WG CDR KK ‘JUMBO’ MAJUMDAR DFC
BORN: 06 SEP 1913 | DIED: 17 FEB 1945

The Indian Air Force has the distinction of producing an
officer whose name, at end of the Second World War, was
included among the best pilots of all Allied Forces. Wg Cdr
KK ‘Jumbo’ Majumdar DFC was born at Calcutta on 06 Sep
1913.

AIR CMDE MEHAR SINGH
BORN: 20 MAR 1915 | DIED: 11 MAR 1952

Air Cmde Mehar Singh was born in the district of Lyallpur
on 20 Mar 1915. Mehar Singh was attracted by the idea of
flying at a very young age in which lead him to join Royal
Air Force College Cranwell,
England in 1934.

AIR MARSHAL SUBROTO MUKERJEE
BORN: 05 MAR 1911 | DIED: 08 NOV 1960

Subroto Mukerjee was the youngest child of a close-knit
and well known Bengali family. At the age of 18, he was one
of the first six Indian boys selected to undergo two years of
flying training at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.

WING COMMANDER RAKESH SHARMA
BORN: 13 JAN 1949

Wg Cdr Rakesh Sharma was born on 13 Jan 1949 at Patiala
Punjab, and was schooled at St. George’s Grammar School
Abid Road Hyderabad. He was commissioned into the
Indian Air Force as a Pilot Officer in 1970.