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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


Unknown - 06 Jan 87
Wing Commander
R Chandra

Stn Cdr
Salua

07 Jan 87 - 22 Jan 88
Wing Commander
Radhakrishan

Stn Cdr
Salua

23 Jan 88 - 17 Dec 90
Group Captain
Surinder Kumar Mitroo
7688 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

18 Dec 90 - 22 Aug 93
Group Captain
Chandra Nath Ghosh
10124 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

23 Aug 93 - 09 Apr 95
Group Captain
Henery Osborne Robey
10166 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

10 Apr 95 - 11 Nov 96
Group Captain
Sudhir Asthana
12202 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

12 Nov 96 - 14 May 00
Group Captain
Madhusudhan Banerjee
13400 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

15 May 00 - 25 Aug 02
Group Captain
Sanjib Bordoloi
13912 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

26 Aug 02 - 09 Aug 04
Group Captain
Jasjit Singh Kler
16225 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

10 Aug 04 - 16 Jul 06
Group Captain
Navish Bahri
16605 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

17 Jul 06 - 27 Apr 08
Group Captain
Vinod Shankar
16386 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

28 Apr 08 - 21 Jun 10
Group Captain
Jaspal Singh
16969 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua

22 Jun 10 - 17 May 12
Group Captain
Anurag Joshi
18280 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Salua
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