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Gallery History The Era of the Jets : 1948 - 1960 70th Pilots Course

70th Pilots Course

Sqn Ldr Duncan Cruickshank

Commencement : October 1955
Commissioned : 30th November 1956
Trained at : No.1 Air Force Academy, Begumpet
Jet Training Wing, Warangal
Intake : -NA-
Output :
Pilot Wings 17 Cadets
Navigation -NA-
Other Branches -NA-
Casualities -NA-
Withdrawn -NA-
Commission Numbers : 5271 GD(P) to 5287 GD(P)  (Listing)

Size: 14 items
Early Days
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Early Days

A few months after joining up - McDonald, Puttaya and Shanks standing

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Presidents Plaque
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Presidents Plaque

Receiving the presidents plaque for all round best officer from Gen J N Chaudhari

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70 PC - Early Days
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70 PC - Early Days

Before Commissioning - Back Row: Sammy, Tully, McDonald, Shanks, Pakhnidhan, Marani, Vohra, Putay.

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Passing Out Parade
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Passing Out Parade

Passing Out Parade - Tully leading - Front Row: Gautam, Vohra, Cruickshank

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Recieving Wings
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Recieving Wings

Recieving Wings - Air Commodore P C Lal DFC presided over the commissioning ceremony

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Patiala Trophy
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Patiala Trophy

Duncan Cruickshank recieving the Patiala Trophy for being best in flying from Air Commodore P C Lal.

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Instructor Raghavan
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Instructor Raghavan

A P S Aurora (Left) and Duncan Cruickshank (Right) with their instructor Raghavan

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70 PC - Post Commissioning Photo
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70 PC - Post Commissioning Photo

Stdg L to R: Tully , Aurora, Raghavan(Instructor), Rajan, Puttu, ??, Maranie, ??, Adlakha, Menezes, Buggy. Sitting L to R: Sammy, Gautam, Ferdy, Shanks, Tangri.

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Passing Out Dinner
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Passing Out Dinner

Stdg L to R: Aurora, Puttu, Raghavan, Shanks, Sargon, Parkya, Gotla, Walter Marshal Sitting L to R: Afgan, Rita Sargon, Ferdy, Hespa Marshal and Sammy.

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Instructor Raghavan
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Instructor Raghavan

Cruickshank with Raghavan and Aurora

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Jet Training Wing, Warangal
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Jet Training Wing, Warangal

Hakimpet runway was undergoing repairs and JTW (Jet Training Wing) was moved to Warangal where there was a old World War 2 runway. So the 69th and 70th Courses did our Vampire conversion there. Very primitive, all tented accommodation and we survived one

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JTW Training, Warangal
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JTW Training, Warangal

L to R D'Silva, Puttaya, Cruickshank, Pias, Ferdy and Punth

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Holi Festival at Warangal
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Holi Festival at Warangal

Holi Festival at Warangal - Pias, Shanks, Buggy, Ferdy, Tully and Menezes

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Ferdie and Shanks at JTW Warangal
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Ferdie and Shanks at JTW Warangal

T J Fernandez and Duncan Cruickshank

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