"Ghost of Dhaka"
0845 hours, 3rd December 1971.
Two PAF Sabres flown by junior F/O Shamsul Haq and even junior F/O Shamshad kept three successive IAF strikes at bay. They managed to fire at several of them. Shams shot down 1× IAF Hunter (flown by S/L KD Mehra)....1/n
0845 hours, 3rd December 1971.
Two PAF Sabres flown by junior F/O Shamsul Haq and even junior F/O Shamshad kept three successive IAF strikes at bay. They managed to fire at several of them. Shams shot down 1× IAF Hunter (flown by S/L KD Mehra)....1/n
..... He also damaged IAF Su-7. Sukhoi pilots cleverly fired a2g rockets at Sabres when their (Su-7s') mission stood aborted. He chased another Hunter entering Indian territory and claimed it using Sidewinder (confirmation hard to come by). Shamshad managed to land.... 2/n
Safely but Shams, who was out of ammunition, in show of bravado chased another Hunter he had spotted while Tezgaon scrambled another pair. He then came in for long overdue landing. while on short finals he couldn't believe his ears when he was warned about MiG-21 perched... 3/n
... on his tail. He cleaned his aircraft's "dirty configuration" and broke hard into MiG, with his quarry accelerating away. His fuel tanks almost dry, he managed to land on vapors.
Both young #TailChoppers were awarded Sitara-e-Jurat
Both young #TailChoppers were awarded Sitara-e-Jurat
*4th 🤦♂️
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