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Wing Commander Rawel Singh

Service No & Branch 1905 A&SD
Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1916 Commissioned: 14 Jun 1942 Course:
Service End: Retired on 01 Nov 1967 Superannuated Nick Name :
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Promotions Gazetted
Fg Offr : 14 Jun 1943Flt Lt : 01 Jul 1947Sqn Ldr : 14 Jun 1955Wg Cdr : 14 Jun 1966
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Flt Lt
Notes:1)Branch is at retirement and may not match with branch at Commission 2)Notional seniority is reflected in dates of substantive rank.

Appointments, Postings & Other Service Particulars

DatesRankUnitLocationAppointmentPhoto
17 Apr 1943 - 24 Dec 1944Flt LtNo.6 Squadron Adjutant
25 Dec 1944 - Flt LtIndian Air Force Display FlightKohat 
- 30 Jul 1958Sqn LdrAir Head QuartersDelhi 
01 Aug 1958 - Sqn LdrNo 6 NCC CircleLucknow 
22 Aug 1948 - 05 Jun 1949Wg CdrInitial Training WingCoimbatore Commanding Officer
06 Jun 1949 - 21 Jul 1950Wg CdrNo.3 Air Force AcademyCoimbatore Commanding Officer
 
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Awards and Decorations


Number of Awards: 1
 
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Flt LtRawel Singh1905 A&SDAward Date Announced 01 Jun 1944
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Articles from Main Site

No.1 Squadron by Pushpindar Singh -
No.10 Squadron by Pushpindar Singh -
Flying Officer Kartar Singh Saund - a Photo Album by Updates -
Birender Singh Dhanoa by 31 Dec 2016 -
Arjan Singh - Marshal of the Indian Air Force by Roopinder Singh -
First to the Last - 50 years of the MiG 21 with the IAF by Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar (Retd) and Pushpindar Singh -
Canberras in the Congo by Pushpindar Singh -
Overview : Indian Peace Keepers in Sri Lanka by Pushpindar Singh Chopra -
December Diary : With the Battle Axes by Wg Cdr Kulbir Singh Harnal (Retd) -
Wish I had a gun! by Air Cmde Manbir Singh VrC VM -
Sukhoi-7 BMK - A whale of a fighter by R Chattopadhyay -
The Antonov 12 in the Bombing Role by Squadron Leader (Retd.) Douglas Augier -
AVRO 748 In India - More Than Four Decades On by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava -
No.1 Squadron by Pushpindar Singh -
"Then Whose Battle Was It?" - Sqn Ldr M S Pujji by K S Nair -
Sikh Pilots in the IAF in WW2 by Pushpindar Singh -
The Man behind the legend - Mehar Singh by Maj Gen Syed Ali Hamid (Retd - Pakistan Army) -

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