkar Shantaram Jatar 6521 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	30 Dec 80 - 02 May 83 Wing Commander Rattan Lal Bamzai 7738 GD(P) CO Jodhpur
02 May 83 - 27 May 85 Wing Commander Krishna Balakrishna Menon 9028 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	27 May 85 - 24 Nov 86 Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Bhatia 10892 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	24 Nov 86 - 28 Nov 88 Wing Commander Jitendra Singh Thakur 12012 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	28 Nov 88 - 26 Nov 90 Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Verma 11638 GD(P) CO Jodhpur	26 Nov 90 - 30 Nov 92 Wing Commander Rajan Atturlal Jaisinghani 12953 F(P) CO Jodhpur
30 Nov 92 - 26 Dec 94 Wing Commander Gurdip Singh Kochar 13149 F(P) CO Jodhpur	26 Dec 94 - 31 Jul 95 Wing Commander Jasvinder Chauhan 14079 F(P) CO Jodhpur	31 Jul 95 - 04 Aug 97 Wing Commander Krishana Ramnath Moorthy 14560 F(P) CO Jodhpur	04 Aug 97 - 07 Dec 99 Wing Commander Kondaoasula Raghavendra Prasad 15204 F(P) CO Jodhpur	08 Dec 99 - 08 Sep 02 Wing Commander Sanjeev Bedi 16569 F(P) CO Jodhpur
09 Sep 02 - 11 Jul 04 Wing Commander Kanjithanda Bopanna Karumbaya 18074 F(P) CO Jodhpur	12 Jul 04 - 14 May 06 Wing Commander Anil Kumar 18790 F(P) CO Jodhpur	15 May 06 - 14 Sep 08 Wing Commander Venigalla Srinivas Choudhary 19869 F(P) CO Jodhpur

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No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers

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