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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [[Squadron Leader]]
|name=Mohinder Singh Pujji
|honorific_suffix = [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]
|birth_date= 14 August 1918
|death_date= 18 September 2010 (aged 92)
|birth_place= [[Shimla|Simla]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
|death_place=[[Gravesend]], England
|image=MahinderSinghPujjiStatueGravesend.jpg
|caption=Statue of Mahinder Singh Pujji in St Andrew's Gardens, Gravesend, England. Unveiled in November 2014.
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} 
{{flag|British India}}
|branch=*{{air force|United Kingdom}}
*{{air force|British India}}
|serviceyears=1940–1947<ref name=BRMSP />
|rank=[[Squadron Leader]] [[File:British RAF OF-3.svg|20px]]
|servicenumber= Ind/1604<ref name=STLG />
|unit=[[No. 43 Squadron RAF]] [[No. 258 Squadron RAF]] [[No. 6 Squadron RAF]] [[No. 4 Squadron IAF]]
|commands=
|battles='''[[World War II]]''' - [[European theatre of World War II]] - [[North African campaign]] - [[Burma campaign]]
|awards=*[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]
*[[1939–45 Star]]
*[[Air Crew Europe Star]]
*[[Africa Star]]
*[[Burma Star]]
*[[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]]
*[[War Medal 1939–1945]]
*Honorary [[Freedom of the City|Freeman]] of the [[Borough of Newham]]
|laterwork= Commercial pilot, aerodrome officer
}}
[[Squadron Leader]] '''Mohinder Singh Pujji''' [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (14 August 1918 – 18 September 2010), also known as '''Mahinder Singh Pujji''', was a distinguished [[Royal Air Force]] fighter pilot and one of the first Indian [[Sikh]] pilots to volunteer with the Royal Air Force during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="BRMSP">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Pujji01.html|title=Sqn Ldr M S Pujji DFC, "Then whose battle was it?"|last1=Nair|first1=K S|access-date=27 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801114327/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Pujji01.html|archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="NR1MSP">{{cite web|last=King|first=Jon|title=RAF 100: Incredible Indian pilot with a taste for adventure|publisher=Newham Recorder|location=Barking|date=15 July 2018|url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/raf-100-celebrating-indian-pilot-mahinder-singh-pujji-1-5606693|access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="TTOI1">{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Manimugdha|title=World War II Indian pilot honoured with statue in UK|work=The Times of India|location=New Delhi|date=29 November 2014|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/World-War-II-Indian-pilot-honoured-with-statue-in-UK/articleshow/45319912.cms|access-date=2020-07-05}}</ref> He is one of the few Indian pilots to have also served in all three major theatres of the Second World War.<ref name=TTOI1 />

==Early life==
Mohinder [[Singh]] Pujji was born in [[Shimla|Simla]], [[British India]], on 14 August 1918, the fourth son of Sardar Sohan Singh Pujji and his wife—Sant [[Kaur]]. His father was a senior government official who worked in the department of health and education.<ref>Rozina Visram, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/103160 "Pujji, Mahinder Singh (1918–2010)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', January 2014; online edition, May 2014 (accessed 14 August 2014; requires subscription)</ref> He attended the Sir [[Harcourt Butler]] High School in Simla, then on his father's retirement to his home state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] attended the Government College and later the Hindu College in [[Lahore]].<ref name="BRMSP"/><ref name="IWMC1">{{cite interview |last=Somerville |first=Christopher |title=Pujji, Mahinder Singh (Oral History) |number=18373 |work=[[Imperial War Museum]] |institution=Imperial War Museum |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80017213 |location=London |year=1995 }}</ref><ref name="IWMC2">{{cite interview |last=Somerville |first=Christopher |title=Pujji, Mahinder Singh (Oral History) |number=28591 |work=[[Imperial War Museum]] |publisher=ASA Production (UK) Ltd |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80026782 |location=London |date=September 2005 }}</ref><ref name=mgt>{{cite web| title = Participants from the Indian subcontinent in the Second World War|publisher = [[Memorial Gates Trust]]|date = 15 January 2009|url = http://www.mgtrust.org/ind2.htm|access-date =28 September 2010 }}</ref><ref name=lbn>{{cite web|title =Pilots always knew they might not return|work =The Newham Mag - VE Day Special|publisher =[[London Borough of Newham]]|url =http://apps.newham.gov.uk/veday/VEDayspecial.pdf|access-date =29 September 2010|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110716140243/http://apps.newham.gov.uk/veday/VEDayspecial.pdf|archive-date =16 July 2011}}</ref>

