List of aerial victories during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

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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 1 September 1965. Pakistan Air Force under Operation Grand Slam and Indian Airforce under Operation Riddle engaged with each other with the last aerial combat taking place on 23 September 1965.

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From the gallery of 350 paintings by Rtd Grp Capt Syed Masood Akhtar Hussaini, Tamgha-e-Bisalat, Member American Society of Aviation Artists 1965 War, Syed Masood Akhtar Hussaini.jpg
From the gallery of 350 paintings by Rtd Grp Capt Syed Masood Akhtar Hussaini, Tamgha-e-Bisalat, Member American Society of Aviation Artists

The sides claimed various numbers of kills and casualties. India claims to have lost 35–59 aircraft [2] [3] while Pakistan claims to have destroyed 110–113; [4] [5] neutral sources claim that India lost 60–75 aircraft. [6] Pakistan claims to have lost 19 aircraft [4] while India claims 43–73 kills; [2] [7] [5] neutral sources say Pakistan lost 20 aircraft. [6]

Aerial victories

The following lists contains aerial victories credited to both Indian as well as Pakistani pilots. [8] [9] [10] [11]

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PilotPilot‘s SquadronCountryDateFighter TypeVictim PilotVictim Pilot‘s SquadronVictim AircraftRemarks
Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui No. 5 Squadron PAF Pakistan1 Sep Air War over Chumb F-86 Flight Lieutenant (later Group Captain) Shrikrishna Vishnu Phatak (wingman) No. 45 Squadron IAF de Havilland Vampire Phatak bailed out, [12] Rafiqui awarded Sitara-e-Jurat [13] [14]
Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui No. 5 Squadron PAF Pakistan1 Sep Air War over Chumb F-86 Squadron Leader Aspi Kekobad Bhagwagar (flight leader) No. 45 Squadron IAF de Havilland Vampire Bhagwagar KIA [15]
Flt Lt later Air Cmdr Imtiaz Bhatti No. 15 Squadron PAF Pakistan1 Sep Air War over Chumb F-86 Flight Lieutenant Satish Bharadwaj (element wingman) No. 45 Squadron IAF de Havilland Vampire Bharadwaj KIA [16] [17]
Flt Lt later Air Cmdr Imtiaz Bhatti No. 15 Squadron PAF Pakistan1 Sep Air War over Chumb F-86 Flight Lieutenant Vijay Madhav Joshi (element leader) No. 45 Squadron IAF de Havilland Vampire Joshi KIA [18] Bhatti awarded Sitara-e-Jurat [19]
Sqn Ldr later Wng CmdrTrevor Keelor No. 23 Squadron IAF India3 Sep Air War over Chicken's Neck (Pakistan) Akhnoor Folland Gnat Flt Lt later Air Cmdr Yousuf Ali Khan No. 11 Squadron PAF F-86 Trevor awarded 1st Vir Chakra of war. Khan awarded Sitara-e-Jurat for surviving the dogfight against six Gnats and nursing the damaged Sabre back home. [20] [21]
Flt Lt later Grp Capt Virendera Singh Pathania No. 23 Squadron IAF India4 Sep Air War over Chicken's Neck (Pakistan) Akhnoor Folland Gnat Flt Lt N.M Butt No. 15 Squadron PAF F-86 Butt bailed out, Pathania awarded the Vir Chakra. [22] [23]
Flt Lt later Air Chief Marshall Hakimullah Khan Durrani No. 9 Squadron PAF Pakistan4 Sep Pasrur Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Sqn Ldr later Air Marshal Brij Pal Singh Sikand No. 23 Squadron IAF Folland Gnat Starfighter forced the Gnat to land mistakenly at an abandoned airstrip. Durrani awarded Tamgha-e-Diffa and Sitara-e-Basalat [24]
Sqn Ldr later Air Cmdr Muhammad Mahmood Alam / Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi No. 11 Squadron PAF / No. 18 Squadron PAF Pakistan6 Sep Taran Taran F-86 Sqn Ldr Peter Rawley No. 7 Squadron IAF 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. Hatmi awarded the kill disputed by Alam. [25]
