#Remembering1971 & #TheAirWar
#LestWeForgetIndia🇮🇳 Sqn Ldr M K Jain, #VirChakra (P), 27 SQN IAF #IndoPakWar1971 during the Air attack over Chhamb.
The gallant #IndianBrave didn't return after his aircraft was shot down #OnThisDay 10 December in 1971
#LestWeForgetIndia🇮🇳 Sqn Ldr M K Jain, #VirChakra (P), 27 SQN IAF #IndoPakWar1971 during the Air attack over Chhamb.
The gallant #IndianBrave didn't return after his aircraft was shot down #OnThisDay 10 December in 1971
During the operations against Pakistan in December1971, Sqn Ldr Jain was serving with a Fighter Bomber Squadron in the Western Sector. On the 4th December, 1971, he carried out two strike missions over Mianwali airfield and attacked enemy aircraft parked on the ground
As he turned homeward after the attack, he was attacked by enemy Sabre and Mirage aircraft. He successfully disengaged himself from the enemy attack and brought his aircraft safely back to base.
On the 5th, 7th and 9th December 1971, the #IndianBrave carried out further successful missions to Poonch, Sambha and Dinanagar Sectors in support of our ground forces.
On the 10 December 1971, Sqn Ldr Jain was detailed as leader of a two aircraft strike mission, to the Chhamb Sec. Despite heavy and concentrated ground fire he made accurate bomb and cannon attacks on the enemy positions. However, his aircraft was hit & crashed in enemy territory
#LestWeForgetIndia Throughout these operations, Sqn Ldr Mohinder Kumar Jain displayed gallantry, professional skill and devotion to duty of a high order.
He was conferred with a posthumous #VirChakra.
He was conferred with a posthumous #VirChakra.
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