The Kilo Flight - a personal account of Op Cactus Lily
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- Category: The Bangladesh War 1971
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:58
- Written by Air Cmde Arun Karandikar VM,VSM
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A rookie Flying Officer with four years of service, flying transports gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly war-time missions as part of a clandestine force. Air Commodore Arun Karandikar 10865 F(P), narrates his chance posting to the Kilo Flight on the eve of the 1971 War, to fly support missions in aid of the Mukti-Bahini rebels and their Indian Air Force instructors. This account was written on the request of 43 Squadron, during their effort to fill in gaps in their historical records