He learned to fly in 1936 as a hobby pilot at the [[Safdarjung Airport|Delhi Flying Club]], where he fell in love with flying and in April 1937 achieved his "A" certificate of flying competency.<ref name="BRMSP" /> His first job was with Himalayan Airways as a line pilot, flying passengers between [[Haridwar]] and [[Badrinath]], but soon after was offered a better job with [[Bharat Petroleum|Burmah Shell]], where he worked as a refuelling superintendent in 1938.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 />

Pujji married his wife Amrit Kaur in November 1944. Their first daughter Veena was born in March 1946. The couple had two more children; Rita and Satinder.<ref>Rozina Visram,[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/103160 "Pujji, Mahinder Singh (1918–2010)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', January 2014; online edition, May 2014 (accessed 14 August 2014; requires subscription)</ref>

==War service==
In 1940, news of the unceasing German air attacks besieging Britain and civilian losses was reaching British India, Pujji's sense of duty and daring adventurism instinctively caused him to attend the advertised appeal for pre-qualified "A" licensed pilots at the fourth pilot's course of the Royal [[Indian Air Force]]—despite his parents' fears; becoming one of the first batch of 24 pre-qualified "A" licensed Indian pilots accepted through this route to receive a Volunteer Reserve commission with the [[Royal Air Force]] during the early part of the [[Second World War]].<ref name=BRMSP /><ref name=TTOI1 /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name="KNTO1">{{cite news|title=Monument to squadron leader Mahinder Singh Pujji DFC to be unveiled in St Andrew's Gardens, Gravesend|publisher=Kent Online|date=18 November 2014|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/date-set-for-war-hero-27166/|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

=== United Kingdom and Europe ===
Embarking for the United Kingdom aboard SS Strathallan, arriving in Liverpool on 1 October 1940, Pujji's first posting was on 8 October 1940 to [[RAF Uxbridge|No. 1 RAF Depot in Uxbridge]]. Within a few days he was posted to No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School RAF at [[Prestwick]] in [[Scotland]]. From there the first 24 volunteer Indian pilots went on to No. 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF at [[RAF Hullavington]]. From the first 24 volunteer candidates, 18 including Pujji, successfully completed the course and qualified as Royal Air Force pilots, receiving their [[Aircrew brevet|RAF wings]] on 16 April 1941. A few weeks later Pujji and a handful of other pilots from the first 24 went on to the renowned No. 56 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at [[RAF Sutton Bridge]], where they joined British and other foreign-allied pilots for advanced fighter pilot training on the [[Hawker Hurricane]].<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 />

Pujji flew [[active service]] first with [[No. 43 Squadron RAF]] from 2 June 1941, the formidable 'Fighting Cocks' fighter squadron, before being posted later in the same month to [[No. 258 Squadron RAF]].<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /> Operating from [[RAF Kenley]], Pujji escorted bomber offensives over occupied France, conducted [[Glossary of RAF code names|Rhubarb patrols]] over Europe, coastal patrols and other operational sorties in defence of Britain.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /> He flew mainly [[Hawker Hurricane|Hurricanes]], which he preferred to [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfires]], for their relative ease of flying.<ref name=guar>{{cite web|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|title=RAF wartime exhibition celebrates the forgotten fewest of the Few|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=15 January 2009|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/15/raf-race-diversity-pilot-exhibition|url-status=live|archive-date=15 January 2009|archive-url=http://news.ukpha.org/2009/01/raf-wartime-exhibition-celebrates-the-forgotten-fewest-of-the-few/|access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref> He was forced down on several occasions; in one instance, his aircraft was disabled over the [[English Channel]] by a [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]], but he managed to coax his aircraft to dry land, crashing near the [[White Cliffs of Dover]]. He was rescued from the burning wreckage and after a week in hospital returned to duty.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name=mgt />

