62 Signal Unit Guardians


Date Raised : 1987-11-24 Location : Salua
62 SU is based at Salua, is a small village about 10 kms South West of Kharagpur. The British constructed a Military Air Base in 1941 to support their Burma during World War Il. American and British aeroplanes operated from the base during and after 1942. 62 SU has the THD-1955 Radar and functions as an important ADDC in the Eastern Sector. It is co-locted with a Tropo Unit.

Commanding Officers

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DatesRank & NameNumberRemarksLocationPhoto
Unknown to 06 Jan 87Wing Commander R ChandraStn CdrSalua
07 Jan 87 to 22 Jan 88Wing Commander RadhakrishanStn CdrSalua
23 Jan 88 to 17 Dec 90Group Captain Surinder Kumar Mitroo7688 GD(P)Stn CdrSalua
18 Dec 90 to 22 Aug 93Group Captain Chandra Nath Ghosh10124 GD(P)Stn CdrSalua
23 Aug 93 to 09 Apr 95Group Captain Henery Osborne Robey10166 GD(P)Stn CdrSalua
10 Apr 95 to 11 Nov 96Group Captain Sudhir Asthana12202 GD(P)Stn CdrSalua
12 Nov 96 to 14 May 00Group Captain Madhusudhan Banerjee13400 F(P)Stn CdrSalua
15 May 00 to 25 Aug 02Group Captain Sanjib Bordoloi13912 F(P)Stn CdrSalua
26 Aug 02 to 09 Aug 04Group Captain Jasjit Singh Kler16225 F(P)Stn CdrSalua
10 Aug 04 to 16 Jul 06Group Captain Navish Bahri16605 F(P)Stn CdrSalua
17 Jul 06 to 27 Apr 08Group Captain Vinod Shankar16386 F(P)Stn CdrSalua
28 Apr 08 to 21 Jun 10Group Captain Jaspal Singh16969 F(P)Stn CdrSalua
22 Jun 10 to 17 May 12Group Captain Anurag Joshi18280 F(P)Stn CdrSalua

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