Fg Offr O D Agnihotri - No.2 Squadron Photo Collection
Fg Offr OD Agnihotri did his BSc from Allahabad University before joining up in 1942. He was commissioned (IND/1991) in the Indian Air Force on 28 Mar 1943. OD Agnihotri served with No. 2 Squadron during the Second World War and took active part in Akyab / Ramree operations. In 1946 he left the IAF to take up a civilian flying career.
In 1948 he joined the Indian Railways and took active part in the Auxillary Air Force. He was with the Railways till his death in 1980.
In these pages, his son, Mr. Arun Agnihotri has contributed over 108 photographs from late Fg Offr OD Agnihotri's collection. There is also a PDF file download of a WW2 RAF Magazine. Many of the photographs in the 'WW2 Memorabilia' section have been taken by a professional photographer.
Clearly this is the largest ever personal WW2 photo collection till date on our website.
Date: 07/14/2015
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Album: Early Years - Training
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Album: WW2 Memorabilia
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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
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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
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