He was treated well in England, experiencing as a volunteer RAF service-member favourable treatment at local cinemas and restaurants, often without payment.<ref name="NR1MSP" /> He subsequently commented, "I felt very welcome indeed, I never felt different or an outsider and my experiences in this country made me keen to return some time after the War. I was made to feel very much at home by everyone I met"<ref name=mgt /> and "I wrote back to my father saying that I did not mind if I was killed because the British people were wonderful and so brave, and I was being so well treated. I could not queue for a movie without being told to move to the front".<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name=lbn />

As a Sikh, Pujji insisted on retaining his ''[[dastar]]'' Sikh headwear—even while flying, upon which he had also attached his RAF insignia, even carrying a spare ''dastar'', in case it was needed. The ''dastar'', however, would interfere with use of the pilot flight headgear. On request, he was permitted to use a modified flight headgear, designing a special harness that would permit him to wear the ''dastar'' and still use his radio headphone receivers. Pujji's insistence on wearing the ''dastar'' inflight meant he could not attach the oxygen mask, it would later cost him an irreparably damaged lung caused by exposure to high-altitude flying.<ref name=guar /> Subsequently, in 1960, he ceased wearing the customary ''dastar'' Sikh headwear, "Times changed," he said.<ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name=guar />

=== Mediterranean and Middle East ===
After serving four months of [[active service]] in the [[European theatre of World War II]], Pujji was dispatched at the end of September 1941 to [[Air Headquarters Western Desert]] in the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II]].<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /> In late 1941, during the [[North African campaign]], his aircraft was forced down in the West African desert, but luckily was found and picked up by British rather than German desert troops.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name=guar/> Desert living conditions were somewhat challenging, resulting in Pujji suffering from dietary problems, living often only on [[hardtack]] biscuits, since he could not eat the British staple issue service food [[bully beef]] for [[Diet in Sikhism|religious reasons]], but was compensated by allowing him to fly at weekends to [[Cairo]] where he could enjoy a decent meal.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 />

=== South-East Asia ===
On 16 January 1942, Pujji embarked at [[Suez]] for [[Colombo]], [[British Ceylon]] in the [[South-East Asian theatre of World War II]]. From February 1942 through 1943, on transferring to [[No. 4 Squadron IAF]] of the Royal Indian Air Force at [[Kohat]], Pujji would fly both the Hurricane and [[Westland Lysander]] over the [[North-West Frontier Province]] and other locations in British India.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 />

On 20 December 1943, Pujji was dispatched as [[flight commander]] to [[No. 6 Squadron RAF]] at [[Cox's Bazar]], this time flying the Hurricane in a tactical role, rather than a fighter role, for the [[RAF Third Tactical Air Force]]; crucially providing specialist support to the British [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]] campaign. Pujji served from March 1944 in [[Burma]], where the Japanese posed a threat to British India, moving with the squadron to the [[Buthidaung]] region which was the theatre of a major ground offensive. When some 300 US troops were lost without rations, food and radio contact, in the dense Burmese jungle swarming with [[Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War|Japanese soldiers]], the US sent out a search party to locate them, however, after the US search party failed after 3-days to locate them, Pujji was personally requested by General [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim]] of the British Fourteenth Army to find them.<ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name="GLSFP">{{cite news|last=Singh Kandola|first=Navdeep|date=29 September 2010|title=The last of the second world war Sikh RAF fighter pilots|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2010/sep/29/world-war|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref> Pujji climbed into his plane and in adverse weather flew low over treetops across Japanese occupied territory into the suspected area—and with jubilation for everyone—Pujji found them.<ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name=GLSFP />

From April 1944, Pujji transferred as flight commander to [[No. 4 Squadron IAF]] at [[Fenny Airfield]], carrying out transport escort and merchant shipping escort.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /> In June 1944, No. 4 Squadron IAF transferred to [[Comilla]]. With the approaching monsoon season, the role of the squadron was changed from fighter reconnaissance to light bombing, seeing action along the [[Sangu River]] during the [[Burma campaign 1944–45|Third Arakan Offensive]]. In early 1945, Pujji was transferred on attachment to [[Command and Staff College]] in [[Quetta]] (then in British India). Pujji had spent almost four years on continuous operational flying duty, considered unusual even by standards of the Second World War.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 />

