97 Course

Start Date : 16 Nov 64 End Date : 04 Jun 67

97 Pilot Course - The course training was broken up into five states pre- commissioning - AFAC, EFTUs, PTE, AFFC and finally applied stage at various conversion units. About 150 direct entry cadets selected for the 97 PC joined AFAC Coimbatore on 16 Nov 1964 and completed ground training in March 1965.

Thereafter they were sent to various Elementary Flying Training Units (EFTUs) between March 1965 and August 1965. They were expected to do 25 hours of flying including about five solo. Tambaram and Nagpur had L-5s, Kanpur, Delhi and Patiala had Pushpak. 28 NDA Course joined up at this stage too. Due to the 1965 war, the course was sent on indefinite leave after this stage.

The Course was recalled in September 1965 and then sent to Pilot Training Establishment (PTE) Bamrauli for Basic stage flying on the HT2. The cadets were required to complete 25-30 hours of flying.This stage completed in early 1966.

The Course was then sent to AFFC Jodhpur for the intermediate stage flying on the Texan T6G/Harvard aircraft between in March 1966. Each Flight cadet was given between 75-80 hours of flying hours with about half of it being solo.

For the applied stage, the course was split into four groups. Cadets each were sent to FTW Hakimpet on Vampires for Fighter stream, No1. TTW at Begumpet and No. 2 TTW at Yelahanka on DC3 Dakota for Transport stream and LSTU Bamrauli on Bell G3 for helicopter stream. On completion of these stages successfully on 04 June 1967 they received commission and Wings.

Subsequently, the fighter lot was divided into half and sent to 220 sqn and 221 Sqn on Vampires at Pune for operational conversion training. Thereafter they were sent to the Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Jamnagar.

