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Flight Commander Appointments at No.8 Squadron | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Mar 43 to 25 Nov 43 | Flying Officer Kanwar Haveli Shah Chopra | 1596 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - A Flt | Peshawar |  |
| 01 Mar 43 to 25 Nov 43 | Flying Officer Hari Chand Dewan | 1598 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - B Flt | Peshawar |  |
| 26 Nov 43 to 13 Oct 44 | Flight Lieutenant Berry | RAF | Flt Cdr - A Flt. To 152OTU | Phaphamau | |
| 26 Nov 43 to 08 Nov 44 | Flight Lieutenant Kanwar Haveli Shah Chopra | 1596 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - B Flt. To AirHQ | Phaphamau | |
| 01 Nov 44 to | Flight Lieutenant N Dugdale | RAF | Flt Cdr - A Flt | Samungli | |
| 16 Nov 44 to 08 Aug 45 | Flight Lieutenant Syed Naseem Haider | 2116 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - B Flt. To UK for Fighter Leader Course | Amarda Road |  |
| 22 Aug 45 to 02 Jan 46 | Flight Lieutenant Ranjan Dutt | 1594 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - B Flt | Mingaladon |  |
| 03 Jan 46 to 11 Jul 46 | Flight Lieutenant Syed Abbas Hussain | 1706 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - To OTU | Samungli |  |
| 01 Jan 46 to | Flight Lieutenant Alexander Sathyanathan Joseph Henry | 1643 GD(P) | Flt Cdr |  | |
| 22 Jul 46 to 31 Aug 46 | Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Mukhtar Ahmad Cheema | 1657 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Kolar |  |
| 19 Aug 46 to | Flight Lieutenant Kashinath Baburao Joshi | 2427 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - A Flt. Fm UK FLC | Kolar |  |
| 16 Sep 46 to 09 Sep 47 | Flight Lieutenant Charandas Gurudas Devashar | 1867 GD(P) | Flt Cdr - B Flt | Kolar |  |
| Unknown to 01 Dec 48 | Flight Lieutenant Michael Patrick Owen Blake | 2630 GD(P) | Flt Cdr |  | |
| 01 Mar 57 to 01 Dec 57 | Flight Lieutenant Emanuel Raymond Fernandes | 3577 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Pune |  |
| Unknown to 01 May 62 | Flight Lieutenant Ravinder Lal Badhwar | 4341 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Kalaikunda | |
| Unknown to 01 Dec 62 | Flight Lieutenant Denzil Edward Satur | 4339 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Palam |  |
| Unknown to 01 Oct 63 | Squadron Leader Ravinder Lal Badhwar | 4341 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Adampur | |
| Unknown to 01 Dec 62 | Squadron Leader Om Prakash Taneja | 3843 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 20 Mar 72 to 24 Mar 74 | Squadron Leader Manbir Singh | 6771 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Ambala |  |
| 01 Aug 74 to | Squadron Leader Kamal Khanna | 5795 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Pune |  |
| Unknown to 30 May 76 | Squadron Leader Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Pune |  |
| Unknown to 30 Sep 77 | Squadron Leader Harish Sinhji | 10097 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Oct 77 to 10 Jan 82 | Squadron Leader Krishna Balakrishna Menon | 9028 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Feb 82 to | Squadron Leader Kamlesh Singh Mandla | 9827 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Tezpur |  |
| Unknown to | Squadron Leader Christopher Michael James | 11593 GD(P) | Flt Cdr | Tezpur |  |
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