=== Distinguished Flying Cross ===
For his service bravery over Japanese occupied territory, Pujji was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]], in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name="STLG">{{London Gazette |issue=37036 |date=17 April 1945 |page=2029 |supp=y}}</ref><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /> Announced in [[The London Gazette]] on 17 April 1945,<ref name=STLG /> and followed with a personal letter of congratulations from Air Chief Marshal [[Sir Keith Park]],<ref name="BRMSP2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/History/WW2/MSPujji02/ |title=Sqn Ldr M S Pujji DFC - Middle East, Burma, India |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> the DFC citation reads in part:

Acting Flight Lieutenant Mahinder Singh Pujji No. 4 (RIAF) Squadron

:"This officer has flown on many reconnaissance sorties over Japanese occupied territory, often in adverse monsoon weather. He has obtained much valuable information on enemy troop movements and dispositions, which enabled an air offensive to be maintained against the Japanese troops throughout the monsoon. Flight Lieutenant Pujji has shown himself to be a skilful and determined pilot who has always displayed outstanding leadership and courage."

==Post-war life==
In late 1946, after suffering from a long illness of [[tuberculosis]], which nearly cost him his life, caused him to become classified unfit for military service and receive a permanent disability discharge from service in the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /> From 1947, Pujji was employed as an Aerodrome Officer at [[Safdarjung Airport|Safdarjung Aerodrome]], [[Delhi]], where he also continued to fly in a civilian role.<ref name="BRMSP" /> From the 1950s, he went on to aspire as a recreational motor racing champion and holder of [[Glider (aircraft)|gliding]] records.<ref name="BRMSP" /><ref name="NR1MSP" /><ref name=KNTO1 /><ref name=bbc /> During his career and life, he had the opportunity to personally give Indian prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] a glider flight tour in 1959, including a glider flight for [[Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma]] and US president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. In 1961, he had the opportunity to personally greet [[Queen Elizabeth II]] on her visit to [[Udaipur]] and [[Jackie Kennedy]] in 1962.<ref name="NR1MSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 />

Pujji returned and emigrated to England in 1974, where he worked as an [[air traffic controller]] at [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref name=KNTO1 /> Some years later, Pujji moved to the [[United States]] to work as manager of a [[Pizza in the United States|pizza retail chain]],<ref name=NR1MSP /> before returning to England in 1984 and settling in [[East Ham]], and in 1998 retiring to [[Gravesend, Kent]]. On 12 October 2000, he was made an Honorary [[Freedom of the City|Freeman]] of the [[Borough of Newham]].<ref name="NR1MSP" /><ref name=IWMC1 /><ref name=IWMC2 /><ref name=lbn />

In 2005, Pujji protested the [[British National Party]]'s symbolic usage of a Spitfire aircraft image in their political campaign literature. He was reported as saying, <blockquote>"The BNP are wrong to use the Spitfire as representative of their party. They forget people from different backgrounds helped in the Second World War. I am proof of this - I was flying a Spitfire. I also met Winston Churchill. Even in those days, there were ethnic minorities fighting for the British. I would recommend the armed forces for young people, regardless of race."<ref name=les>{{cite web|last=Moore-Bridger|first=Benedict|title=Spitfire is not BNP's to use, says Sikh pilot who fought the Nazis|work=[[Evening Standard]]|location=London|date=23 November 2009|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773364-spitfire-is-not-bnps-to-use-says-sikh-pilot-who-fought-the-nazis.do|access-date=29 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126025531/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773364-spitfire-is-not-bnps-to-use-says-sikh-pilot-who-fought-the-nazis.do|archive-date=26 November 2009}}</ref></blockquote>

In August 2010, Pujji's autobiography ''For King And Another Country'' was released.

