Photographs from the 1971 War ( East)

No. 22 Sqn Gnats at War.


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CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, PAKISTAN AIR FORCE:

AFTER THE BATTLE: The Defence Minister visits the No.22 Sqn after the November 22 Air battle over Boyra which knocked down Three Sabres of the PAF 14 Sqn.  From right to left in the pic. Air Marshal H C Dewan, AOC in C , Eastern Air Command, Wg Cdr B S Sikand,OC No.22 Gnats. Babu Jagjivan Ram and his wife , Flt Lt M A Ganapathy, Fg Off R A Massey, Fg Off D Lazarus, Fg Off K B Bagchi (ATC),Fg Off Soarez (the fourth pilot in the formation).

Then Flt Lt Parvez Mehdi Quereshi, who baled out after being hit by Lazarus's Gnat  was taken POW. He retired as the Chief of Pakistani Air Force in 2001.

AFTER THE BATTLE 2: Flt Lt R A Massey, Fg Off K B Bagchi, Fg Off Donald Lazarus, Fg Off S F Soarez and Flt Lt M A Ganapathy pose one for posterity after the Defence Ministers Visit.

 

SABRE KILL NO 2:  FG OFF KHALIL AHMED

Fg Off Khalil Ahmed , Wingman of Parvez Mehdi , and victim of  Ganapathy  was taken POW the same Day.

  

This Sequence of Six Pictures show the destruction of the Two Sabres caught on the Gun Camera of the Gnats. A Third Sabre flown by Wg Cdr Choudhary was damaged, which flew across the border before plunging into Chaugacha Lake .


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All Pictures courtesy of the College of Air Warfare Library, Indian Air Force