View Career Timeline of Individual members in this course

10862 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Kariyadil Cheriyan Kuruvilla	No Image Available 10863 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Omesh Keshav Karnik	10864 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Sankaranarayanan Balasubramanian	10865 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Arun Dattatreya Karandikar	10866 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Singh Grewal
No Image Available 10867 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ashok Yadav Died in Service on 30 Aug 87	10868 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Maheshwarsingh Thakursingh Baran	No Image Available 10869 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Om Prakash Sharma	10870 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Gunaratnam Muthiah David	10871 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Sudhir Tyagi Died in Service on 04 Dec 71
No Image Available 10872 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Manjul Kumar Pant	No Image Available 10873 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Jagdish Kumar Malik Died in Service on 22 Feb 74	No Image Available 10874 GD(P) Flying Officer Jasminder Pal Singh Sekhon	No Image Available 10875 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Keeleri Nakadi Premnath Raghavan	10877 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Died in Service on 14 Dec 71
10878 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Raeburn Demonte	No Image Available 10879 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vinay Kumar Bali	10880 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Samavedam Vera Raja Sekhar	10881 GD(P) Flying Officer Moti Lal Chadha Died in Service on 12 Feb 71	10882 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Kammbir Singh Jaijee
10883 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Praveen Chander Chopra	10884 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ram Lal Wadhwa	10885 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Biswajit Mukerjee	10886 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi	10887 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vishwanathan Pasupathi
No Image Available 10888 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Shiv Chander Verma	10889 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Ashok Kumar Brahmawar	No Image Available 10890 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Arora	10891 GD(P) Flying Officer Roshan Lal Hastu	10892 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Vinod Kumar Bhatia
10893 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Romesh Chandra John Banerjee	10894 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Kuttippuzha Joseph Mathew	10895 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Ramesh Vishwanath Phadke	10896 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Syed Mohammed Ghouse	10897 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Arbinder Singh
10898 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Mir Jawad Ali	No Image Available 10899 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Brian Arnold William Stephen Zachariahs	10900 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Allan Donald Templeton	No Image Available 10901 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Kuldip Rai Jandial	No Image Available 10902 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Balraj Singh Rathee
10903 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Viney Kumar Heble	No Image Available 10904 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Satish Dwarkanath Makashir	No Image Available 10906 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Ramesh Chandra Aggarwal	10907 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Verindar Kumar Jandial	No Image Available 10908 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Dasharathy Dayakar
10909 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Manmohan Singh Died in Service on 07 Dec 71	No Image Available 10910 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Kenneth Jonathan Templeton	No Image Available 10911 GD(P) Flying Officer Tirath Singh Sandhu Died in Service on 07 Nov 68	No Image Available 10912 GD(P) Flying Officer Sanjaya Ghosh Died in Service on 30 Jun 69	No Image Available 10913 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ajit Pandurang Jambawalikar
No Image Available 10914 GD(P) Flying Officer Jeffrey Leslle Hill	No Image Available 10915 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Raj Kumar Gupta	10916 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Vice Marshal Dhanwant Singh Guram	No Image Available 10917 GD(P) Flying Officer Rajinder Kumar Dhir Died in Service on 31 Dec 69	10918 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Ramamoorthy Vijay Kumar
10920 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Gommenavalli Narayanappa Ramachandra	10922 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Yashpal Kothari	No Image Available 10924 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Karna Kumar Naidu	No Image Available 10925 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Vinod Mahajan	10927 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Narender Singh Dhaka
10928 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vinayak Shivram Patwardhan	No Image Available 10929 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Chand Mohan Trehan	No Image Available 10930 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vijay Kumar Jain	No Image Available 10931 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Vinod Kumar Khajuria Died in Service on 10 Feb 72	10932 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Shapur Erachshaw Baria Died in Service on 15 Jul 90
No Image Available 10933 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Rajeshinder Singh Sidhu	10934 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Peter Douglas Woodman	No Image Available 10935 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Hari Jeet Singh Sahi	No Image Available 10936 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Karan Kumar Dilawari	No Image Available 10937 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Prem Chander Sharma
No Image Available 10938 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Joyprakash Bhaumik	No Image Available 10939 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Charanjit Singh Grewal	10940 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Suryakant Nijanand Bal	10941 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Vice Marshal Shyamal Kumar Banerjee	10942 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vinod Ahuja
No Image Available 10943 GD(P) Flight Lieutenant Naresh Chander Monga	No Image Available 10944 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Debdas Podder	No Image Available 10945 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Commodore Surjeet Singh Bhatti	No Image Available 10946 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Sureshchandra Gordhanbhai Patel Died in Service on 22 Mar 86	No Image Available 10947 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Intezam Husain Naqvi Died in Service on 27 Sep 84
10948 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Bartan Ramesh	No Image Available 10949 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Rathindra Mohan Chaterjee	No Image Available 10950 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Ashok Gangadhar Tamhne	10951 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Asok Kumar Banerjee	No Image Available 10953 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Subir Mitra
