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No.51 (Auxiliary AF) Squadron


Date Raised : 1955-11-01 Disbanded : 1963-01-08 Location : New Delhi
Originally given the HT-2 and Harvard, they had Vampure FB Mk52 introduced in 1959. In 1962 the flight moved from Palam to Pune. Subsequently it got absorbed into 220 sqn as the new IAF sqn
Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


01 Nov 55 - 22 Dec 57
Squadron Leader
Brian Keith Stidston
2821 GD(P)
CO
Delhi

06 Jun 58 - 14 May 59
Squadron Leader
Pradyot Kumar Senapati
2928 GD(P)
CO
Delhi

Unknown -
Squadron Leader
Doughlas Llewellyn Springett
3017 GD(P)
CO
Delhi

Unknown - 14 Jun 62
Squadron Leader
Jagdish Ranganath Bankapur
2986 GD(P)
CO
Delhi

15 Jun 62 -
Squadron Leader
Satyawan Jitendra
4196 GD(P)
CO
Delhi
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