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Jan 30 • 4 tweets • 6 min read
#MahatmaGandhi assassination & @IAF_MCC - Seargent Ram Chandra Dua and Seargent Dev Raj Singh were awarded Kirti Chakra for acts of bravery. Dev Raj Singh caught Nathuram Godse and snatched away the Pistol from the Assassin by force. Godse was carrying the loaded ..(1/3) Sgt Ram Chandra Dua
pistol and Sgt. Singh exposed himself to personal risk in grappling with him. There were 7 bullets in his pistol, and he would have gone on firing if Singh had not pounced upon him, gripping him by the wrist, swinging his arm up with one hand while raining blows on his face (2/3)
Sgt. Dua was responsible for apprehending Madan Lal who threw a bomb at #MahatmaGandhi on 20 Jan 48. Madan Lal was in possession of a grenade and Dua held onto him at the risk of his personal life. Kirti Chakras were called "Ashoka Chakra, Class II" prior to 1967. (3/3)
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Jan 31
The story of an @IAF_MCC pilot who later flew for the Royal Australian Air Force, in the Korea War of 1953 flying P51s and Gloucester Meteors. He was awarded DFC and the United States Air Medal for 76 daring missions even though was shot down once and force landed twice. Read on. Image
Charles Ronald Albert Howe was born 10 Nov 1922 in DerhdDun and educated at St Thomas' school, Achieving matriculation to Cambridge but was unable to accept the offer due to the war. He enlisted to do his duty in the war and chose the RIAF because he thought he might like flying
He was commissioned with the 16th Pilot Course in March 1943 and served with No. 9, No. 1, and No. 7 Squadrons till 1947. He was 'demobbed' as part of the reduction in service size in 1946 and left India for Australia in 1947. tinyurl.com/2mh9jsfa
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Jan 26
Trivia question for all the @IAF_MCC aficionado - Which was the first "Fighter" Sqn of the IAF? Type your answer as a response and/or retweet to spread the question!

Hint: It is not 1 Sqn, Tigers! The devil lies in the detail :-)
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8 Sqn! On October 9,1944, the Sqn was ordered to convert to Spitfires. At the same time, it received the Harvard, with Air Defence as its primary and Ground Attack as its secondary role. Thus it became the first Fighter sqn in the IAF.
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Jan 26
Republic Day special! Haider Raza - The forgotten Airman. Commissioned @IAF_MCC as a pilot with the 2nd Pilot Course in 1940, he later moved to Pakistan Air Force, from where he left as the Vice Chief. Not before he had made his mark...His story.. (1/7)
Born on 23 Sep 1916 in Chapra, United Provinces to Mary (Lyng) Raza and Syed Mustapha Raza, he chose to move to PAF on partition, even though his brother continued to serve with the Indian Army. He though spent his last years and died in the USA. (2/7)
He saw service with 1 Sqn and was the first non-white Commanding officer of 10 Sqn of the @IAF_MCC . His last posting before the partition was as Officer-in-Charge Flying of Kohat, the only station open to Indians to command and control. (3/7)
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Jan 22
IAF CHOPPERS & WEATHER BY A VET "HIP" PILOT

1.Plains. The IAF permits IFR flying by heptrs equipped for it. Climb through non-convective weather to IFR levels, fly through it, descend & land at an airfield. Navaids available! . @sajaniaf @realkaypius @arunp2810 @VishnuNDTV
2.Do IAF helicopter pilots train for Instrument Flying? Absolutely. They need to practice, get tested before being awarded an Instrument Rating – same as fixed wing – White, Green, Master Green.
3. Hills. Max four octa, only contact flying under VFR permitted. Why? 5 reasons for it - Read on
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Jan 22
When IAF had a legal Branch!

Yes, a separate branch just like GD(P), SIGS, A&SD. While the exact date of formation of the branch is not known, it can be surmised that the branch was setup between October 1945 and January 1946. Three more officers transferred on 22 April 1946 +
The first officer to be in the Legal Branch was then F/O (later Gp Capt) Syed Mohammad Aslam (1889). He later transferred to PAF. Three officers served in the Legal branch at the time of independence – Wg Cdr Basant Singh (2723), F/L PK Shastri (2878) and S/L BD Mistry (2728)+
After Independence – PK Shastri and BD Mistry were seconded to the JAG branch (Army) serving as Deputy Assistant JAGs. PK Shastri returned to AirHQ and became the first Chief Legal Advisor (1949-51) of the IAF. This post is now known as JAG (Air). +
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Galway Clash of 1962 - Helicopter Fleet and the untimely death of AVM Eric Pinto, the common thread to all of them - Late Flt Lt Satnam Singh Sondhi (5181) of the @IAF_MCC . Read on....(1/n)
In October of 1962, Galwan and Hot Springs were flashpoints of conflict with the Chinese and it was essential to maintain a presence. These posts were surrounded by the Chinese and the only way to service them was by Air, a practice still nascent at that time. (2/17)
On 4 Oct 1962, 1/8 Gurkhas were being replaced with 5 Jat at Galwan right under the noses of the Chinese. The ops was being carried out by 2 Mi-4 Hepts of 107 HU. On one such leg, one of the Heptrs had engine trouble and had to land on a river bed (in Hotsprings area) (3/17)
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