No.49 Squadron Paraspears

Motto : Dhairya Vijayate (Bold will be victorious)
Date Raised : 1960-02-02 Location : Jorhat
The sqn was formed in Barrackpore and moved to Jorhat in May 1962.

Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


02 Feb 60 -
Squadron Leader
Parshotamlal Pandhi
1997 GD(P)
CO
Barrackpore

Unknown -
Wing Commander
Om Prakash Devgon
4726 GD(P)
CO


Unknown - 01 Dec 73
Wing Commander
Manish Kumar Rudra
4358 GD(P)
CO


Unknown -
Wing Commander
Jasmer Singh Dhanoa
4428 GD(P)
CO


29 Apr 76 -
Wing Commander
Venkatraman Shankar
5197 GD(P)
CO


Unknown -
Wing Commander
Jagbir Singh Rai
6507 GD(P)
CO


Unknown -
Wing Commander
Druba Jyoti Sarma
9822 GD(P)
CO


Unknown -
Wing Commander
Rohintoni Homi Deshmukh
9074 GD(P)
CO


29 Jun 92 -
Group Captain
Shyamal Kumar Banerjee
10941 GD(P)
CO


Unknown -
Group Captain
Ravinder Kumar Sharma
16050 F(P)
CO


Unknown -
Group Captain
R Dineshan
18807 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

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