Sayanapuram Duraiswamy Thyagarajan, who was known as "Tiger" Rajan, was one of the rare breed of…
Category: The Royal Indian Air Force in the Second World War
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The Fledgling Years – Wg Cdr C H L Digby
Wing Commander Cecil "Digger" Digby, IAF (Retd), a veteran of service from the 1940s to the…
With the Tigers in Burma – Air Marshal A R Pandit
Anand Ramdas Pandit was born on 21st June 1921 at Indore. He joined the IAF Volunteer…
Sqn Ldr Keki Burjorji Commissariat
A profile of Keki Burjorji Commissariat, an officer who joined the IAF early on as when…
The Runnymede Memorial
The Runnymede MemorialPhotographs by David Lawrence (Plane Talk Forum) During the Second World War more…
An airman’s war in Burma – Wg Cdr Hoshang K Patel
A conversation with retired Wing Commander Hoshang K Patel in 2002 was what set us off…
Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta
Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta was one of the twenty four Indians sent to the United…
Flying Officer Kartar Singh Saund – 2 Squadron
Kartar Singh Saund (IND/1664 was commissioned into the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1941. He…
Wing Commander Harish Chandar Sahgal (3024) GD(P)
This article narrates the career of Wg Cdr "Horace" Sahgal, commissioned just towards the end of…