Start Date : 01 Aug 40 End Date : 01 Aug 40
4 Pilot Course - This was the first large intake under the IAF Voluntary Reserve scheme with 72 trainees who were commissioned. These officers were civil flying licence holds and joined the Initial Training School (ITS) at Walton lahore on 1st August 1940 to train on the TigerMoths. On reporting to ITS they were given commission as Acting Pilot officers. This training continued till 7th November 1940. Thereafter the officers were sent to No.1 Flying Training School (FTS) at Ambala on 1 Decmber 1940 for intermidiate and advanced training on Wapiti, Hart and Audax. On completion of this training on 30th May 1941, they were awarded wings and posted to various Coastal Defence Flights (CDF). 24 trainees of the course were sent to UK after the first 4 weeks in Walton for further training.
1593 GD(P)Air Vice MarshalErlic Wilmot PintoDied in Service on 22 Nov 63 | 1594 GD(P)Air Vice MarshalRanjan Dutt | 1595 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalShivdev Singh | 1596 GD(P)Flight LieutenantKanwar Haveli Shah Chopra | 1597 GD(P)Flight LieutenantOm Prakash Sanghi |
1598 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalHari Chand Dewan | 1599 GD(P)Squadron LeaderEdwin Nazir Ullah | 1600 GD(P)Flight LieutenantKenneth Joseph Bhore | 1601 GD(P) (Later ADM)Air Vice MarshalSatya Pal Shahi | 1602 GD(P)Flying OfficerMian Mohammed Latif |
1603 GD(P)Flying OfficerMohit Mohan Ghosh | 1604 GD(P)Squadron LeaderMahindra Singh Pujji | No Image AvailableGD(P)Pilot OfficerKali Prasad ChaudhuryDied in Service on 18 Jun 41 | GD(P)Pilot OfficerRustom Nariman DasturDied in Service on 31 Aug 41 | No Image AvailableGD(P)Pilot OfficerChander Parkash KhoslaDied in Service on 31 Aug 41 |
GD(P)Pilot OfficerHukum Chand MehtaDied in Service on 03 Nov 41 | GD(P)Pilot OfficerAli Raza Khan PashaDied in Service on 18 Jun 41 | GD(P)Pilot OfficerGurbachan SinghDied in Service on 12 Apr 41 | GD(P)Pilot OfficerGnanamuthu Anandaraj SamuelDied in Service on 11 Jul 41 | GD(P)Flying OfficerMan Mohan SinghDied in Service on 03 Mar 42 |
1605 GD(P)Group CaptainKarori Lal BhatiaDied in Service on 20 Jun 54 | No Image Available1606 GD(P)Flying OfficerSurender Singh | 1607 GD(P)Air CommodoreAnantha Ananthanarayanan | 1608 A&SDFlying OfficerAhmed Ibrahim | No Image Available1609 GD(P)Flying OfficerHarbans Singh ThaparDied in Service on 17 Apr 44 |
1610 GD(P)Air CommodoreChodagam Satyanarayana | No Image Available1611 GD(P)Flying OfficerPurnendu ChuckerbuttyDied in Service on 25 Jan 45 | GD(P)Pilot OfficerRaza Ullah KhanDied in Service on 19 Mar 42 | 1612 GD(P)Air CommodoreJagdev Chandra | No Image Available1613 GD(P)Flight LieutenantPirojshah ReporterDied in Service on 01 Jan 44 |
1614 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalMinoo Merwan Engineer | GD(P)Pilot OfficerDara Phirozshah MajooDied in Service on 07 May 42 | No Image AvailableGD(P)Pilot OfficerKrishna Mohan MukerjeeDied in Service on 18 Sep 41 | GD(P)Pilot OfficerJatain Kumar DesukarDied in Service on 23 Feb 42 | 1615 GD(P)Squadron LeaderDalip Singh Majithia |
1616 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalYeshwant Vinayak Malse | No Image Available1617 GD(P)Flight LieutenantRustom Kaikobad MunshiDied in Service on 27 Jan 44 | 1618 GD(P)Air CommodoreRanendu Sen | No Image Available1619 GD(P)Flying OfficerMir Mustafa HussainDied in Service on 11 Sep 43 | 1620 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalHirendra Nath Chatterjee |
1626 EQPTWing CommanderRam Nath Chawla | No Image Available1627 A&SDFlight LieutenantVasudeo Madhav Bhide | No Image Available1628 GD(P) (Later A&SD)Flight LieutenantChaman Lal Tandon | 1629 GD(P) (Later A&SD)Air CommodoreAbdul Mofazil Allahdad | 1630 GD(P) (Later ADM)Air Vice MarshalChaman Lal Mehta |
1631 GD(P)Pilot OfficerTarlochan Singh | 1632 GD(P) (Later A&SD)Wing CommanderHarbans Krishan Khanna | No Image Available1633 GD(P) (Later A&SD)Wing CommanderGanjam Subramaniah | 1634 GD(P) (Later A&SD)Group CaptainDileep Kumar Sarkar | GD(P)Flying OfficerMuhammad Abdel AliDied in Service on 26 Mar 41 |
No Image AvailableGD(P)Pilot OfficerAli Bilgrami |
Read more at http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/ww2/veterans/1196-mspujji01.htmlThe First Twenty-Four, before departure for the UK. Interestingly, it seems they are already wearing winter uniforms, while others in the picture seem to be wearing summer uniforms. The 24 were a select few from the 4th Pilots Course so chosen to go to the United Kingdom |