End Date : 29 Jun 42
13 Pilot Course - Candidates report to local flying clubs around 15 Dec 1941. Subsequently, 84 selected candidates were sent to ITC Walton in Lahore for ground and service training for 10 weeks, followed by a two week break. This included 79 Indian cadets (including a Lieutenant from the Indian Army, and a Merchant Navy cadet from IMM TS Dufferin), four re-musters from the RAF (one Equipment branch Wing Commander, and three Sergeants), and a veterinary surgeon from Bombay.Thereafter they headed to 1 EFTS (Secunderabad) or 2 EFTS (Jodhpur) for 10 weeks on Tigermoths for Basic flying. They were commissioned on reporting to 1 SFTS (Ambala on Audax and Hart) for advanced flying on 29 June 1942. They were awarded wings on completion of the advanced traning on 14 Dec 1942. Service Numbers for course were alloted in albhabeitcal order and not in seniority.
No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerRaja Mohd Anwar | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerAtta Ullah | 1907 GD(P)Group CaptainAbdul Naeem Aziz | 1908 GD(P)Squadron LeaderAbdullah Beg | 1909 GD(P)Pilot OfficerMohan Karam ChandDied in Service on 29 Apr 43 |
1910 GD(P)Flying OfficerJotindar Singh Dhillon | No Image Available1911 GD(P)Flying OfficerIshwar DassDied in Service on 13 Jan 45 | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerOm Parkash Dawesar | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerTerrence De Souza | No Image Available1912 GD(P)Flying OfficerHarbans Singh |
No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerJaswant Singh Kapoor | 1913 GD(P)Group CaptainAbdul Majeed Khan | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerOm Parkash Mehta | 1914 GD(P)Pilot OfficerBhagwan Ghanshamdas Mansukhani | 1915 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreBal Bhagwan Marathe |
1916 GD(P)Pilot OfficerAjmail Singh SekhonDied in Service on 19 Apr 43 | No Image Available1917 GD(P) (Later SIGS)Wing CommanderZulfiqar Ali Aziz | No Image Available1918 GD(P)Flight LieutenantDewan Balwant RaiDied in Service on 26 Jul 47 | No Image Available1919 GD(P)Flying OfficerFaiz Ahmad | No Image Available1920 GD(P)Flying OfficerCharan Das SharmaDied in Service on 03 Jul 43 |
1921 GD(P)Squadron LeaderBaldev Singh DograDied in Service on 07 Feb 51 | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerVed Kumar | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerAnand Ramrao Kaushik | 1923 GD(P)Group CaptainMohammad Jamiluddin Khan | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerRaool Ahmad Mirza |
No Image Available1924 GD(P)Squadron LeaderRonald Edward Noah | No Image Available1925 GD(P)Squadron LeaderMohan Krishnarao Nerurkar | 1926 GD(P)Group CaptainChristopher Andrew Neelakantan | 1927 GD(P)Group CaptainChurukara George Immanuel Phillip | 1928 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreSolomon Purushottam |
1929 GD(P)Flying OfficerBashir AhmedDied in Service on 26 Oct 43 | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerCecil Eric Robson | No Image AvailableGD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerAnil Sinha | No Image Available1930 GD(P)Acting Pilot OfficerAnson Frank Sallick | 1931 GD(P)Pilot OfficerKulwant Singh SandhuDied in Service on 29 May 43 |
1932 GD(P)Flying OfficerSahebzada Manzur Hussain | No Image Available1936 GD(P)Pilot OfficerIttly Valale Chacko | No Image Available1937 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainSharan Singh Sawhny |