Service No & Branch | 1707 F(P) (Orig: GD(P)) | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Birth: 21 Jun 1921 | Commissioned: 14 Sep 1941 | Course: 8 Course | ||||||||||||||||||||
Service End: | Retired on 31 Mar 1977 Superannuated Died on 15 Jul 2005 (84 Years age) | Flying Hours : 3800 | Nick Name : | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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14 Apr 1941 - 24 May 1941 | Off Cdt | Initial Training School (Officers) | Lahore | Trainee | |
04 Sep 1941 - 14 Feb 1942 | Acting Plt Offr | No.1 Service Flying Training School (India) | Ambala | Trainee Pilot | |
15 Feb 1942 - 04 Dec 1942 | Plt Offr | No.2 Squadron | Kohat | Squadron Pilot to 22AACU | |
06 Dec 1942 - 12 Feb 1943 | Plt Offr | No.22 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit | Drigh Road | Fm 2Sqn to 151OTU | |
28 Apr 1943 - 15 Jul 1945 | Plt Offr | No.1 Squadron | Bairagarh | Squadron Pilot Attd fm 151OTU | |
16 Jul 1945 - 29 Aug 1945 | Fg Offr | No.3 Squadron | St Thomas Mt | Squadron Pilot | |
29 Aug 1945 - 03 Apr 1946 | Fg Offr | No.1 Squadron | Squadron Pilot To UK for Victory parade (AirHQ) | ||
26 Aug 1946 - 25 May 1947 | Flt Lt | No.2 Squadron | Kohat | Adjutant | |
26 May 1947 - 10 Jul 1947 | Sqn Ldr | No.1 Squadron | Peshawar | Commanding Officer | |
11 Jul 1947 - 31 Aug 1947 | Sqn Ldr | 2 Equipment Depot | Cotton Green (Mumbai | Commanding Officer | |
28 Sep 1947 - 09 Dec 1947 | Sqn Ldr | No.3 Squadron | Pune | Commanding Officer | |
11 Nov 1947 - 02 Aug 1948 | Sqn Ldr | RIAF Depot | PH Section | ||
03 Aug 1948 - 11 Nov 1949 | Sqn Ldr | Embassy of India, Pakistan | Islamabad | Air Advisor | |
- 01 Oct 1950 | Wg Cdr | No.2 Air Force Academy | Jodhpur | Chief Instructor | |
12 Nov 1949 - 16 Sep 1951 | Wg Cdr | 1 Wing | Srinagar | Station Commander | |
17 Sep 1951 - 15 Oct 1951 | Wg Cdr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director, Intelligence | |
09 Oct 1952 - 07 Oct 1956 | Wg Cdr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Deputy Director, Staff Duties | |
08 Oct 1956 - 14 Apr 1957 | Wg Cdr | 1 Tactical Air Support Group | Jallandhar | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
15 Apr 1957 - 24 Jul 1958 | Wg Cdr | Conversion Training Unit | Hakimpet | Chief Instructor | |
25 Jul 1958 - 17 Mar 1959 | Wg Cdr | Jet Training Wing | Hakimpet | Chief Instructor | |
26 Mar 1959 - 30 Jun 1962 | Gp Capt | Training Command | Bangalore | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
03 Aug 1963 - 11 Jan 1966 | Air Cmde | Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
13 Jan 1966 - 24 Nov 1967 | Air Cmde | School of Land and Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Commandant | |
25 Nov 1967 - 14 Dec 1967 | Air Cmde | Joint Air Warfare School | Secunderabad | Commandant | |
04 Jan 1968 - 23 Sep 1969 | Air Cmde | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director, Transport Operations | |
24 Sep 1969 - 14 Jul 1971 | AVM | Western India | Pune | Air Officer Commanding | |
15 Jul 1971 - 03 Mar 1972 | AVM | Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Officer Commanding | |
04 Mar 1972 - 08 Apr 1973 | AVM | Training Command | Bangalore | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
01 Apr 1973 - 29 Feb 1976 | Air Marshal | Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
01 Apr 1976 - 31 Mar 1977 | Air Marshal | PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Vice Chief of Air Staff | |
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Distinguished Flying Cross | ||||
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Fg Offr | Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 GD(P) | Award Date | Announced 23 Jan 1945 |
Details : | ![]() Additional Citation: Flying Officer Pandit has completed a large number of operational sorties. Many of these have been flown during the monsoon period and over jungle covered mountainous terrain. He has, throughout, displayed the greatest enthusiasm and skill in his work as tactical reconnaissance pilot. His outstanding courage and determination have enabled him to secure valuable information and photographs. Notes: Public Record Office Air 2/9043 has citation drafted when he had flown 169 sorties (206 operational hours). | |||
Unit : 1 Squadron | ||||
Reference : London Gazette 36905 dated 23 January 45, Page 527 (Citation Courtesy: Hugh Halliday) |