Flg Offr later Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi No. 7 Squadron IAF India6 Sep Halwara Air Force Station Hawker Hunter Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui No. 5 Squadron PAF F-86 Vir Chakra awarded to Ghandhi for hitting Rafiqui and another plane. [25]
Flt Lt Yunus Hussain No. 5 Squadron PAF Pakistan6 Sep Halwara Air Force Station F86 Fg Offr later Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Ghandhi bailed out, Yunus's kill disputed by Cecil Chaudhry [26] [27] [a]
Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui No. 5 Squadron PAF India6 Sep Halwara Air Force Station F-86 Flg Offr later Air Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Pingale bailed out [25]
Flt Off later Wng Cmdr Vinod Neb No. 27 Squadron IAF India6 Sep Halwara Air Force Station Hawker Hunter Flt Lt Yunus Hussain No. 5 Squadron PAF F-86 Yunus posthumously awarded Sitara-e-Jurat, Neb awarded Vir Chakra [25]
Flight Lieutenant later Air Marshal Dev Nath Rathore No. 27 Squadron IAF India6 Sep Halwara Air Force Station Hawker Hunter Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui No. 5 Squadron PAF F-86 Rafiqui posthumously awarded Hilal-e-Jurat, Rathore awarded Vir Chakra. [25]
Sqn Ldr Ajjamada B. Devaiah No. 1 Squadron IAF India7 Sep Sargodha Airfield Complex Dassault Mystère IV Flt Lt later Air Vice Marshal Amjad Hussain No. 9 Squadron PAF Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Both planes crashed, Devaiah KIA awarded Mahavir Chakra 23 years after war. [28]
Sqn Ldr later Air Cmdr Muhammad Mahmood Alam No. 11 Squadron PAF Pakistan7 Sep Sargodha Airfield Complex F-86 Flt Lt later Wng Cmdr ‘Piloo’ Kacker No. 27 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Kill disputed, crashed due to ack, ack fuel loss, Kacker became POW
Flt Lt Anwar-ul-Haq Malik No. 26 Squadron PAF Pakistan7 Sep Sargodha Airfield Complex F-86 AAMsFlt Lt U.Babul Guha No. 1 Squadron IAF Dassault Mystère IV KIA [29] [30]
Sqn Ldr later Air Cmdr Muhammad Mahmood Alam No. 11 Squadron PAF Pakistan7 Sep Sargodha Airfield Complex F-86 Sqn Ldr S C Bhagwat No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter KIA [31] [30] Alam conferred Sitara-e-Jurat,Tamgha-e-Diffa, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
Sqn Ldr later Air Cmdr Muhammad Mahmood Alam No. 11 Squadron PAF Pakistan7 Sep Sargodha Airfield Complex F-86 Fg Offr Jagdev Singh Brar No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Brar KIA [32] [30]
Flt LtAlfred Tyrone Cooke No. 14 Squadron IAF India7 Sep Kalaikunda Air Force Station Hawker Hunter Flying officer Afzal Khan No. 14 Squadron PAF F-86 Khan KIA, Cooke awarded Vir Chakra [33]
Fg Offr later Wing Commander Subodh Chandra Mamgain No. 14 Squadron IAF India7 Sep Kalaikunda Air Force Station Hawker Hunter Flight Lieutenant Tariq Habib (Leader) No. 14 Squadron PAF F-86 Mamgain awarded Vir Chakra for one hit and one unconfirmed kill. [34] [35]
Flt Lt later Air Cmdr Yousuf Ali Khan No. 11 Squadron PAF Pakistan13 Sep Katron, Sangroor F-86 Flt Lt later Wg Cmdr Arvind Kale No. 2 Squadron IAF Folland Gnat Kale bailed out. [36] [37]
Flt Lt later Air Cmdr Imtiaz Bhatti No. 15 Squadron PAF Pakistan13 Sep PAF Base Sargodha F-86 Sqn Ldr N K Malik No. 2 Squadron IAF Folland Gnat Pilot nursed Gnat back to India but died next day, Bhatti awarded with hit [38] [39] [40]
Sqn Ldr later Grp Capt Bharat Singh No. 2 Squadron IAF India14 Sep Khem Karan Sector Folland Gnat Unidentified F-86 Indian Army confirmed wreckage and Singh awarded Vir Chakra, PAF pilot nursed hit plane safely to ground. [41]
