Service No & Branch | 4404 F(P) (Orig: GD(P)) | Stream :Fighters | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Date of Birth: 30 Mar 1934 | Commissioned: 17 Jan 1953 | Course: 59 Course | |||||||||||||||||
Service End: | Retired on 31 Mar 1992 Superannuated Died on 10 Jan 2014 (80 Years age) | Nick Name : Abdul | |||||||||||||||||
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Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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01 Aug 1955 - 31 Dec 1956 | Fg Offr | No.10 Squadron | Palam | Squadron Pilot | |
01 Dec 1956 - | Fg Offr | No.10 Squadron | Palam | Squadron Pilot | |
- 01 Dec 1957 | Flt Lt | Empire Test Pilots School, UK | Farnborough | Test Pilot Course 16th Course | |
23 Oct 1959 - | Flt Lt | HAL | Bangalore | Test Pilot | |
01 Jun 1967 - | Wg Cdr | 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Ambala | Chief Operations Officer | |
04 Nov 1967 - 20 Dec 1967 | Wg Cdr | No.32 Squadron | Ambala | Commanding Officer | |
15 Jan 1968 - 23 Dec 1968 | Wg Cdr | No.23 Squadron | Pathankot | Commanding Officer | |
23 Dec 1968 - 10 Jan 1971 | Wg Cdr | No.8 Squadron | Ambala | Commanding Officer | |
06 Mar 1972 - 09 Dec 1972 | Wg Cdr | Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | Directing Staff | |
01 Feb 1973 - 04 Jan 1976 | Wg Cdr | Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Chief Test Pilot | |
04 Jan 1976 - 29 Aug 1976 | Gp Capt | 15 Wing | Bareilly | Station Commander | |
01 Jan 1978 - 01 Jul 1979 | Air Cmde | Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Commandant | |
01 Nov 1979 - 01 Aug 1982 | Air Cmde | Embassy of India, USA | Washington | Air Attache | |
09 Oct 1982 - 02 Aug 1983 | Air Cmde | 11 Wing | Tezpur | Air Officer Commanding | |
10 Aug 1983 - 07 Jan 1985 | AVM | 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Delhi | Air Officer Commanding | |
01 Feb 1985 - 01 Jul 1986 | AVM | Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Commandant | |
- 31 Jul 1988 | Air Marshal | Integrated Defence Staff | Delhi | Director General (Defence Planning Staff) | |
28 Jul 1986 - 02 Nov 1986 | Air Marshal | Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
03 Nov 1986 - 13 Jul 1987 | Air Marshal | Western Air Command | Delhi | Chief of Staff | |
01 Aug 1988 - 31 Mar 1992 | Air Marshal | South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
03 Aug 1988 - | No.8 Squadron | Commodore Commandant | |||
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Ati Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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Wg Cdr | Partha Kumar Dey | 4404 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 1975 | Announced 26 Jan 1975 |
Details : | Wing Commander Partha Kumar Dey was commissioned in the Indian Air Force in January, 1953. He has been on the posted strength of Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment since February, 1973, as the Chief Test Pilot. He has been associated with Flight Testing assignments since 1958. As a test pilot, he has held many important posts such as the Indian Air Force representative Test Pilot with Folland Aircraft Ltd. for the Gnat Development and as Test Pilot with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the development of indigenous aircraft. He has participated in the flight test development of a number of prototype such as Gnat, Marut, Kiran, Pushpak, Krishak and Jet Packet. He has made an extremely valuable contribution to the design and development of aircraft and systems within the country. He has flown various types of aircraft which included evaluation of a number of supersonic advanced aircraft of widely varying designs. He has flown 1100 hours on flight testing of indigenous aircraft and equipment. During his tenures as test pilot he has been in a number of difficult and hazardous situations. He has coped successfully with the situations without a single incident of loss or damage to the aircraft and equipment under development. He has successfully commanded two operational squadrons. He has also been on the Directing Staff of the Defence Services Staff College. In the present appointment as the Chief Test Pilot, he has shown extreme devotion to duty and made an outstanding contribution to the aeronautical development in the country in general and flight testing in particular. Throughout, Wing Commander Partha Kumar Dey has rendered distinguished service of an exceptional order. | |||
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Reference : GoI19750126 |