Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force

Album: Early Years - Training

Album: Kohat '44 with No.2 Squadron

After completing Initial Training at Lahore and Flying Training at Ambala, OD Agnihotri probably went to the OTU at Risalpur for training on the Hurricane. Immediately thereafter he was posted to No.2 Squadron at Kohat in early 1944. No.2 Squadron ahd mo

Album: No.2 Squadron - Portraits

A series of 'Portrait' photos from Fg Offr OD Agnihotris albums of the time gives us a candid picture of the men who were involved in the operations from that time. Not all of these are from No.2 Squadron, as you would see, some of them are from other s

Album: No.2 Sqn - Camp Akyab and Ramree Island

The Third Arakan campaign (Arakan Offensive) in Burma started in earnest in December 1944. The objective was to capture the Mayu Peninsula, Akyab and Ramree Island, which would provide forward airfields for the support of Fourteenth Army in their

Album: Back to Kohat in 1946

The RAF commissioned Kohat for operational purposes in 1922 to meet the threat posed by tribesmen of the northern and western areas of the Frontier Province. Kohat was one of the three stations in the region, the other two being Peshawar and Risalpur. In

Album: WW2 Memorabilia

Album: Air Services India

After his last posting at the RAF Station Kohat at the end of the war, like many war time emergency commissioned officers, OD Agnihotri left the RIAF to take up a career in civil flying. Post WW2, a number of private operators cropped up operating on sur

Album: No.51 Squadron "Delhi Auxillary Air Force"

OD Agnihotri left the Air Services of India in 1948 when he joined the Indian Railways Traffic Services (IRTS) as a Wartime candidate. He would spend the rest of his career with the Railways, until 1980 when he passed away due to a heart attack. Even du