Flg Offr later Air Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale No. 7 Squadron IAF India16 Sep Hawker Hunter Fg Offr M Shaukat No. 11 Squadron PAF F-86 Pingale awarded Vir Chakra [42]
Sqn Ldr later Air Cmdr Muhammad Mahmood Alam No. 11 Squadron PAF Pakistan16 Sep F-86 Flg Offr Farokh Dara Bunsha No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Bunsha KIA [43]
Flt Lt later Wng CmdrAmar Jit Singh Sandhu No. 23 Squadron IAF India18 Sep Pathankot Air Force Station Folland Gnat Flt Lt later Air Cdr Syed Saad Akhtar Hatmi No. 18 Squadron PAF F-86 Sandhu awarded Vir Chakra [44] Hatmi bailed out and awarded Sitara-e-Jurat, flew the captured plane to Sargodha from Pasrur.
Flight Lieutenant later Grp Capt Saiful Azam Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) No. 17 Squadron PAF Pakistan19 SepSargodha Airfield Complex F-86 Flight Lieutenant later Wg Cdr Maya Dev No. 9 Squadron IAF Folland Gnat Dev bailed out and became POW, [45] Azam awarded Sitara-e-Jurat [46] [47]
Flt Lt later Air Marshal Denzil Keelor No. 9 Squadron IAF India19 Sep Tezpur Air Force Station Folland Gnat Wng Cmdr Syed Mohammad Ahmed No. 14 Squadron PAF F-86 Ahmad bailed out, Keelor awarded Vir Chakra [48] Ahmed awarded Sitara-i-Basalat
Flt Lt later Group Captain Ajay Kumar Mazumdar No. 2 Squadron IAF India20 Sep Lahore [49] Folland Gnat Flight Lieutenant Anwar-ul-Haq Malik No. 26 Squadron PAF F-86 PAF pilot bailed out. Mazumdar awarded Vir Chakra [50]
Squadron Leader later Air Chief Marshal Sharbat Ali Changezi No. 26 Squadron PAF Pakistan20 Sep Lahore [49] F-86 Squadron Leader S K Sharma No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Sharma bailed out [51] Changezi awarded Tamgha-e-Basalat
Flight Lieutenant Syed Nazir Ahmed Jilani No. 26 Squadron PAF Pakistan20 Sep Lahore [49] F-86 Squadron Leader Deba Prasad Chatterjee No. 7 Squadron IAF Hawker Hunter Chatterjee KIA [52] Jilani awarded Tamgha-e-Basalat [53]
Flt Lt later Air Chief Marshal Jamal Ahmad Khan Afridi No. 9 Squadron PAF Pakistan21 Sep Fazilka Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Sidewinder AIM-9BFlt Lt Manmohan Lowe

Fg Offr Kewal Krishan Kapur

 No. 5 Squadron IAF English Electric Canberra Lowe bailed out, [54] Kapur KIA, [55] Afridi awarded Sitara-e-Jurat
Indian AircraftCountry of Origin
Aérospatiale Alouette IIIFlag of France.svg  France
Bréguet Br.1050 AlizéFlag of France.svg  France
Dassault Mystère IV Flag of France.svg  France
de Havilland Vampire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
English Electric Canberra Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Folland Gnat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Hawker Hunter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
HAL HF-24 MarutFlag of India.svg  India
HAL KrishakFlag of India.svg  India
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FLFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Sukhoi Su-7BMKFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Pakistan AircraftCountry of Origin
Canadair SabreFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Cessna O-1 Bird DogFlag of the United States.svg  USA
Dassault Mirage IIIFlag of France.svg  France
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Flag of the United States.svg  USA
North American F-86 Sabre Flag of the United States.svg  USA
Shenyang F6CFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Notes

  1. ↑ The specified timestamps for reference are 16:25-18:10, 20:26-21:07, and 29:00-31:17 in the podcast.

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