Wing Commander Cecil "Digger" Digby, IAF (Retd), a veteran of service from the 1940s to 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.
Pilot Officer Sayanapuram Duraiswamy Thyagarajan
Sayanapuram Duraiswamy Thyagarajan, who was known as "Tiger" Rajan, was one of the rare breed of…
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…
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…
Wing Commander Harish Chandar Sahgal (3024) GD(P)
This article narrates the career of Wg Cdr "Horace" Sahgal, commissioned just towards the end of…
Flying Officer Kartar Singh Saund – 2 Squadron
Kartar Singh Saund (IND/1664 was commissioned into the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1941. He…