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Date: | Sunday 19 September 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Folland Gnat F Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn IAF |
Registration: | IE-10.. |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chawinda, near Lahore -
Pakistan
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pathankot, India |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down by a Pakistani North American F-86E Sabre over Chawinda, near Lahore, Pakistan, in air-to-air combat, by Flt Lt Saif ul-Azam (PAF). Pilot of the Gnat, Flying Officer Vijay Mayadev, ejected and became a POW.
Sources:
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_warfare_in_1965_India_Pakistan_War
http://web.archive.org/web/20121025182700/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Folland_Gnat.htm
http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/airforce/war/claims.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jul-2011 12:45 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jul-2011 23:49 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
14-Apr-2013 14:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
13-Feb-2024 19:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |