Registration / Serial:E1043
Aircraft Original Type:Folland Fo-141/144 Gnat
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley Gnat/Ajeet
Aircraft Version:Hindustan Gnat
C/n (msn):174
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
City / Airport:Hindon (VIDX)Map
Country:India
Event:Indian Air Force Day 2021
Photo Date:8 October 2021
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:405205Submit Correction
View count: 164
Centrepiece of the static lineup on Air Force Day 2021, this Gnat commemorates the Golden Anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Fittingly, the aircraft carries the Regn. E257 as a tribute to Fg Off Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon of No. 18 Sqn, the only airman to be posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for valor. Sekhon was on ORP at Srinagar on 14 Dec. 1971 when the airfield was attacked by six PAF Sabres. He scrambled as bombs were falling and engaged them despite the odds, before falling to the escort.
Registration / Serial:E1043
Aircraft Version:Hindustan Gnat
C/n (msn):174
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
City / Airport:Hindon (VIDX)Map
Country:India
Photo Date:8 October 2021
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Registration / Serial:E1043
Aircraft Original Type:Folland Fo-141/144 Gnat
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley Gnat/Ajeet
Aircraft Version:Hindustan Gnat
C/n (msn):174
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
City / Airport:Hindon (VIDX)Map
Country:India
Event:Indian Air Force Day 2021
Photo Date:8 October 2021
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:405205Submit Correction
View count: 164
Centrepiece of the static lineup on Air Force Day 2021, this Gnat commemorates the Golden Anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Fittingly, the aircraft carries the Regn. E257 as a tribute to Fg Off Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon of No. 18 Sqn, the only airman to be posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for valor. Sekhon was on ORP at Srinagar on 14 Dec. 1971 when the airfield was attacked by six PAF Sabres. He scrambled as bombs were falling and engaged them despite the odds, before falling to the escort.
Registration / Serial:E1043
Aircraft Version:Hindustan Gnat
C/n (msn):174
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
City / Airport:Hindon (VIDX)Map
Country:India
Photo Date:8 October 2021
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact