<![CDATA[DeHavilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou]]> http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/Aircraft/Vintage/Transports/Caribou/ The DHC-4 Caribou was inducted in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 India-China War. As part of the emergency aid that the United States and Canada diverted to India to help shore the effort against the chinese, two Caribous from the USAF were delivered to India, both aircraft arriving on 8 January 1963 at Palam. (Air Marshal Aspy Engineer, the CAS was at hand to receive the crews and the aircraft). The very next day, No.33 Squadron was raised on these two aircraft (BM768 and BM769). Quite soon after their arrival the two Caribous were used in POW evacuation missions from Walong and other forward locations in March 1963.

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