Gnat IE1061 at Kanpur

With an overall blue finish - unlike the later Gnats which were unpainted - this is the second of a batch of Gnats built for the IAF by Folland and supplied as major assemblies for erection by HAL. Serial IE1061, it was photographed at the Aircraft & Armament Testing Unit, Kanpur in early 1958. This aircraft was the 9th Production aircraft of Folland. Today the aircraft can still be seen displayed at the Western Air Command Head Quarters at Subroto Park, New Delhi.