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The Indo-Pakistani air war of 1965 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred after the failure of Operation Gibraltar in Jammu and Kashmir. On 1st September 1965 Pakistan Air Force under Operation Grand Slam and Indian Airforce under Operation Riddle engaged with each other with the last aerial combat on 23rd September 1965.

The sides claimed various numbers of kills and causualties. India claims to have lost 35–59 aircraft[1][2] while Pakistan claims to have destroyed 110–113;[3][4] neutral sources claim that India lost 60–75 aircraft.[5] Pakistan claims to have lost 19 aircraft[3] while India claims 43–73 kills;[1][6][4] neutral sources say Pakistan lost 20 aircraft.[5]

Aerial victories

The following lists contains aerial victories credited to both Indian as well as Pakistani pilots.

Pilot Country Date Fighter Type Victim Pilot Victim Aircraft Remarks
Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui Pakistan 1st Sep F-86 Flight Lieutenant (later Group Captain) Shrikrishna Vishnu Phatak (wingman) de Havilland Vampire Survived the crash[7]
Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui Pakistan 1st Sep F-86 Squadron Leader Aspi Kekobad Bhagwagar (flight leader), de Havilland Vampire KIA[8]
Flt Lt later Air Cmdre Imtiaz Bhatti Pakistan 1st Sep F-86 Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj (element wingman) de Havilland Vampire KIA[9]
Flt Lt later Air Cmdre Imtiaz Bhatti Pakistan 1st Sep F-86 Flight Lieutenant Vijay Madhav Joshi (element leader) de Havilland Vampire KIA[10]
Sqn Ldr later Wng CmdrTrevor Keelor India 4th Sep Folland Gnat Flg Offr Yusuf Ali Khan F-86 Khan, received the Sitara-e-Jurat for surviving the dogfight against six Gnats and bringing the damaged Sabre back home.[11][12]
Flt Lt later Grp CapVirendera Singh Pathania India 4th Sep Folland Gnat Flt Lt N.M Butt F-86 Butt survived, Pathania awarded the Vir Chakra.[13] [14]
Flt Lt Hakimullah Khan Pakistan 4th Sep Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Sqn Ldr later Air Marshal Brij Pal Singh Sikand Folland Gnat Starfighter forced the Gnat to land mistakenly at an abandoned airstrip in Pasrur.[15]
Sqn Ldr later Air Cmdr Muhammad Mahmood Alam India 6th Sep F-86 Sqn Ldr Peter Rawley Hawker Hunter Aborted Halwara base attack at Taran Taran, Rawley misjudged his turn at low levels during the engagement and went into the ground, KIA. Alam claimed the kill.[16]
Flg Offr later Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi India 6th Sep Hawker Hunter Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui F-86 Vir Chakra awarded to Ghandhi for hitting Rafiqui.[16]
Flt Lt Yunus Hussain Pakistan 6th Sep F86 Fg Offr later Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi Hawker Hunter Ghandhi survived but claim disputed for kill by Cecil Chaudhry
Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui India 6th Sep F-86 Flg Offr later Air Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale Hawker Hunter Pingale survived[16]
Flt Off later Wng Cmdr Vinod Neb India 6th Sep Hawker Hunter Flt Lt Yunus Hussain F-86 Yunus posthumusly awarded Sitara-e-Jurat, Yunus awarded Vir Chakra[16]
Flight Lieutenant later Air Marshal Dev Nath Rathore India 6th Sep Hawker Hunter Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui F-86 Rafiqui posthumusly awarded Hilal-e-Jurat, Neb awarded Vir Chakra.[16]
Sqn Ldr Ajjamada B. Devaiah India de Havilland Vampire Flt Lt Amjad Hussain Pakistan Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Hussain crashed, Devaiah KIA awarded Mahavir Chakra 23 years after war.[17]
Pakistan ‘Piloo’ Kacker Kill by a Sidewinder missile, Kacker became POW[18]
Flight Lieutenant A.H. Malik Pakistan Flight Lieutenant U.Babul Guha India KIA[19]
Indian Aircraft Country of Origin
Aérospatiale Alouette III  France
Bréguet Br.1050 Alizé  France
de Havilland Vampire  United Kingdom
English Electric Canberra  United Kingdom
Folland Gnat  United Kingdom
Hawker Hunter  United Kingdom
HAL HF-24 Marut  India
HAL Krishak  India
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL  Soviet Union
Sukhoi Su-7BMK  Soviet Union
Pakistan Aircraft Country of Origin
Canadair Sabre  Canada
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog  USA
Dassault Mirage III  France
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter  USA
North American F-86 Sabre  USA
Shenyang F6C  China

References

  1. ^ a b Creveld, Martin Van (2012). The Age of Airpower (illustrated, reprint ed.). PublicAffairs. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9781610391085.
  2. ^ "Official History of IAF in 65 War" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b Osama, Athar (7 September 2007). "1965 War: A Different Legacy". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  4. ^ a b O' Nordeen, Lon (1985). Air Warfare in the Missile Age. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 84–87. ISBN 978-0-87474-680-8.
  5. ^ a b Leonard, Thomas M. (2006). Encyclopedia of the developing world. Taylor & Francis. p. 806. ISBN 978-0-415-97663-3. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  6. ^ The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum. Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.
  7. ^ "Group Captain Shrlkrishna Vishnu Phatak". Bharat-Rakshak.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  8. ^ "Squadron Leader Aspi Kekobad Bhagwagar". Bharat-Rakshak.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  9. ^ "Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj". Bharat-Rakshak.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  10. ^ "Flight Lieutenant Vijay Madhav Joshi". Bharat-Rakshak.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  11. ^ Air Commodore M. Kaiser Tufail. "Run... It's a 104". Jang News. Archived from the original on 2007-03-19.
  12. ^ "Air war over Kashmir". 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  13. ^ Shukla, Ajai. "The day nothing happened". Business Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  14. ^ Indian Air Force awards Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine "Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania". Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  15. ^ "1965 War, Chapter 3." Archived 6 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved: 4 November 2010.
  16. ^ a b c d e "1965 India-Pakistan war: How IAF's heroes slayed PAF's superior Sabre fighter jets". Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  17. ^ "1965 Sargodha attack: How IAF hit Pakistan's most protected base & destroyed 10 aircraft". Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Flight Lieutenant Babul Guha". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Flight Lieutenant Babul Guha". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

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