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 No.12 Squadron Yaks Motto : Amit Vikram (Boundless Valour) Date Raised : 1945-12-01 Location : Agra 12 Sqn was formed in 1945 on the spitfires but became the first Indian squadron to convert to Transports. It Moved to Agra in August 1947 and has operated Oxfords, Dakotas, packets and An-32 since 1984. The Ops role of the squadron is bombing
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Dec 45 to 05 Dec 46 | Squadron Leader Syed Naseem Haider | 2116 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 06 Dec 46 to 30 Apr 47 | Squadron Leader Shivdev Singh | 1595 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 01 May 47 to 14 Aug 47 | Wing Commander Shivdev Singh | 1595 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 15 Aug 47 to 21 May 48 | Wing Commander Karori Lal Bhatia | 1605 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 22 May 48 to 01 Dec 48 | Wing Commander John Dunbar Aquino | 1777 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 02 Dec 48 to 11 Apr 49 | Squadron Leader Himmat Singh Ravubha Gohel | 1705 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 12 Apr 49 to 26 May 50 | Wing Commander Murat Singh Aulakh | 1660 GD(O) | CO | Agra |  |
| 20 Jun 50 to 15 Aug 51 | Wing Commander Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 16 Aug 51 to 01 Jan 53 | Wing Commander Ghansham Singh Tahilramani | 1749 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 02 Jan 53 to 13 Aug 54 | Wing Commander Kasargod Sadanand Bhat | 1747 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 14 Aug 54 to 09 Oct 55 | Wing Commander Himmat Singh Ravubha Gohel | 1705 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 10 Oct 55 to 31 Jul 57 | Wing Commander Lal Singh Grewal | 2337 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 01 Aug 57 to 30 Jun 58 | Wing Commander Bal Bhagwan Marathe | 1915 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 01 Jul 58 to 15 Apr 60 | Wing Commander Gian Dev Sharma | 1742 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 16 Apr 60 to 01 Aug 60 | Wing Commander Krishan Lal Suri | 2907 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 02 Aug 60 to 27 May 62 | Wing Commander Lal Singh Grewal | 2337 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 28 May 62 to 30 Sep 64 | Wing Commander Parshotamlal Pandhi | 1997 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 01 Oct 64 to 25 Sep 67 | Wing Commander Naresh Kumar Midha | 3658 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 26 Sep 67 to 10 May 70 | Wing Commander Sardar Amanullah Khan | 4424 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 17 May 70 to 07 Dec 73 | Wing Commander Shiv Prakash Sabharwal | 4413 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 08 Dec 73 to 29 Jan 76 | Wing Commander Purushottam Laxmikant Purohit | 4581 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 09 Feb 76 to 01 Jul 79 | Wing Commander Harwant Bir Singh | 5065 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 02 Jul 79 to 21 Apr 80 | Wing Commander Satish Kapoor | 6774 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 22 Apr 80 to 26 Oct 80 | Wing Commander Harbinder Singh Sidhu | 7682 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 27 Oct 80 to 15 Dec 83 | Group Captain Sowarnjit Singh Dhillon | 5186 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 04 Nov 84 to 31 May 86 | Group Captain Diba Kar Ghose | 4797 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 08 Sep 86 to 03 Jul 88 | Group Captain Bijoy Krishna Pandey | 8990 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 29 Aug 88 to 30 Jun 91 | Group Captain Shashi Mohan Puri | 10483 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 01 Jul 91 to 22 Aug 93 | Group Captain Kishori Prasad Kar | 9411 GD(P) | CO | Agra | |
| 23 Aug 93 to 18 Aug 96 | Group Captain Sudhir Mohan Sethi | 9479 GD(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 03 Oct 96 to 02 Jul 00 | Group Captain Sanjay Sharad Kumar Tilloo | 13919 F(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 03 Jul 00 to 06 Jan 03 | Group Captain Shamsher Jang Bahadur | 14570 F(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 13 Jan 03 to 19 Jul 04 | Group Captain Gurinder Pal Singh | 15417 F(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 19 Jul 04 to | Group Captain Kothandaram Krishna Reddy | 16623 F(P) | CO | Agra |  |
| 06 Jul 09 to | Group Captain Surendra Kumar Indoria | 18296 F(P) | CO | Agra |  |
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