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3 Equipment Depot


Location : Avadi
23 Equipment Depot at Avadi (Chennai) dates back to World War II. Christened in December 1944 as 337 Maintenance Units under the Royal Indian Air Force, it functioned as a Supply Point and a Storage Depot for South-East Asia. It was renamed twice over as No. 3 Equipment Depot in September 1947 and 23 Equipment Depot in March 1966.

Commanding Officers


01 Dec 48 -
Wing Commander
Ram Nath Chawla
1626 EQPT
Stn Cdr
Avadi

Unknown - 30 Sep 56
Wing Commander
Dileep Kumar Sarkar
1634 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Avadi

08 Oct 56 -
Wing Commander
Ram Kumar Behl
1893 A&SD
Stn Cdr
Avadi

Unknown - 09 Jul 58
Wing Commander
Prasanta Chitta Santra
2839 A&SD
Stn Cdr
Avadi

06 Jun 60 -
Wing Commander
Protul Tej Sinha
2563 EQPT
Stn Cdr
Avadi

Unknown - 19 May 64
Group Captain
Mahabir Chand
1750 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Avadi

20 May 64 - 28 Feb 66
Group Captain
Alexander Sathyanathan Joseph Henry
1643 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Avadi
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Unit continued existence as 23 ED
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