![]() No.3 Squadron Cobras Motto : Lakshya Ved (Destroy target with Precision) Date Raised : 1941-10-01 Location : Nal Read Detailed History
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| 28 Sep 47 - 09 Dec 47Squadron LeaderAnand Ramdas Pandit1707 GD(P)COPune | 10 Dec 47 - 11 Feb 49Squadron LeaderKasargod Sadanand Bhat1747 GD(P)COPune | 12 Feb 49 - 28 Apr 50Squadron LeaderKenneth Merals David1863 GD(O)COPune | 11 May 50 - 14 Jul 52Squadron LeaderJohn Ivor McKenzie1806 GD(P)COPune/ Halwara/ Ambal | |
15 Jul 52 - 29 Dec 53Squadron LeaderAnant Vemanrao Samsi1865 GD(P)COAmbala | 30 Dec 53 - 15 Apr 55Squadron LeaderJohn Jasper Bouche2938 GD(P)COAmbala | 16 Apr 55 - 21 Oct 55Squadron LeaderSuranjan Das3175 GD(P)COAmbala | 22 Oct 55 - 30 Apr 57Squadron LeaderMaheshwar Das Khanna2776 GD(P)COAmbala | 01 May 57 - 14 Apr 59Squadron LeaderSubhas Ranjan Bose3152 GD(P)COAmbala/ Kalaikunda | |
15 Apr 59 - 13 Dec 61Squadron LeaderOm Prakash Taneja3843 GD(P)COKalaikunda | 14 Apr 42 - 15 Aug 42Squadron LeaderMehar Singh1559 GD(P)COPeshawar | 14 Dec 61 - 21 Nov 62Squadron LeaderPatrick Russell Earle3965 GD(P)COKalaikunda | 22 Nov 62 - 03 Apr 65Wing CommanderRegionald Louis Sayce3086 GD(P)COKalaikunda/ Pathanko | 05 Apr 65 - 11 Sep 65Wing CommanderPaul Cecil Roby3479 GD(P)COPathankot | |
12 Sep 65 - 25 Sep 67Wing CommanderSurapati Bhattacharya3974 GD(P)COPathankot | | 17 Aug 69 - 11 Jun 71Wing CommanderPattathil Venugopal4431 GD(P)COPathankot | 12 Jun 71 - 04 Dec 73Wing CommanderRabindar Nath Dogra4725 GD(P)COPathankot/ Hindan | 01 Feb 74 - 11 Apr 75Wing CommanderTekkidath Vijayan Nair Vijayan5009 GD(P)COPathankot | |
| 21 Aug 76 - 20 Jan 79Wing CommanderDinanath Ramchander Nadkarni5587 GD(P)COPathankot | 16 Aug 42 - 25 Aug 42Flight LieutenantDiwan Atma Ram Nanda1562 GD(P)COPeshawar | | 22 Jun 81 - 29 May 83Wing CommanderAnil Kumar Trikha8436 GD(P)COPathankot | |
30 May 83 - 19 May 85Wing CommanderGurumurthy Balasubramanian8445 GD(P)COPathankot | | | 17 Oct 89 - 02 Dec 91Wing CommanderAnup Kumar Shyam12065 GD(P)COPathankot | 03 Dec 91 - 26 Dec 93Wing CommanderBidanda Chengapa Nanjappa13246 F(P)COPathankot | |
27 Dec 93 - 16 Jul 95Wing CommanderTejender Pal Singh Gill13767 F(P)COPathankot | | 14 Jul 97 - 29 Aug 99Wing CommanderAnup Ghosh15563 F(P)COAmbala | 26 Aug 42 - 12 Sep 43Squadron LeaderDiwan Atma Ram Nanda1562 GD(P)COPeshawar | 30 Aug 99 - 22 Jul 01Wing CommanderKalianda Appaya Muthana16372 F(P)COAmbala | |
23 Jul 01 - 08 Dec 02Wing CommanderRavinder Kumar Dhir15678 F(P)COAmbala | 09 Dec 02 - 06 Mar 05Wing CommanderHarish Nayani17135 F(P)COAmbala | 07 Mar 05 - 06 May 07Wing CommanderDhananjai Vishnu Wani18568 F(P)COAmbala | | 13 Sep 43 - 06 Jan 45Squadron LeaderPrithipal Singh1578 GD(P)COPeshawar | |
08 Jan 45 - 27 Dec 45Squadron LeaderShivdev Singh1595 GD(P)COPeshawar | 28 Dec 45 - 27 Mar 46Squadron LeaderOm Prakash Mehra1639 GD(P)COKohat | 01 Apr 46 - 30 Dec 46Squadron LeaderRamchander Atmaram1583 GD(P)COKohat | 31 Dec 46 - 28 Aug 47Squadron LeaderMohan Dev Suri1655 GD(P)COKohat |