Start Date : 01 Sep 44 End Date : 25 Jun 45
33 Pilot Course - Selected officer cadets reported to ITW Pune in September 1944 and remained there for ground training till Feb 1945. They were sent No. 2 EFTS (Jodhpur on Cornell) in March 1945 (and No. 1 EFTS?) and completed elementary training in June 1945. On reporting to 1 SFTS for advanced training, they were awarded commission on 25 June 1945. They completed advanced training at 1 SFTS and were awarded wings on 16 Nov 1945. Subsequently the Course attended Fighter Course at 151 OTU from January 1946 to March 1946. For some of the course members, this was followed by training at Airfiring flight (Bhopal) between March and May 1946 and Fighter Recce at Ambala between June and September 1946.
3149 GD(P)Flying OfficerMohammed Sajjad Akhtar | 3150 GD(P)Pilot OfficerKirti Singh Bedi | 3151 GD(P)Flying OfficerLeslie Arthur Boileau | 3152 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainSubhas Ranjan Bose | 3153 GD(P)Flying OfficerDennis Philo David |
3154 GD(P)Squadron LeaderSamar Krishna Dutt | 3155 GD(P)Pilot OfficerSisir Kumar Dutta | 3156 GD(P)Flying OfficerGhulam Haider | 3157 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalSaroj Jena | 3158 GD(P)Flying OfficerNoel Hope Lee |
3159 GD(P)Pilot OfficerVasantrao Mandlik | 3160 GD(P)Wing CommanderDonald George Michael | 3161 GD(P)Wing CommanderEdwin Noble Millicans | 3162 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreHarbans Singh Monga | 3163 GD(P)Flight LieutenantDeryck Borkman PigottDied in Service on 11 Dec 50 |
3164 GD(P)Pilot OfficerVilar Gopaleswamy Ramaswamy | 3165 GD(P)Flying OfficerClifton Shortlands |