| At 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 moved to Kohat from Trichy in November 1943 and was then under the command of Squadron Leader Kanwar Jaswant Singh (later AVM). Kohat at that time was an 'All Indian', having Wg Cdr Subroto Mukerjee as the station commander.
No.2 Squadron was at Kohat till the middle of 1944
when it moved again south to Kalyan, near Bombay. In November 1944, the Squadron moved to
operations on the Burma Front.
| 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: Ingle, Unknown, Unknown, Mukerjee |
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No.2 Squadron arrived at Kohat in November 44, they spent about six months before moving to Kalyan in the latter half of 1944. Here , during the visit of an Air Vice Marshal (who is he?) pilots gather along with the Station Commander, Wg Cdr Subroto Mukerjee (6th from Right). Also seen in the picture are Sqn Ldr K Jaswant Singh, CO , 2 Sqn (7th from Left - in short pants), Flt Lt Ratnagar , Flt Cdr A Flight (4th from left), Flt Lt YV Malse, Flt Cdr B Flight (8th from Left, Sola hat) and Fg Offr OD Agnihotri (6th from Left, behind CO). |
| Unidentified Pilots relaxing at a water front. |  |
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Pilots of No.2 Squadron do formation riding on bicycles at Kohat. Fg Offr OD Agnihotri is probably fifth from left (ie center). The Flt Cdr Ratnagar is third from left. |
| c.1944 Kohat. Hawker Hurricane AG331 of No.2 Squadron. This Hurricane
shows signs of a presentation marking 'JACOBABAD' on its nose. This marking seems to have
been painted over in black in the photo. AG331 was one of the 300 Mk Is constructed by the Canadian Car Foundry as a Hawker (Canadian) Hurricane Mk I (Later re-designated as Mk X). It was later converted to a Mark IIB and served with 2 IAF and 6 IAF. Probably not long after this photograph was taken, on 3rd March 44, The aircraft bellylanded 4 miles NNW of Miranshah after its engine cut after take off. It was damaged beyond repair and was written off. |
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Unidentified Pilot, and Pathan Bearers - Kohat, either 1944 or 1946. |
| A Group of pilots relax on an outing. The Pilot on the left of the photograph is B B K Rao, who later got the DFC. |  |
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OD Agnihotri |