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Arrival in UK
8th October 1940: Arrival in England - (Left) E W Pinto (1st), H C Mehta (3rd) and M S Pujji (5th) standout along the line on disembarkation .
Date: 08/12/2010
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Arrival in UK
Tarlochan Singh shakes hands with a British Police Sergeant while Samuel Gnanamuthu looks on. In the background is M M Latif. The pilots were received by Sir Louis Greig, a close associate of the King and a liason with the RAF in the rank of Group Captain
Date: 07/15/2011
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Arrival in UK
8th October 1940: A policeman shakes hands with a group of Indian pilots, MS Pujji is 2nd from Right. The Sikh shaking hands could be 'Chacha' Manmohan Singh
Date: 08/12/2010
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The twenty four Indian pilots
The twenty four Indian pilots from the 4th Pilots Course who were sent to the UK for Conversion training.
Date: 08/12/2010
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Time for Tea
22 November 1940 - Time for Tea?
Date: 08/12/2010
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Training on the Tigermoth
22 November 1940 - Nineteen of the twenty four indian pupils can be seen here studying maps by a Tigermoth.
Date: 08/12/2010
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Trainees at Prestwick
Ranjan Dutt leads a group of RAF Indian pilots consisting of Trilochan Singh, H S Chopra, S P Shahi and O P Sanghi with the University Air Corps at Prestwick, UK.
Date: 08/12/2010
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Pujji with pilots
Mahendra Singh Pujji helps one of his colleagues dress up for flight sorties
Date: 08/12/2010
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Pilots Plan
Trilochan Singh, Gurbachan Singh and another unidentified pilot studying a map prior to a sortie.
Date: 08/12/2010
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War Illustrated
"An Indian Pilot in the RAF undergoing training" - This image , possibly Trilochan Singh - taken about the same time as the above pictures appeared in "The War Illustrated" magazine's 6 Dec 1940 issue.
Date: 08/12/2010
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Ranjan Dutt and Others
22 November 1940 - Ranjan Dutt and two other pilots check out a map during the photo shoot.
Date: 08/12/2010
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Pilot Officer Ghosh
Pilot Officer Ghosh is seen in overalls
Date: 08/12/2010
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Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta
Hukam Chand Mehta, seen here went to No.43 Squadron RAF. Mehta died when his Hurricane IIB (Z3150) flew into the ground at Kiedler in Northumberland, during a formation practice on 3 November 1941.
Date: 08/12/2010
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Pilot Officer Shivdev Singh
Middle East, North Africa. 22 March 1942. Portrait of Pilot Officer Shiv Dev Singh (Later Air Marshal and Vice Chief of Air Staff), as a pilot in a Middle East heavy bomber squadron. He took part in the daylight raid on the German battle cruisers in Bres
Date: 08/12/2010
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Pilot Officer Shivdev Singh
Middle East, North Africa. 22 March 1942. Portrait of Pilot Officer Shiv Dev Singh (Later Air Marshal and Vice Chief of Air Staff), as a pilot in a Middle East heavy bomber squadron. He took part in the daylight raid on the German battle cruisers in Bres
Date: 08/12/2010
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Queen Mary Book
The iconic photo became the basis for cover of the Queen Mary's book published in 1942
Date: 08/12/2010
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Manmohan Singh with 205 RAF Squadron
Personnel of 205 RAF Squadron flying the Catalina at Seletar in January 1942. Standing in the middle of last row is Manmohan Singh, who died in the Japanese raid on Broome, Australia on 3rd March. He was the last of the 24 to die in service during WW2.
Date: 08/12/2010
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HCMehta
Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta joined No.43 Squadron after his training. He died in November 1941 when his Hurricane crashed into terrain.
Date: 12/18/2013
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Arrival-UK
Arrival of the Indian pilots in UK.
Date: 12/18/2013
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