Ati Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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Air Cmde | Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 1969 | Announced 26 Jan 1969 |
Details : | ![]() Air Commodore Anand Ramdas Pandit was commissioned in the Indian Air Force in 1941. He saw active service during World War II and was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross. He attended Defence Services Staff College in 1951-52, Indoctrination Course at Air Force School of Aviation Medicine in 1958 and the National Defence College Course in 1962-63. He has held various staff and command appointments While commanding an IAF Squadron, he has flown various types of aircraft and has varied flying experience. Subsequently, he was appointed Chief Instructor at the Jet Training Wing, and in this capacity, he successfully trained a large number of jet pilots. From 1963 to 1966, as the Senior Air Staff Officer of the Eastern Air Command, he was instrumental in swiftly achieving the targets of air maintenance task for the Command. The high standard of instructional level at the School of Land Air Warfare is largely the result of the improvements effected in the syllabus by this officer in 1967. | |||
Unit : EAC | ||||
Reference : GoI19690126 |
Param Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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Air Marshal | Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 1977 | Announced 26 Jan 1977 |
Details : | ![]() Air Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit AVSM, DFC (1707) was commissioned in the Flying (Pilot) of the IAF in September 1941. In World War II he distinguished himself as a fighter Recce Pilot and was awarded the DFC. He graduated from Defence Services Staff College and, later, successfully attended the National Defence College. He has served with distinction in various operational, Command and Staff appointments at different units and Formations. Apart from being the Director of Operations at Air Headquarters, he was the Air Officer Commanding Headquarters Western India for three years, responsible for joint planning and conduct of all air operations with the Navy. Thereafter, he served extremely creditably as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command, making a significant contribution in the Training of officers and Airmen of all branches and trades. During his assignment as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command for three years from March 1973 to February 1976, Air Marshal Pandit was able to improve the efficiency of that Command. With painstaking efforts, initiative and exceptional devotion to duty, he pursued various projects with untiring zeal and ensured their successful completion on scheduled. Despite shortage of spares, he was able to improve the performance of Base Repair Depots in the overhaul of engines and aircraft. In the Equipment Depots he was able to introduce new ideas and improve their functioning by streamlining the procedures and removing irritating bottlenecks. During his long service of 35 years, in every assignment or task entrusted to him he achieved excellent results and displayed deep sense of loyalty and responsibility. Presently, he is holding the appointment of Vice Chief of the Air Staff, responsible for preparation and review of Air Force plan framing the Air Staff requirements, formation of training policies and control of Air Force projects. In this he has been able to bring many improvements and economy having far reaching effects. Air Marshal Pandit has thus rendered distinguished service of the most exceptional order. | |||
Unit : VCAS | ||||
Reference : GoI19770126 |
Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Unit | Remarks |
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18 Nov 1943 | Hurricane II B | AP882 | Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1 Sqn | Engine failure on re |
21 Mar 1944 | Hurricane II B | HM139 | Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1 Sqn | Tyre Burst on TO. Be |
28 Sep 1944 | Hurricane IIC | KZ447 | Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1 Sqn | Engine lost power, b |
09 Sep 1946 | Spitfire VIII | MT872 | Flt Lt Anand Ramdas Pandit | 2 Sqn | FL outside airfield |
11 Jun 1947 | Tempest II | PR646 | Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit | 5 Sqdn RAF | 5 RAF ac uc collapse |
11 Nov 1947 | Tempest II | PR836 | Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit | 3 Sqn | Injured in Crash at |