Updated 03 February 2018: We regret to inform that Wg Cdr A Philipos passed away in Bengaluru…
Category: The Royal Indian Air Force in the Second World War
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Video – IAF Volunteer Reserve Pilots In Britain (Nov 1940)
We love making annotations to WW2 era footage that surfaces showing Indian pilots. This latest one…
The contribution of the RIAF in WW2 (in Numbers)
The IAF grew in size from 1 single squadron to ten squadrons by the end of…
I was a Japanese Prisoner of War
Towards the end of November 1944, No.2 Squadron IAF moved from Kohat to Mambur airstrip on…
Anatomy of a Tac-R Hurricane Sortie
Dedicated to Nanu Shitoley, DFC – Hurricane Pilot & My surrogate father, Hoshang Patel – Hurricane…
Fg Offr O D Agnihotri – A Profile
My father, OD Agnihotri was born in 1922. He served with the Royal Indian Air Force…
Sikh Pilots in the IAF in WW2
Sikh Pilots in the Indian Air Force in World War Two by Mr. Pushpindar Singh Excerpted…
No. 6 Squadron – The First Five Years
Introduction No 6 Squadron is one of the oldest squadrons of the Indian Air Force, being…
The Indian Gift Squadrons
The Indian Gift SquadronsA look at RAF Squadrons gifted by Indian people POLLY SINGH Spitfire…
Wg Cdr F S “Logger” Powley DFC, AFC.
Wg Cdr F S “Logger” Powley DFC, AFC.Former Commanding Officer, Advanced Training Squadron , No.1 SFTS…