Crew of Mil Mi-17 shot down in 1996 | |||
Flt Lt Sandeep Jain 19534 F(P) 130 HU KIA 26 Aug 96 Flt Lt Sandeep Jain was flying a supply mission to Hoshiarpur post in the Siachen Glacier area, when his Mi-17 Helicopter was shot down by hostile fire. |
Plt Offr Vaibhav Bhagawat 23456 F(P) 130 HU KIA 26 Aug 96 Plt Offr Bhagwat was the co-pilot to Flt lt Jain. The Mi-17 helicopter on the supply mission was lost to hostile fire over the Siachen Glacier. |
Sgt R Murigappa 679914 130 HU KIA 26 Aug 96 Sgt Murigappa was the flight gunner on board the Mi-17 shot down by hostile fire at the Hoshiarpur post in the Siachen Glacier area. |
Sgt Krishna C Jha 678079 130 HU KIA 26 Aug 96 Sgt Krishna Jha was the flight engineer on the Mi-17 Helicopter downed by hostile fire on the Siachen Glacier during a supply mission. |
Crew of Cheetah Helicopter shot down in 1997 | |||
Flt Lt Rajiv Juyal 21727 F(P) 114 HU KIA 02 Jul 1997 Flt Lt Rajiv Juyal’s Cheetah helicopter was lost to enemy ground fire in the Siachen Glacier area during a forward supply mission. |
Flt Lt V K Aggarwal 22185 F(P) 114 HU KIA 02 Jul 1997 Flt Lt Aggarwal was the second pilot in the Cheetah helicopter that was lost to enemy ground fire in the Siachen Glacier area during a forward supply mission. |
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