Jag Mohan Nath
Jag Mohan Nath MVC & Bar | |
|---|---|
 Nath had 3275 flying hours[1] | |
| Nickname(s) | Jaggi,[2] Professor[3] |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service |  Indian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1948 - 1969 |
| Rank |  Wing Commander |
| Service number | 3946 GD(P)[1] |
| Unit | No.106 Squadron[1] |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards |  Maha Vir Chakra & Bar |
Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath MVC, was an Indian Air Force officer . He is the first of the six officers to have been decorated with the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest war time military decoration, twice. He was decorated for his operations in the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.[4]
Early life
Jag Mohan Nath was born in Layyah, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan) in a Punjabi Hindu family of doctors. He served in the Air Force from 1948 to 1969, before taking up a position in Air India.[4]
Military career
He joined the Air Force Administrative College in Coimbatore in 1948. He was first awarded the Maha Vir Chakra for his role in reconnaissance missions in Aksai Chin and Tibet, before and during the 1962 war. His missions proved useful in learning about the Chinese military build-up in Aksai Chin. He flew around 30 reconnaissance missions into Pakistan during the 1965 war in an English Electric Canberra, which earned him his second Maha Vir Chakra.[4][5][6] He would go over Pakistani territory including Lahore, Icchogil canal and Sargoda.[3] In eastern Ladakh, Nath would fly into Chinese occupied territory. He had stated in an interview that "the Chinese could see me clearly and even fired at my aircraft," but other than that could do little as the Chinese did not have an air force at the time.[6]
Controversy
In an interview, Wing Commander Nath claimed that a mole was detected in the Indian Air Force's Western Command during the 1965 war. The mole was a group captain handling flight movements in the Western Command, though he declined to name the person as he was already dead.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Service Record: Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Arpi, Claude (30 January 2020). "Wrong person at wrong time". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Purohit, Jugal R. (21 September 2015). "1965 war hero 'Professor' reveals top IAF officer a Pak mole who bled India". India Today. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Srinivasan, Pankaja (6 September 2015). "The pilot who 'shot' Pakistan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Squadron Leader Jag Mohan Nath (3946) MVC". Indian Air Force. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ a b Pal, Snchari (2018-01-22). "The Story of The Only Living IAF Veteran To Get The Maha Vir Chakra Twice!". The Better India. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Mole in IAF helped Pak plan attack: 1965 war hero". The Times of India. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.