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Early Days
A few months after joining up - McDonald, Puttaya and Shanks standing
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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
Before Commissioning - Back Row: Sammy, Tully, McDonald, Shanks, Pakhnidhan, Marani, Vohra, Putay.
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Passing Out Parade
Passing Out Parade - Tully leading - Front Row: Gautam, Vohra, Cruickshank
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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
Duncan Cruickshank recieving the Patiala Trophy for being best in flying from Air Commodore P C Lal.
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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
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
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
Cruickshank with Raghavan and Aurora
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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
L to R D'Silva, Puttaya, Cruickshank, Pias, Ferdy and Punth
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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
T J Fernandez and Duncan Cruickshank
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