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 No.6 Squadron Dragons Motto : Sada Satark (Always Alert) Date Raised : 1942-12-01 Location : Jamnagar Stood down in 1947 for conversion to C-47. Reraised in 1951 Read Detailed History
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Dec 42 to 30 Sep 44 | Squadron Leader Mehar Singh | 1559 GD(P) | CO | Tiruchirapally |  |
| 28 Jul 52 to 18 Jan 55 | Wing Commander John Dunbar Aquino | 1777 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 19 Jan 55 to 04 Nov 57 | Wing Commander Gurbachan Singh Bhullar | 1870 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 05 Nov 57 to 08 Feb 58 | Wing Commander Phiroz Mehta | 1715 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 05 Jul 58 to 30 Sep 62 | Wing Commander Chaman Lal Datta | 2632 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 02 Oct 62 to 31 Oct 65 | Wing Commander Vonthibettu Prabhakara Hegde | 3080 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 01 Nov 65 to 09 Aug 68 | Wing Commander Jagdish Behari Lal | 3646 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 10 Aug 68 to 27 Jun 72 | Wing Commander Keshave Dev Kanagat | 4433 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 28 Jun 72 to 03 Mar 74 | Wing Commander Sadatulla Mohamed | 4499 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 04 Mar 74 to 19 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Yashpaul Singh Marwa | 4613 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 20 Jun 77 to 02 May 79 | Wing Commander Harjit Singh Ghuman | 5692 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 01 Oct 44 to 25 Dec 44 | Wing Commander Mehar Singh | 1559 GD(P) | CO | Tiruchirapally | |
| 14 May 79 to 02 Aug 81 | Wing Commander Debatosh Banerjee | 5800 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 03 Aug 81 to 24 Jan 83 | Wing Commander Dilip Kumar Ranchhoddas Asher | 7686 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 21 Mar 83 to 07 Apr 85 | Wing Commander Vinay Shriram Godbole | 8431 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 08 Apr 85 to 02 Feb 86 | Group Captain Harjit Singh Ghuman | 5692 GD(P) | CO | Pune | |
| 02 Jun 86 to 22 Mar 87 | Group Captain Pritam Singh | 8127 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 23 Mar 87 to 18 Sep 88 | Group Captain Michael McMahon | 7399 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 19 Sep 88 to 27 May 90 | Group Captain Chandra Kant Krishnatri | 7697 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 12 Jul 90 to 20 Sep 92 | Group Captain Arvind Kumar Nagalia | 11633 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 21 Sep 92 to 06 Nov 94 | Wing Commander Dinesh Chandra Kumaria | 13366 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 07 Nov 94 to 16 Mar 97 | Wing Commander Ravi Kant Sharma | 14088 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 25 Dec 44 to 14 Dec 45 | Squadron Leader Jehangir Merwan Engineer | 1572 GD(P) | CO | Risalpur |  |
| 17 Mar 97 to 11 Apr 99 | Wing Commander Jasbir Singh Walia | 15684 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 12 Apr 99 to 25 Jun 01 | Wing Commander Anil Khosla | 15871 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 29 Jun 01 to 22 Jul 03 | Wing Commander Prashant Nagaraja Kaushik | 16783 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 23 Jul 03 to 26 Feb 04 | Wing Commander Ravi Khanna | 18565 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 01 Jun 04 to 19 Jun 06 | Wing Commander Viswajit Vasudev Dedgaonkar | 18813 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 31 Mar 14 to 31 Mar 15 | Wing Commander Sachin Gangaram More | 24176 F(P) | CO | Jamnagar | |
| 15 Dec 45 to 04 Aug 46 | Squadron Leader Azeez Lodhie | 1584 GD(P) | CO | Kohat |  |
| 01 Apr 15 to 10 Jun 16 | Group Captain Sachin Gangaram More | 24176 F(P) | CO | Jamnagar | |
| 05 Aug 46 to 11 Jan 47 | Squadron Leader Jagdish Chandra Varma | 1646 GD(P) | CO | Kohat |  |
| 15 Jan 47 to 30 Apr 47 | Squadron Leader Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1644 GD(P) | CO | Kohat |  |
| 27 May 47 to 09 Aug 47 | Squadron Leader Karori Lal Bhatia | 1605 GD(P) | CO | Kohat |  |
| 02 Feb 51 to 11 Jul 51 | Wing Commander Himmat Singh Ravubha Gohel | 1705 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 12 Jul 51 to 18 May 52 | Wing Commander Victor Srihari | 1624 GD(O) | CO | Pune |  |
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