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Middle East
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Cairo
In Cairo, 1941 / 1942, on a leisurely camel ride
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Beach
At a beach while with the Middle East Pilots Pool, Dec 1941 or Jan 1942
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Cairo
Looking over the city of Cairo, late 1941 or Jan 1942
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A Big Help!
6 Sqn, A Big Help: Standing L to R: Aquino, Blunt, unid'd, Pujji, Ramunny, Patel. Sitting, L to R: Bhattacharjea, Verma, Massilamani, the big helper. Photo almost certainly early Feb 1944 as Bhattacharjea was with the squadron only for a couple of week
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6 Sqn, Baldwin Visit
Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin, AOC 3rd TAF, visits 6 Sqn. L to R: Two unid'd British officers, Ramunny, Blunt, Pujji, Massilamani, Sikh officer possibly GCS Babra, Mehar Singh, Baldwin
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On Pujji's Wing - 6 Sqn
Officers and airmen of 6 Sqn on the wing of Pujji's Hurricane (note the name "Amrit" below the cockpit). Identifiable: Pujji (chin in hand), Verma (sitting on canopy), Patel (cap under arm and hand on canopy)
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6 Sqn Stalwarts
L to R: ED Massilamani, Murkot Ramunny, MS Pujji, U/I British officer, LRD "Creamy" Blunt,
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Misidentified
Hurricanes never get their due ... Misidentified in the press as a Vengeance pilot
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Amrit in the Far East
Even after returning to India, Pujji continued the practice of naming his aircraft Amrit, after his fiancee at the time. Here Pujji is seen on a Hurricane IIB in Burma.
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USAAF visit
Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin and a USAAF officer visit
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USAAF visit
Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin and a USAAF officer visit
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USAAF visit
Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin and a USAAF officer visit
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Letter from CO
Letter from the CO of No.4 Squadron, Sqn Ldr Boyd-Berry, congratulating Pujji on his DFC. Boyd-Berry also informs Pujji that the other Flight Commander, Patrick Ascension Kennedy of the RAF got his DFC along with Pujji.
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Letter from Air Marshal Keith Park
21 April 1945: Letter from Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, congratulating Pujji on his DFC
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Eyes of the Army - 1
News Clipping from the Indian Listener, June 1944 on No.6 Squadron "Eyes of the Army"
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Eyes of the Army - 2
News Clipping from the Indian Listener, June 1944 on No.6 Squadron "Eyes of the Army"
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Kasauli 1
Playing carroms with fellow patients at Kasauli, 1947
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Kasauli 2
Trekking at Kasauli, 1947
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Kasauli 3
With fellow patients at Kasauli, 1947
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"Sipahi" Program
Program for the theatrical production of "Sipahi", at Lady Linlithgow Sanatorium
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Signature
Signature, on a print of a Hurricane in 43 Sqn markings
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Sqn Ldr MS Pujji in 2004
Sqn Ldr MS Pujji in 2004. He is wearing his medals with his DFC first, his FAI gliding pin in his right lapel, a poppy (symbolizing remembrance of those who fell in battle) plus his Burma Star Association pin on his left lapel, his India gliding team bla
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