Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force

c.1942, ITW Lahore

c.1942, ITW Lahore - OD Agnihotri is third from right on the top row.

c.1942, 'The Types who passed ITW Lahore'

c.1942, 'The Types who passed ITW Lahore' - Flight Cadets of the 14th Pilots Course at the Initial Training Wing, Lahore. OD Agnihotri is second from right in the second row from top.

c.1941, Allahabad University

c.1941, Allahabad University. Wearing the Corporal stripes as part of the UTC

No.22 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (22 AACU), Katni

No.22 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (22 AACU), Katni- Flying Officer A K Ganguly (seated center) and Pilot Officer O D Agnihotri (right) were the “Founders of AFS Katni” when they moved ‘D’ Flight from Mehgaon to Katni in May 1943 – they would have been

151 Operational Training Unit - Risalpur

c.1944 . This photograph was marked 'OTU' and was probably of OD Agnihotri after his advanced training at the Operational Training Unit at Risalpur, just before his posting to Kohat. Standing L to R: J S Ingle, Unknown, Unknown, Mukerjee Sitting L to R :

151 OTU - Risalpur - No.27 "B" Fighters Course

No.151 OTU Risalpur in 1944 - Prior to his posting to No.2 Squadron. Photo Labelled as 27 'B' Course - Top L to R: P/O Noshir Shroff, P/O Edmiston, P/O Jacob, P/O M Singh. Sitting L to R : F/O O D Agnihotri, F/O Dinshaw Eduljee, F/O S W Bobb

Other Non-Indian Air Force photographs from the albums show a Blenheim Mk IV, a Handley page Hampden and wartime cutaway drawing

Boulton Paul Defiant

This photograph of a Defiant is from OD Agnihotri's collection and was framed in glass and mounted on the wall. Though the author always believed that the pilot looked like his father, its possible that this is a stock RAF photograph of the aircraft.

Other Non-Indian Air Force photographs from the albums show a Blenheim Mk IV, a Handley page Hampden and wartime cutaway drawing

Other Non-Indian Air Force photographs from the albums show a Blenheim Mk IV, a Handley page Hampden and wartime cutaway drawing

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