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A Hawker Tempest MkII. I enjoyed flying the Tempest. It was not as graceful as the Spit but it was more powerful and was very stable especially when firing the cannons and rockets. The cockpit was roomier than the Spit and had far less vibration.
Date: 04/22/2007
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Jamnagar June 1951 Standing: F/O Karve, P/O Watts, F/O Misra, F/O Rikh, F/O Gaitely, F/O Uberoi, P/O Nizam, F/O MangatSitting: F/O Latta, F/O Mistry, F/Lt Mathur, S/Ldr Mackenzie, F/Lt Blake, F/O Michael, P/O Gracious (he was later kill
Date: 04/22/2007
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This is a photograph of the Harvard crash of F/O Rikh and P/O Rodrigues at Jamnagar in 1951. They were on an instrument flying sortie w/ Rodrigues under the hood in the rear cockpit. After instrument flying, Rikh flew low over a lake. His propellers hi
Date: 04/22/2007
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Funeral of P/O Rodrigues in 1951. I am the pallbearer in front on the right. I had just joined No.3 (Tempest) Squadron.
Date: 04/22/2007
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I am on an Air-Sea launch near Jamnagar. The pilots were practicing air to air gunnery over the Rann of Kutch.
Date: 04/22/2007
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No. 3 (Tempest) Squadron Ambala 1952. Seated: F/O “Kay” Singh, self, P/O Bhandari (later killed in a Tempest crash in Amritsar, his home town), airman, airman, F/O “Spike” Gaikwad, Eng Ofc, F/O Derek Watts (killed in an air crash at Begumpet Air Force Ac
Date: 04/22/2007
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Flying over Halwara. Arrowhead formation. I am the second on the left.
Date: 04/22/2007
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The crash of my Tempest at Halwara airfield in 1952. I was landing and felt the aircraft pull to the right. I squeezed on the left brake to keep it straight but it continued to veer to the right and went off the runway to the grass shoulder. The aircra
Date: 04/22/2007
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This was Flt Lt. “Sukhi” Singh’s Tempest. Sukhi was a very nice, fun-loving, humourous guy and a very good pilot. His engine failed over the airfield and he came to land on the left side of the runway on the grassy shoulder with wheels up for a belly lan
Date: 04/22/2007
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Flt Lt “Joe” Acharya at Halwara in 1952. Joe was my good friend. He had been awarded the trophy for the best pilot in his course. He later became a flying instructor and was killed in a tragic accident. While instructing a pupil in a Harvard during ta
Date: 04/22/2007
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With my very good friend, “Chakroo” Nizammuddin, at Halwara, 1951. Nothing much to do in Halwara but walk along the canal or go by boxwagon to Ludiana.
Date: 04/22/2007
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