10954 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Prem Prakash Chopra	No Image Available 10955 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Anang Mohan Bose Died in Service on 14 Aug 75	No Image Available 10956 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Pattencherry Subbaramaiyer Venkiteswaran	No Image Available 10957 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Subhash Chandra Chunni	No Image Available 10958 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Jose Jesus Da Conceicao E Souza Died in Service on 07 Nov 79
10960 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Vipin Channa	No Image Available 10961 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Ramindarjit Singh Walia	No Image Available 10962 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ram Chandra Khatri	10963 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Naresh Chand Jain	No Image Available 10965 GD(P) Flight Lieutenant Rajan Caleb Paul
10966 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Awadh Prakash Gaur	No Image Available 10967 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Krishan Swaroop Seth	No Image Available 10968 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Vijay Bhargava	No Image Available 10969 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Gurpreet Singh Sidhu	No Image Available 10970 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Tapan Kumar Mitra
No Image Available 10972 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Reginald Mukha	No Image Available 10973 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Durga Charan Das	No Image Available 10975 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Sushil Joachim Mitra	No Image Available 10976 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Rohinlon Jamahed Darukhanawala	No Image Available 10977 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Narinder Palta
No Image Available 10978 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Anand Mohan Singh Tanwar Died in Service on 19 Nov 78	No Image Available 10979 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Man Mohan Singh	No Image Available 10980 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Maneck Dinshaw Karbhary	No Image Available 10981 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Mathew Karavadaseril Abraham	10983 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Surya Kumar Gupta
10984 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Vice Marshal Gordon Peter Douglas D'Souza	No Image Available 10986 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Darryl Raymond Kumar Died in Service on 05 Apr 77	10987 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Suhas Clement Solomon	10989 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Manabendra Ghosh	No Image Available 10991 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Baldev Singh Died in Service on 31 Dec 82
No Image Available 10992 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Bhuvanesh Kaul	No Image Available 10993 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Harish Kumar Raghunath Seth	No Image Available 10994 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Jimi Hoshang Dallas	No Image Available 10995 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Nawal Kishore Srivastava	No Image Available 10998 A&SD (Later ADM) Wing Commander Madhu Joshi
No Image Available 10999 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ajit Dutta	No Image Available 11000 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Krishanpal Singh Sidhu	No Image Available 11001 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Kamal Nath	No Image Available 11002 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Pradeep Singh Bisht	No Image Available 11003 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Jagjit Singh Pathania
11005 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh	No Image Available 11006 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Colin Anthony Kyte	No Image Available 11008 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Viswanath Shyam Sunder	No Image Available 11009 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Timothy Preston Mullapaudy	No Image Available 11010 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Madan Mohan Gaur
No Image Available 11011 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Suresh Chandra Chatturvedi	No Image Available 11013 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Bhupinder Singh Talwar	No Image Available 11015 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Darshan Singh Grewal	No Image Available 11016 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Harpal Singh Gill	No Image Available 11017 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ashok Vinayak Godbole
No Image Available 11018 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Sudhir Anant Patwardhan	No Image Available 11022 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Arvind Rai Narang	11023 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Group Captain Krishan Pratap Narain Singh	No Image Available 11024 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Vijendra Rao Died in Service on 07 Sep 74	No Image Available 11025 GD(P) Pilot Officer Sarabjit Singh Sahni
No Image Available 11026 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Alok Chakrabarthi	No Image Available 11027 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Ravindra Pal Singh	No Image Available 11028 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Trilochan Singh	No Image Available 11029 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Preetinder Singh Thapar	No Image Available 11030 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Immanuel George Bhaskaran
No Image Available 11031 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Balakrishna Ravi Kumar	No Image Available 11032 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Bhupendra Madholal Parikh Died in Service on 07 Sep 74	11033 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Harpal Singh Baidwan	No Image Available 11034 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Narendra Nath Srivastava	No Image Available 11035 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Ashok Kumar Chandra
No Image Available 11037 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Amarjit Masih	No Image Available 11038 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Faiq Mahmood	No Image Available 11039 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Squadron Leader Adarsh Bhasin	No Image Available 11040 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Anuj Kumar Aga Died in Service on 03 Feb 73	No Image Available 11042 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Sati Raman Prasad Shah
No Image Available 11044 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Mysore Rangaraj Yesho Kumar	No Image Available 11045 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Harish Kumar Rai	No Image Available 11046 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Irshad Ahmed	No Image Available 11047 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Palghat Sundaram Krishnaswamy	11048 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flying Officer Satyabrata Nandi Died in Service on 17 Dec 71
No Image Available 11049 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Keshab Samuel Tiwari	No Image Available 11050 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Harjeet Singh Kahlon Died in Service on 28 Sep 74	11051 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Air Vice Marshal Har Prakash Singh Sidhu	No Image Available 11052 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Alan Rajasooriya Chatterjee	No Image Available 11053 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Tarsame Singh Gill
No Image Available 11054 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Mohinder Bir Singh	11055 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Gurjeet Singh Jawandha	11056 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Wing Commander Sikander Shikoh	No Image Available 11062 GD(P) (Later F(P)) Flight Lieutenant Jaspal Singh Sethi

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