Pujji died of a [[stroke]] at [[Darent Valley Hospital]], England, on 18 September 2010, aged 92. He is survived by two daughters, one son, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The local authority [[Gravesham|Gravesham Borough Council]], celebrated his life and heroism with an exhibition.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|title= Life of WWII Indian flying ace celebrated in Gravesend|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=28 September 2010|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11431595|access-date=28 September 2010 }}</ref>

==Recognition==
Despite the high respect that Pujji experienced during the War, he believed that war films presented a "white-only view of the RAF".<ref name=guar /> He campaigned to raise awareness of the Indian contribution to the British war effort, which he, like many veterans, believed had been largely ignored.<ref name=TTOI1 /> In 2009, Pujji acknowledged he had received no invitations to any of the many commemorative events in Britain that marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, or any other year, he says. He is quoted as saying, "As far as I think, no one in authority remembers that we are here, and we were a part of World War II".<ref name=TTOI1 /><ref name=irr>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Miranda|title=Forgotten soldiers of the Second World War|publisher=[[Institute of Race Relations (United Kingdom)|Institute of Race Relations]]|date=17 December 2009|url=http://www.irr.org.uk/news/forgotten-soldiers-of-the-second-world-war/|access-date = 27 June 2020}}</ref>

In an effort to redress the balance, the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]] opened a permanent exhibition in January 2009 ("Diversity in the Royal Air Force"), intended to "challenge negative perceptions, by celebrating the racial diversity of its history". The museum's curator—Al McLean, is quoted as saying: "Too many of our visitors are white, over 50 and middle class. I want to appeal to more than just those people. This exhibition explains a side of our story that isn't recognised – that the RAF is not just a white public schoolboy occupation". Pujji was the guest of honour at the opening.<ref name=guar />

Shortly before his death on 18 September 2010 aged 92, Pujji was invited to attend a wreath-laying ceremony by [[Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle]], at a memorial outside the former RAF Station [[Gravesend Airport]], to commemorate "[[The Few]]" on the 70th Anniversary of the [[Battle of Britain]].<ref name="LLOFS1">{{cite news|title=Statue unveiling of Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji DFC, 28th November, 2014|publisher=The Lord Lieutenancy of Kent|location=Maidstone|date=28 November 2014|url=https://www.kent-lieutenancy.org.uk/statue-unveiling-of-squadron-leader-mahinder-singh-pujji-dfc-28th-november-2014/|access-date=2020-07-03}}</ref>

In 2011 the short film [https://vimeo.com/50056342 The Volunteers] was dedicated to Pujji after he contributed to its making but died before the film's completion.

===Statue===
A statue of Squadron Leader Pujji, by English sculptor [[Douglas Jennings]], was unveiled by Air Vice-Marshal [[Edward Stringer]] in St Andrew's Gardens, [[Gravesend]], on 28 November 2014. It bears the inscription: "To commemorate those from around the world who served alongside Britain in all conflicts 1914-2014".<ref name=KNTO1 /><ref name=LLOFS1 /> The Gravesend community, which has one of the largest ''[[gurdwaras]]'' in the UK, raised £70,000 for the statue in a month.<ref name=TTOI1 /><ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|title=Gravesend unveils statue of fighter pilot Mahinder Singh Pujji|publisher=BBC|date=28 November 2014|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-30251269|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120801114327/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Pujji01.html Sqn Ldr M S Pujji DFC, "Then whose battle was it?" - Profile by K S Nair]
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/History/WW2/MSPujji01/ Historic photo album Part 1: Sqn Ldr M S Pujji DFC - In defence of Great Britain]
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/History/WW2/MSPujji02/ Historic photo album Part 2: Sqn Ldr M S Pujji DFC - Middle East, Burma, India]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2010/sep/29/world-war Video: The last of the second world war Sikh RAF fighter pilots]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1645374.stm BBC interview Remembrance Sunday 2001]
* [http://www.sikhnet.com/news/flt-lt-sardar-mohinder-singh-pujji-raf-tribute Profile on Sikhnet]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307223544/http://www.community-links.org/uploads/editor/Freedom%20of%20the%20Borough%2027%20May%202010.pdf Freemen of Newham]

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