No.114 Helicopter Unit

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

An Alouette III of 114 HU on a Case Evac mission in Kashmir. The Allouttes of 114 were boldly marked with the Red Cross emblem during those years.

Flying Officer Bartan Ramesh received the Vir Chakra for carrying out more than 45 Case Evac missions.

Flt Lt KL Bajaj made the ultimate sacrifice during the 1971 War, when his Chetak crashed during a Case Evac mission, killing him.

The Unit suffered one casualty during the war on 11 December 1971. Flt Lt KL Bajaj was coming back from a Casualty Evacuation mission from Kargil to Srinagar when he heard a panicky R/T call from the FAC on the ground. The Forward Air Controller was warning a Vampire formation in the area about the presence of enemy aircraft. To avoid detection, Flt Lt Bajaj descended to the valley bottom, but the Chetak hit some HT cables and crashed at Pt MU7573. Bajaj died in the crash, but luckily, both his co-pilot Fg Offr RR Patel and the casualty onboard survived with some injuries 

Flt Lt Rajiv Juyal and Flt Lt VK Agarwal became the first combat casualties since the 1971 War, when their Cheetah was shot down on 2 July 97

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Commodore Commandants of 114 HU

Aircraft Types operated by 114 HU

Locations of the Helicopter Unit