by Tenzin C. Tashi, Sr Researcher, English Academic Section, NIT. On a small hillock within the…
Category: WW2 Veterans Project
The WW2 Veterans Project : WWII Veteran Encounters, Profiles and Memoirs started off in earnest in 2002 when between a small group of like minded enthusiasts, an effort was made to locate and interview WW2 veterans of the Indian Air Force. With the dwindling number of veterans every passing year, the effort continues in terms of family members writing profiles of their loved ones who took part in the war – and in keeping their memories alive.
Sqn Ldr. Hemango Nath Chaudhuri
Sqn Ldr. Hemango Nath Chaudhuri – 1st Commanding Officer of 7 Squadron 1565 GD (P) Wing…
The Radio Broadcast of Wg Cdr K K Majumdar
Among the various artefacts that were part of the Jumbo Majumdar Collection sold by Morton and…
Gp Capt H S R Gohel – Flights of Valour
On the 101st birth anniversary of late Gp Capt H S R Gohel , who was…
The Man behind the legend – Mehar Singh
Major General Syed Ali Hamid writes about the legendary tales he heard about 'Baba' Mehar Singh,…
My IAF Training Days 1941
This is a previously unpublished hand-written account by Air Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit , PVSM AVSM…
Flt Lt Haji Khan Bahadur Gulmast Khan – The oldest officer in the IAF
Read about the officer with the oldest birth date to be commissioned in the Indian Air…
Pilot Officer Phillipos – Accounts Branch Officer in WW2
Updated 03 February 2018: We regret to inform that Wg Cdr A Philipos passed away in Bengaluru…
I was a Japanese Prisoner of War
Towards the end of November 1944, No.2 Squadron IAF moved from Kohat to Mambur airstrip on…
Fg Offr O D Agnihotri – A Profile
My father, OD Agnihotri was born in 1922. He served with the Royal Indian Air Force…