The Indo Pakistan Conflict


*FORGOTTEN VALOUR:* Sqn Ldr Ajjamada Bopayya Devayya,MVC of the No.1 Tigers Squadron whose Gallantry went unrecognised for a full 23 Years untill 1988. He is the only IAF officer to have recieved the MVC Posthumously.(Pic courtesy:India Today)	*DOUBLE MVC:* The only IAF officer to recieve the Maha Vir Chakra twice in combat against Pakistan. Then Sqn Ldr Padmanabha Gautam, A Canberra Pilot from the JBCU. He recieved a bar in 1971. (Pic Courtesy: Link)


Wg Cdr P P Singh MVC, OC No. 5 Tuskers Squadron (Canberras) The third MVC of the war.	Wg Cdr W M Goodman MVC, OC No.31 Sqn , Mysteres, who flew the first sorties of the war on 1 Sep 65.		Wg Cdr Jag Mohan Nath MVC and Bar was the OC of the 106 PR Sqn. Nath recived his first MVC in the China War.

TARGET BADIN: Wg Cdr Peter Maynard Wilson, VrC, led the Canberra raid on Badin Signal Unit and destroyed it in a daylight raid. He was the OC of No.16 Canberra Squadron (Pic Courtesy : Air Cmde Peter Wilson, VrC, via Gus Sheridan)		Fighter Combat Leader: Sqn Ldr Johnny William Greene, was the Gnat detachment commander from No.23 Squadron at Pathankot.Awarded the Vir Chakra for his leadership, he retired as Air Marshal.