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	[[Squadron Leader]] '''Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya''' MVC is the only [[Indian Air Force]] Officer to be posthumously awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the [[Param Vir Chakra]]. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|1965 India-Pakistan War]], Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase [[Sargodha]]) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani territory. 23 years later, in 1988, he was posthumously awarded the retrospective MVC award for this feat in the 1965 conflict.<ref name = "IAF MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (IAF)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/Gallantry/302-MVC.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name = "1988 MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (1988)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qyear=1988\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June ~~2022~~}}</ref>		[[Squadron Leader]] '''Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya''' MVC is the only [[Indian Air Force]] Officer to be posthumously awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the [[Param Vir Chakra]]. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|1965 India-Pakistan War]], Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase [[Sargodha]]) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani territory. 23 years later, in 1988, he was posthumously awarded the retrospective MVC award for this feat in the 1965 conflict.<ref name = "IAF MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (IAF)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/Gallantry/302-MVC.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref><ref name = "1988 MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (1988)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qyear=1988\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Devayya was born on 24 December 1932, at [[Coorg\|Coorg, Karnataka]]. He was the son of Dr. Bopayya. In 1954 he was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] as a pilot.<ref>{{cite web\|title=A B Devayya \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces) \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425124828/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|archivedate=25 April 2009 }}</ref> During the outbreak of the 1965 war, he was an instructor at the Air Force Flying College. He was posted to [[No. 1 Squadron IAF\|No.1 "Tigers" Squadron]] and flew the [[Dassault Mystère IV\|Mystere IVa fighter bomber]].<ref name = "MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra Awardee List\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=MVC\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Devayya was born on 24 December 1932, at [[Coorg\|Coorg, Karnataka]]. He was the son of Dr. Bopayya. In 1954 he was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] as a pilot.<ref>{{cite web\|title=A B Devayya \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces) \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425124828/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|archivedate=25 April 2009 }}</ref> During the outbreak of the 1965 war, he was an instructor at the Air Force Flying College. He was posted to [[No. 1 Squadron IAF\|No.1 "Tigers" Squadron]] and flew the [[Dassault Mystère IV\|Mystere IVa fighter bomber]].<ref name = "MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra Awardee List\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=MVC\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

	As a senior flying instructor, Squadron Leader Devayya was part of an aircraft strike mission which went to [[PAF Base Mushaf\|Sargodha]] airfield in [[Pakistan]]. Despite actually being a standby in case one of the first 12 aircraft dropped out, he joined the air battle. Devayya was intercepted by a [[Pakistan Air Force\|PAF]] [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter\|F-104 Starfighter]] flown by Pakistani pilot Flt. Lt. Amjad Hussain. Devayya successfully evaded the Starfighter's attacks. But the faster aircraft caught up with him and damaged his plane. Yet Devayya attacked the Starfighter and struck it. The Starfighter went down while the pilot Hussain ejected from his seat and parachuted. It is not known what happened to Devayya. The IAF Mysteres were short on fuel and efficiency. The Mystere aircraft was destroyed and it is assumed that Devayya died on Pakistani soil.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter">{{cite web\|title=Devayya's Encounter - 1965 War - 7 September 1965\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/AviationArt/DebGohain/1965-Devayya-Encounter.jpg.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		As a senior flying instructor, Squadron Leader Devayya was part of an aircraft strike mission which went to [[PAF Base Mushaf\|Sargodha]] airfield in [[Pakistan]]. Despite actually being a standby in case one of the first 12 aircraft dropped out, he joined the air battle. Devayya was intercepted by a [[Pakistan Air Force\|PAF]] [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter\|F-104 Starfighter]] flown by Pakistani pilot Flt. Lt. Amjad Hussain. Devayya successfully evaded the Starfighter's attacks. But the faster aircraft caught up with him and damaged his plane. Yet Devayya attacked the Starfighter and struck it. The Starfighter went down while the pilot Hussain ejected from his seat and parachuted. It is not known what happened to Devayya. The IAF Mysteres were short on fuel and efficiency. The Mystere aircraft was destroyed and it is assumed that Devayya died on Pakistani soil.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter">{{cite web\|title=Devayya's Encounter - 1965 War - 7 September 1965\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/AviationArt/DebGohain/1965-Devayya-Encounter.jpg.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What led to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What led to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

	From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>		From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>

	Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation's defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation's defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September 2009}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	[[Squadron Leader]] '''Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya''' MVC is the only [[Indian Air Force]] Officer to be posthumously awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the [[Param Vir Chakra]]. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|1965 India-Pakistan War]], Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase [[Sargodha]]) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani territory. 23 years later, in 1988, he was posthumously awarded the retrospective MVC award for this feat in the 1965 conflict.<ref name = "IAF MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (IAF)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/Gallantry/302-MVC.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June ~~2014~~}}</ref><ref name = "1988 MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (1988)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qyear=1988\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June ~~2014~~}}</ref>		[[Squadron Leader]] '''Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya''' MVC is the only [[Indian Air Force]] Officer to be posthumously awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the [[Param Vir Chakra]]. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|1965 India-Pakistan War]], Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase [[Sargodha]]) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani territory. 23 years later, in 1988, he was posthumously awarded the retrospective MVC award for this feat in the 1965 conflict.<ref name = "IAF MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (IAF)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/Gallantry/302-MVC.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June 2022}}</ref><ref name = "1988 MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (1988)\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qyear=1988\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=22 June 2022}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Devayya was born on 24 December 1932, at [[Coorg\|Coorg, Karnataka]]. He was the son of Dr. Bopayya. In 1954 he was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] as a pilot.<ref>{{cite web\|title=A B Devayya \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces) \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425124828/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|archivedate=25 April 2009 }}</ref> During the outbreak of the 1965 war, he was an instructor at the Air Force Flying College. He was posted to [[No. 1 Squadron IAF\|No.1 "Tigers" Squadron]] and flew the [[Dassault Mystère IV\|Mystere IVa fighter bomber]].<ref name = "MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra Awardee List\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=MVC\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April ~~2014~~}}</ref>		Devayya was born on 24 December 1932, at [[Coorg\|Coorg, Karnataka]]. He was the son of Dr. Bopayya. In 1954 he was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] as a pilot.<ref>{{cite web\|title=A B Devayya \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces) \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425124828/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html \|archivedate=25 April 2009 }}</ref> During the outbreak of the 1965 war, he was an instructor at the Air Force Flying College. He was posted to [[No. 1 Squadron IAF\|No.1 "Tigers" Squadron]] and flew the [[Dassault Mystère IV\|Mystere IVa fighter bomber]].<ref name = "MVC">{{cite web\|title=Maha Vir Chakra Awardee List\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=MVC\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April 2022}}</ref>

	As a senior flying instructor, Squadron Leader Devayya was part of an aircraft strike mission which went to [[PAF Base Mushaf\|Sargodha]] airfield in [[Pakistan]]. Despite actually being a standby in case one of the first 12 aircraft dropped out, he joined the air battle. Devayya was intercepted by a [[Pakistan Air Force\|PAF]] [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter\|F-104 Starfighter]] flown by Pakistani pilot Flt. Lt. Amjad Hussain. Devayya successfully evaded the Starfighter's attacks. But the faster aircraft caught up with him and damaged his plane. Yet Devayya attacked the Starfighter and struck it. The Starfighter went down while the pilot Hussain ejected from his seat and parachuted. It is not known what happened to Devayya. The IAF Mysteres were short on fuel and efficiency. The Mystere aircraft was destroyed and it is assumed that Devayya died on Pakistani soil.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter">{{cite web\|title=Devayya's Encounter - 1965 War - 7 September 1965\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/AviationArt/DebGohain/1965-Devayya-Encounter.jpg.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April ~~2014~~}}</ref>		As a senior flying instructor, Squadron Leader Devayya was part of an aircraft strike mission which went to [[PAF Base Mushaf\|Sargodha]] airfield in [[Pakistan]]. Despite actually being a standby in case one of the first 12 aircraft dropped out, he joined the air battle. Devayya was intercepted by a [[Pakistan Air Force\|PAF]] [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter\|F-104 Starfighter]] flown by Pakistani pilot Flt. Lt. Amjad Hussain. Devayya successfully evaded the Starfighter's attacks. But the faster aircraft caught up with him and damaged his plane. Yet Devayya attacked the Starfighter and struck it. The Starfighter went down while the pilot Hussain ejected from his seat and parachuted. It is not known what happened to Devayya. The IAF Mysteres were short on fuel and efficiency. The Mystere aircraft was destroyed and it is assumed that Devayya died on Pakistani soil.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter">{{cite web\|title=Devayya's Encounter - 1965 War - 7 September 1965\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/AviationArt/DebGohain/1965-Devayya-Encounter.jpg.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)\|accessdate=11 April 2022}}</ref>

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What led to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April ~~2014~~}}</ref>		The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What led to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2022}}</ref>

	From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>		From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>

	Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September ~~2013~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January ~~2014~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation's defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December ~~2010~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September ~~2009~~}}</ref>		Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation's defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September 2022}}</ref>

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	The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What ~~lead~~ to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>		The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What led to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

	From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "~~IAF~~ MVC"/><ref name = "~~1988 MVC~~"/><ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "~~Encounter~~"/>		From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>

	Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to ~~nation’s~~ defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September 2009}}</ref>		Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation's defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September 2009}}</ref>

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	The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What ~~led~~ to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>		The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What lead to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

