Service No & Branch | 3840 F(P) (Orig: GD(P)) | Stream :Fighters | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of Birth: 21 Feb 1930 | Commissioned: 15 Apr 1950 | Course: 51/52 Course | |||||||||||||||||||
Service End: | Retired on 29 Feb 1988 Superannuated Died on 16 Jun 2020 (90 Years age) | Nick Name : | |||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Offr Cdt | ![]() Plt Offr | ![]() Fg Offr | ![]() Flt Lt | ![]() Sqn Ldr | ![]() Wg Cdr | ![]() Gp Capt | ![]() Air Cmde | ![]() AVM | ![]() Air Mshl |
Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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01 Oct 1947 - 01 May 1948 | Flt Cdt | Initial Training Wing | Coimbatore | Cadet | |
01 Jun 1948 - 01 Jul 1949 | Flt Cdt | 2 EFTS | Jodhpur | Cadet | |
01 Aug 1949 - 15 Apr 1950 | Flt Cdt | AFS | Ambala | Cadet | |
01 May 1950 - 01 Dec 1950 | Plt Offr | CTS | Ambala | Trainee | |
01 Jan 1951 - 01 Oct 1951 | Plt Offr | No.4 Squadron | Poona/ Jamnagar | Squadron Pilot | |
01 Oct 1951 - 01 May 1952 | Fg Offr | No.4 Squadron | Barrackpore/ Poona | Squadron Pilot | |
01 Sep 1952 - 01 Oct 1953 | Fg Offr | No.2 Air Force Academy | Jodhpur | Flying Instructor | |
01 Oct 1953 - 01 Aug 1954 | Flt Lt | No.1 Air Force Academy | Secunderabad | Flying Instructor | |
01 Aug 1954 - 01 Sep 1955 | Flt Lt | Conversion Training Unit | Hakimpet | Flying Instructor | |
01 Sep 1955 - 01 Aug 1956 | Flt Lt | No.4 Squadron | Poona/ Adampur | Flight Commander | |
01 Aug 1956 - 01 Aug 1957 | Flt Lt | No.20 Squadron | Halwara | Flight Commander | |
01 Aug 1957 - 01 Mar 1958 | Flt Lt | No.4 Squadron | Halwara/ Ambala | Flight Commander | |
01 Mar 1958 - 01 Apr 1958 | Flt Lt | No.29 Squadron | Halwara | Flight Commander | |
01 Apr 1958 - 01 Jul 1958 | Flt Lt | No.17 Squadron | Ambala | Flight Commander | |
01 Jul 1958 - 01 Sep 1958 | Flt Lt | Day Fighter Combat School | UK | Trainee | |
01 Oct 1958 - 01 Dec 1958 | Flt Lt | No.17 Squadron | Ambala | Flight Commander | |
01 Dec 1958 - 01 Apr 1959 | Flt Lt | No.27 Squadron | Ambala | Flight Commander | |
15 Apr 1959 - 31 Oct 1961 | Sqn Ldr | No.23 Squadron | Pune/ Palam/ Ambala | Commanding Officer | |
01 Oct 1961 - 01 May 1963 | Sqn Ldr | Operational Command (WAC) | Delhi | Training 1 (Fighters) | |
01 May 1963 - 01 Jun 1965 | Sqn Ldr | Iraq AF | Iraq | Flying Instructor | |
08 Jul 1965 - 14 Jan 1968 | Wg Cdr | No.23 Squadron | Ambala/Pathankot | Commanding Officer | |
24 Dec 1968 - 01 Jan 1970 | Wg Cdr | 15 Wing | Bareilly | Officer in Charge Flying | |
01 Jan 1970 - 01 Jan 1973 | Gp Capt | 15 Wing | Bareilly | Station Commander | |
01 Mar 1974 - 01 Feb 1976 | Air Cmde | Training Command | Bangalore | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
11 Feb 1976 - 21 Dec 1977 | Air Cmde | 7 Wing | Ambala | Air Officer Commanding | |
02 Jan 1978 - 08 Jul 1979 | Air Cmde | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director Training | |
01 Sep 1979 - 01 Sep 1980 | AVM | PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Personnel | |
01 Sep 1980 - 01 Sep 1983 | AVM | Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Operations | |
18 Aug 1982 - 17 May 1990 | No.23 Squadron | Commodore Commandant | |||
01 Aug 1983 - 30 Nov 1983 | AVM | Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Officer Commanding | |
01 Dec 1983 - 03 Sep 1984 | Air Marshal | Western Air Command | Delhi | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
01 Nov 1984 - 06 Jan 1986 | Air Marshal | South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
08 Jan 1986 - 29 Feb 1988 | Air Marshal | PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Vice Chief of Air Staff | |
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Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Unit | Remarks |
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19 Mar 1960 | Gnat | IE-1070 | Sqn Ldr Subramaniam Raghavendran | 23 Sqn | Engine failure Pilot |
Remarks: Bharat Rakshak Note added: 2018-06-04 |
Remarks: Bharat Rakshak Note added: 2017-05-29 |
Remarks: Bharat Rakshak Note added: 2013-07-06 |