Wg Cdr C H L Digby

Remembering Wg Cdr Cecil H L Digby (5 Sept 1925 - 5 Nov 2015)

Senior Officer and Retirement – Wg Cdr C H L Digby – 5

Back to flying instruction, 1959. Following an eminently successful period in command of a front-line squadron,…

Panther Boss – Wg Cdr C H L Digby – 4

Squadron Command, 1957 With plenty of flying time behind him, and having endured lengthy delays before…

Squadron Service and Instructional Duties – Wg Cdr C H L Digby – 3

  Back in India, 1947-’49: Digby’s and No 4 Squadron’s return to India, following service with…

The Fledgling Years – Wg Cdr C H L Digby

Wing Commander Cecil "Digger" Digby, IAF (Retd), a veteran of service from the 1940s to the…

The Temperamental Tempest

A brief history of the IAF’s first true Fighter Bomber - the Hawker Tempest II. “And…

58 Pilots Course at the CTU, Hakimpet

From the collection of Wing Commander CHL Digby Commencement : ??? 1951 Commissioned : 30th August…

The 122nd Pilot Attack Instructor Course in UK

My first visit to England in 1953 was a very major event in my life. I…

Bob Doe inaugurates ‘The Aviation Bookshop’

Simon Watson is well known as the noted aviation journalist and photographer who had done considerable…

Pilots Courses

Course Number Year Locations From the Collection of 4th Course 1941 5th Course AMB 7 Pilots…