	From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "~~Encounter~~"/><ref name = "~~IAF~~ MVC"/><ref name = "~~1988 MVC~~"/>		From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/><ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/>

	Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation’s defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September 2009}}</ref>		Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|publisher=Bharat Rakshak \|accessdate=11 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html \|archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Correspondent\|first=Special\|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece\|accessdate=3 January 2014\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Coorg\|title=Kodagu blog\|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html\|work=coorgblog\|publisher=blogspot\|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinesh\|first=B C\|title=Dedicated to nation’s defence\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2009\|accessdate=16 April 2014\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=9 September 2009}}</ref>

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	The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What ~~lead~~ to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>		The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What led to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

	From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>		From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>

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[[Squadron Leader]] '''Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya''' MVC is the only [[Indian Air Force]] Officer to be posthumously awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the [[Param Vir Chakra]]. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 India-Pakistan War]], Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase [[Sargodha]]) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani territory. 23 years later, in 1988, he was posthumously awarded the retrospective MVC award for this feat in the 1965 conflict.<ref name = "IAF MVC">{{cite web|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (IAF)|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/Gallantry/302-MVC.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)|accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref><ref name = "1988 MVC">{{cite web|title=Maha Vir Chakra awards (1988)|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qyear=1988|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)|accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Devayya was born on 24 December 1932, at [[Coorg|Coorg, Karnataka]]. He was the son of Dr. Bopayya. In 1954 he was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] as a pilot.<ref>{{cite web|title=A B Devayya |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html |publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces) |accessdate=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425124828/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Devayya.html |archivedate=25 April 2009 }}</ref> During the outbreak of the 1965 war, he was an instructor at the Air Force Flying College. He was posted to [[No. 1 Squadron IAF|No.1 "Tigers" Squadron]] and flew the [[Dassault Mystère IV|Mystere IVa fighter bomber]].<ref name = "MVC">{{cite web|title=Maha Vir Chakra Awardee List|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=MVC|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

As a senior flying instructor, Squadron Leader Devayya was part of an aircraft strike mission which went to [[PAF Base Mushaf|Sargodha]] airfield in [[Pakistan]]. Despite actually being a standby in case one of the first 12 aircraft dropped out, he joined the air battle. Devayya was intercepted by a [[Pakistan Air Force|PAF]] [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter|F-104 Starfighter]] flown by Pakistani pilot Flt. Lt. Amjad Hussain. Devayya successfully evaded the Starfighter's attacks. But the faster aircraft caught up with him and damaged his plane. Yet Devayya attacked the Starfighter and struck it. The Starfighter went down while the pilot Hussain ejected from his seat and parachuted. It is not known what happened to Devayya. The IAF Mysteres were short on fuel and efficiency. The Mystere aircraft was destroyed and it is assumed that Devayya died on Pakistani soil.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter">{{cite web|title=Devayya's Encounter - 1965 War - 7 September 1965|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/AviationArt/DebGohain/1965-Devayya-Encounter.jpg.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak (Indian Armed Forces)|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
The IAF was not aware of what had happened to Devayya, first recording him missing and later declaring him dead. Later, a British writer, John Fricker, was commissioned by the Pakistani Air Force to write an account of the war derived from Pakistani sources in 1979.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/> What lead to Devayya's actual death still remains a mystery. It was revealed much later by Pakistan that Devayya's body was found almost intact by villagers not very far from Sargodha and buried.<ref name = "Encounter"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Squadron Leader Ajammada Boppaya Devayya|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4810|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

From Fricker's work, the IAF realised what had truly happened and in 1988 announced that the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] was to be awarded to Devayya posthumously. This is the only posthumous Maha Vir Chakra that the IAF has received.<ref name = "MVC"/><ref name = "Encounter"/><ref name = "IAF MVC"/><ref name = "1988 MVC"/>

Mrs. Devayya accepted the posthumous Maha Vir Chakra awarded to her husband in 1988, nearly 23 years after the war.<ref>{{cite web|title=Epilogue : Where are they now? |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |accessdate=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505074406/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Photos-10.html |archivedate=5 May 2005 }}</ref> On 7 September 2009, the private bus stand circle in [[Madikeri]] in [[Kodagu]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Correspondent|first=Special|title=Tributes paid to war hero Devayya|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tributes-paid-to-war-hero-devayya/article5106521.ece|accessdate=3 January 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Coorg|title=Kodagu blog|url=http://coorgblog.blogspot.in/2010/07/category-military-service-indian-army.html|work=coorgblog|publisher=blogspot|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dinesh|first=B C|title=Dedicated to nation’s defence|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article172390.ece?service=print|accessdate=16 April 2014|date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Staff Correspondent|title=Circle named after A.B. Devaiah|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914094853/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090950610200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2009|accessdate=16 April 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 September 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of solved missing person cases]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/1153-Rajkumar-Sargodha.html Tigers Over Sargodha]

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