Today is the birth anniversary of Flying Officer Nirmal Jit
Singh Sekhon, Param Vir Chakra (posthumous). He is the only PVC recipient from
the Indian Air Force.
During a surprise attack by Pakistan, the Indian pilots in
Srinagar were ordered to take shelter but Sekhon managed to take off in his
Gnat. He single-handedly chased away a strike force comprising four F-86F
Sabres of Pakistani Air Force's 26 Squadron (Black Spiders). "I am behind
two Sabres. I won't let the bastards get away". Sekhon achieved his objective
as the enemy aircrafts fled from the scene of the battle without pressing home
their attack against the town and the airfield however, Sekhon was killed in
the process.
Pakistan Defence website describes him as "His was a
commendable effort indeed, as he had kept the field single-handedly to the very
end" and "Some enemies are also respectable"!!!
I salute this true hero!!
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