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Tenure with No.3 Squadron

No.3 Squadron was the first Squadron of the Indian Air Force to convert onto the Hawker Tempest fighter bomber, in late 1946. The Squadron used these aircraft in the Hyderabad Operations and finally replaced them with the De Havilland Vampire in 1952.

No.3 Squadron was also the first operational posting for Arvind Dalaya - Featured here are the various photographs from his time with No.3 Squadron

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Get item URLs 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. Views: 202 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs 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 Views: 225 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs 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 Views: 232 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]
Get item URLs Funeral of P/O Rodrigues in 1951. I am the pallbearer in front on the right. I had just joined No.3 (Tempest) Squadron. Views: 236 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs I am on an Air-Sea launch near Jamnagar. The pilots were practicing air to air gunnery over the Rann of Kutch. Views: 202 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs 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 Views: 221 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]
Get item URLs Flying over Halwara. Arrowhead formation. I am the second on the left. Views: 164 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs 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 Views: 205 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs 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 Views: 247 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]
Get item URLs 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 Views: 252 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]	Get item URLs 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. Views: 209 Show URLs + Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the item: [TMB] Show image directly: [IMG] Show a clickable thumbnail linking to the original: [TMB]

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