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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:

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DatesRank & NameNumberRemarksLocationPhoto
20 Feb 44 to 18 Jun 45Squadron Leader Robert Francis Thomas DoeRAFCOLahore
19 Jun 45 to 28 Jun 45Flight Lieutenant RW JonesRAFCOLahore
29 Jun 45 to 21 Oct 45Squadron Leader RW JonesRAFCORanchi/ Burma
22 Oct 45 to 05 Jan 46Flight Lieutenant I AdamsonRAFCOBurma
05 Jan 46 to 22 Aug 46Squadron Leader Haider Raza1579 GD(P)CO - AHQ 1STB to RAF KohatBurma
23 Aug 46 to 08 May 47Squadron Leader Mirza Abdul Rahman1647 GD(P)CO - Fm RIAF PHU to AirHQChakeri
02 Jun 47 to 21 Feb 48Squadron Leader Hrushikesh Moolgavkar1644 GD(P)COChakeri
21 Feb 48 to 10 May 49Squadron Leader Zafar Ahmed Shah1805 GD(P)COAmbala
10 May 49 to 03 Jul 50Squadron Leader Charandas Gurudas Devashar1867 GD(P)COPalam
03 Jul 50 to 26 Aug 50Squadron Leader George Kanishtkumar John2132 GD(P)COPalam
26 Aug 50 to 18 Jul 52Squadron Leader Pundalik Basawant Rao Pawar2123 GD(P)COPalam/ Halwara
18 Jul 52 to 05 Oct 53Squadron Leader George Henry King2386 GD(P)COPalam
05 Oct 53 to 19 Jun 54Flight Lieutenant Cecil Hugh Lawrence Digby2988 GD(P)COPalam
19 Jun 54 to 07 Jul 57Squadron Leader David Eugene Bouche2774 GD(P)COPalam
07 Jul 57 to 01 Sep 59Squadron Leader Shamrao Ramrao Powar3100 GD(P)COPalam
01 Sep 59 to 17 Aug 61Squadron Leader Yogindra Kumar Barman3847 GD(P)COPalam
17 Aug 61 to 30 May 64Squadron Leader Brijpal Singh Sikand3947 GD(P)COPalam
01 Apr 67 to 21 Sep 67Wing Commander Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy4022 GD(P)COJamnagar
21 Sep 67 to 11 May 70Wing Commander Gandharva Sen4429 GD(P)COJamnagar/ Pune
11 May 70 to 12 Sep 70Wing Commander Onkar Nath Kacker4605 GD(P)COPune
03 Nov 70 to 01 Feb 74Wing Commander Keshev Chandra Aggarwal4434 GD(P)COPune/ Jodhpur
01 Feb 74 to 08 Jan 77Wing Commander Krishen Kumar Bakshi5012 GD(P)COJodhpur
08 Jan 77 to 11 Dec 79Wing Commander Chandra Krishna Kumar Menon5699 GD(P)COJodhpur
11 Dec 79 to 30 Dec 80Wing Commander Dinkar Shantaram Jatar6521 GD(P)COJodhpur
30 Dec 80 to 02 May 83Wing Commander Rattan Lal Bamzai7738 GD(P)COJodhpur
02 May 83 to 27 May 85Wing Commander Krishna Balakrishna Menon9028 GD(P)COJodhpur
27 May 85 to 24 Nov 86Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Bhatia10892 GD(P)COJodhpur
24 Nov 86 to 28 Nov 88Wing Commander Jitendra Singh Thakur12012 GD(P)COJodhpur
28 Nov 88 to 26 Nov 90Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Verma11638 GD(P)COJodhpur
26 Nov 90 to 30 Nov 92Wing Commander Rajan Atturlal Jaisinghani12953 F(P)COJodhpur
30 Nov 92 to 26 Dec 94Wing Commander Gurdip Singh Kochar13149 F(P)COJodhpur
26 Dec 94 to 31 Jul 95Wing Commander Jasvinder Chauhan14079 F(P)COJodhpur
31 Jul 95 to 04 Aug 97Wing Commander Krishana Ramnath Moorthy14560 F(P)COJodhpur
04 Aug 97 to 07 Dec 99Wing Commander Kondaoasula Raghavendra Prasad15204 F(P)COJodhpur
08 Dec 99 to 08 Sep 02Wing Commander Sanjeev Bedi16569 F(P)COJodhpur
09 Sep 02 to 11 Jul 04Wing Commander Kanjithanda Bopanna Karumbaya18074 F(P)COJodhpur
12 Jul 04 to 14 May 06Wing Commander Anil Kumar18790 F(P)COJodhpur
15 May 06 to 14 Sep 08Wing Commander Venigalla Srinivas Choudhary19869 F(P)COJodhpur
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