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Date: | Tuesday 14 December 1971 |
Time: | 16:10 |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 660 Sqn Indian AAC |
Registration: | N-965 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Shakargarh, Narowal District, Punjab -
Pakistan
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down by a Pakistani Air Force North American F-86F Sabre of 26 Squadron, PAF, flown by S/Lt S. Gauhar. The pilot of the Auster (Capt Pradip Kumar Gaur) was killed. Combat took place over Shakargarh (Urdu: شکرگڑھ ), a city in the north-east of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Jammu to the North and Sialkot to the west. The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E and is situated at the west bank of the Ravi River.
NOTE: Some contemporary records describe the aircraft shot down as a "Krishak"(a military AOP aircraft based on the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd HAOP-27 Pushpak) - others as an "Auster AOP.56".
Sources:
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml http://web.archive.org/web/20140227054051/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com:80/IAF/History/1971War/Appendix2.html
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/worldarmedforcesforum/indian-and-pakistani-war-t115813.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Feb-2012 13:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
27-Feb-2012 13:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative]] |
28-Feb-2012 09:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
28-Feb-2012 10:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
15-Mar-2012 11:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator] |