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18 Course

End Date : 27 Sep 43

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2619 GD(P)
Flight Lieutenant
Kuldip Lal Chopra



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2620 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
N Deva



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2621 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
James Douglas Stanley Fernandez
Died in Service on 13 May 44



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2622 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Albert C Manuel

2623 GD(P) (Later F(P))
Air Commodore
Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd

2624 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Sreedhar P Padukone
Died in Service on 13 Apr 44



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2625 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Abdul Maajid Khan Qazi
Died in Service on 23 May 44

2626 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Bola Ramesh Rao
Died in Service on 28 Apr 45



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2627 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Patrick Ivor Tellis

2628 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
James Henrick Tew

2629 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Amar Nath Banerjee
Died in Service on 04 Apr 44

2630 GD(P)
Group Captain
Michael Patrick Owen Blake



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2631 GD(P)
Pilot Officer
Alwyn Joseph Clarke
Died in Service on 13 May 44

2632 GD(P)
Wing Commander
Chaman Lal Datta



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2633 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Cecil Owen St Vincent Norris
Died in Service on 26 Feb 45

2634 GD(P)
Air Vice Marshal
Abdul Qadir

2635 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Gurdayal Singh Sekhon
Died in Service on 11 Jun 47

2636 GD(P)
Group Captain
Sneha Proban Sen

2637 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Bipul Bikram Singha
Died in Service on 20 Feb 45

2638 GD(P)
Flying Officer
Gurdip Singh Dhillon

2639 GD(P) (Later F(P))
Air Vice Marshal
Fredrick Van Allen Scudder



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3171 GD(P)
Wing Commander
Nawabzada Haider Mirza

3172 GD(P)
Flight Lieutenant
Aloysius William Barrette
Died in Service on 08 Aug 48

3173 GD(P) (Later F(P))
Air Marshal
Jafar Zaheer


Other Course Members









Sen Gupta
3 OBS underwent GD(P) Training. Not sure if its BK Sen Gupta or RK Sen Gupta
1663 GD(O)

Jagbir Singh Bolarya
6 Course, originally GD(O). Underwent GD(P)
1752 GD(O)

Madhukar Laxman Akut
6 OBS - underwent GD(P) Training. Remained in GD(N) Branch
1754 GD(O)

Kailash Chand
6 OBS - underwent GD(P) Training. Remained in GD(N) Branch
1842 GD(O)

John William George Marley
8 OBS - underwent GD(P) Training

1850 GD(O)

Abdul Jalil Mir
8 OBS - underwent GD(P) Training. No Pilot Badge
1900 GD(O)

Sarangapani Srinivasan
9 OBS - underwent GD(P) Training
1987 GD(O)
Flying Officer
Surinder Singh Achreja
Originally 10 OBS - underwent GD(P) Training

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