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Gp Capt MPO 'Micky' Blake (Retd)
Personal Experiences and Photo Albums


Encounters

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MPO "Micky" Blake hailed from Bangalore in present day Karnataka. He was born 20 Mar 1923 and was commissioned (IND/2630) at the age of 20 in the Indian Air Force on  27 Sep 1943.  Blake served with No.42 Squadron RAF and  No. 3 Squadron IAF during the Second World War. Later he flew in the 47-48 Kashmir Ops with 8 Squadron. In the mid 50s, he commanded No.7 Squadron 'The Battle Axes'

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Hurricane Tales
Life during the World War II was most interesting, especially if you had forcelanded in No Man's Land
The 1947-48 Kashmir Ops
Experiences as a Flight Commander with 8 Squadron retold in this section
Command of the Battle Axes
A few photos of Micky Blake's tenure as CO of the Battle Axes in the mid 1950s.
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Operations at Diu
Some experiences as told to Gp Capt Bhargava in this article of the One day war.

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