Start Date : 26 Aug 49 End Date : 19 Jan 51
54 Pilot Course - 84 cadets, including five Naval cadets reported to No. 1 AFA Ambala on 26 August 1949 and completed all through flying traning on 19 Jan 1951 getting wings and commission. In all 23 IAF and 2 Naval cadets got commission. Of these the first 8 got PC and the remaining SSC. This was the the first course to undergo all through flying training at one academy.Thereafter they underwent Conversion training at C&T squadron (Spitfire and Tempest) in AFS Ambala till 2 June 1951 and C&T Sqn Agra (Dakota).
No Image Available4020 GD(P)Flying OfficerKishore Atmaram DeshpandeDied in Service on 07 Oct 52 | 4021 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderMelville Andrew Woodfall | 4022 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreVishwanatha Krishnamurthy | 4023 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalMan Mohan Singh | 4024 GD(P)Squadron LeaderIan Steele Loughran |
4025 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalArvind Dalaya | No Image Available4026 GD(P)Flight LieutenantNaozar Sorabji Kalyanivala | 4027 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainArjan Dev Ralli | No Image Available4028 GD(P)Flying OfficerMohinder Singh ChhokarDied in Service on 07 Oct 53 | 4029 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderParm Prit Singh |
No Image Available4030 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRamesh Chandra | 4031 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainDalip Wikram Chauhan | 4032 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainSomendra Kumar Roy | 4033 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreMandokollathur Gopalaswamy Ramachandra | No Image Available4034 GD(P)Flying OfficerKarambir SinghDied in Service on 13 Oct 55 |
No Image Available4035 GD(P)Flying OfficerCherugura Thomas PhilipDied in Service on 16 Jun 55 | No Image Available4036 GD(P)Pilot OfficerSubrata BiswasDied in Service on 20 Sep 51 | 4037 GD(P)Group CaptainPrakashnarain Jainarain Mehra | 4038 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalChandra Kant Shantaram Raje | No Image Available4039 GD(P)Squadron LeaderArthur Charles Jacquet |
4040 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalJayaram Nilkanth Jatar | 4041 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainVijay Chand Mankotia | No Image Available4042 GD(P)Flying OfficerSatish KumarDied in Service on 28 May 53 |
Read more at http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/History/1950s/54PC-2Group photograph of No. 54 pilot’s course at Ambala in early Sept. 1949. There were 84 of us including 5 Naval Officers. The pencil marks indicate those who failed to make the grade. | Read more at http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1950s/1079-54pc.html54th Course - Collection of Locky Loughran |