This is the second part of the recollections of Gp Capt CGI Philip. The first part…
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.
“Then Whose Battle Was It?” – Sqn Ldr M S Pujji
Squadron Leader Mahender Singh Pujji was in fact one of the first batch of 24 Indian…
Air Marshal Mohan Swaroop Chaturvedi
This is a short summary of the career of Air Marshal Mohan Swaroop Chaturvedi (IND/1592). It…
The Untold Story Of Group Captain Karori Lal Bhatia, VrC
In this article, the author, Col N N Bhatia tells the family background and story of…
Memories Of No.8 Squadron, IAF
In the winter of 1980-81, Wg Cdr Joseph Thomas, CO of 106 Squadron took a detachment…
Hurricane Tales
MPO "Micky" Blake hailed from Bangalore in present day Karnataka. He was born 20 Mar 1923…
My Days With The I.A.F (1940-48)
VSC Bonarjee was born in Calcutta on the 27th January 1917. He was the third child…
Air Force Reminiscinces
AVM S N Goyal 1560 GD(P) was the seventeenth Indian Officer to be trained in Cranwell.…
Air Marshal Aspy Engineer’s Recollections
In 1992, the then CAS Air Chief Marshal N C Suri requested many of the surviving…
Lysanders to Hurricanes : Air Commodore H S Ratnagar
When No.1 Squadron, Indian Air Force went into operations in February 1942 against the Japanese in…