Service No & Branch | 1630 ADM (Orig: GD(P)) | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of Birth: 18 Nov 1917 | Commissioned: 01 Aug 1940 | Course: 4 Course | ||||||||||||||||||
Service End: | Retired on 17 Nov 1972 Superannuated | Nick Name : | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gp Capt |
Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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01 Aug 1940 - 30 Nov 1940 | Acting Plt Offr | Initial Training School (Officers) | Lahore | Trainee Pilot | |
01 Dec 1940 - 21 May 1941 | Acting Plt Offr | No.1 Flying Training School (India) | Ambala | Trainee Pilot | |
31 May 1941 - | Plt Offr | No.4 Flight (Coastal Defence) | Drigh Road | Renamed 6CDF | |
01 Nov 1942 - 25 Nov 1942 | Flt Lt | 4CMP | Cutttack | Fm 353Sqn To 353Sqn as Supernumary | |
01 Dec 1942 - 31 May 1943 | Flt Lt | No.7 Squadron | Vizagapatnam | Adjutant To Delhi | |
06 Jun 1946 - 17 Mar 1947 | Sqn Ldr | RAF Station Kohat | Kohat | Admin Fm RAFPHU To AirHQ | |
15 Aug 1947 - | Wg Cdr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | W/C (PS) | |
01 Feb 1949 - 17 Nov 1949 | Wg Cdr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | DDPO | |
- 12 Jul 1959 | Gp Capt | Training Command | Bangalore | ||
18 Nov 1949 - 08 Apr 1951 | Gp Capt | PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Director, Personnel | |
18 Apr 1951 - 05 Oct 1954 | Gp Capt | AFS New Delhi | Race Course | Station Commander | |
30 Sep 1954 - 22 Aug 1958 | Gp Capt | AFS Jalahalli | Bengaluru | Station Commander | |
13 Jul 1959 - | Gp Capt | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | ||
01 Feb 1961 - | Gp Capt | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director, Works | |
01 Apr 1968 - | AVM | Western Air Command | Delhi | Senior Officer-in-charge Administration | |
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Ati Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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AVM | Chaman Lal Mehta | 1630 ADM | Award Date 26 Jan 1968 | Announced 26 Jan 1968 |
Details : | Air Commodore (now Air Vice Marshal) Chaman Lal Mehta was commissioned in the Air Force in 1940. He has held important appointments in Air Headquarters as well as in the Command of various Air Force Units. He attended the Advance Flying Training Course and Administrative and Discipline Course during 1941ÂÂ42. As Director of Personnel, Air Headquarters, he tackled many intricate problems of personnel administration. As Station Commander, Jalhali, he introduced numerous new training schemes which resulted in vastly superior output of trained personnel and in reducing the wastage rates. In his capacity as Director, Air Force Works, during the period of Chinese aggression, he, despite limited resources, completed construction of many new airfields. He has rendered distinguished service throughout his career. | |||
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Reference : GoI19680126 |
Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Unit | Remarks |
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18 Jun 1941 | Wapiti II | K2303 | Plt Offr C L Mehta | 6 CDF | Flew into ground Jhi |