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	* [http://mod.nic.in/Samachar/feb01-04/html/ch11.htm Fiery Fighter] – An obituary by Maj Gen S.G. Vombatkere (Retd) in ''[[Sainik Samachar]]''.		* [http://mod.nic.in/Samachar/feb01-04/html/ch11.htm Fiery Fighter] – An obituary by Maj Gen S.G. Vombatkere (Retd) in ''[[Sainik Samachar]]''.
	* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=4220 Service Record of Air Cmde R.S. Benegal] at bharat-rakshak.com		* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=4220 Service Record of Air Cmde R.S. Benegal] at bharat-rakshak.com
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy Scouts]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC~~&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9~~&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao#q=~~dinker%20sakharam%20rao~~\|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945\|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC\|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>		Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy Scouts]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao&pg=PT9\|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945\|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC\|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>

	==Military career==		==Military career==

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy ~~scouts~~]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao#q=dinker%20sakharam%20rao\|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945\|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC\|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>		Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy Scouts]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao#q=dinker%20sakharam%20rao\|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945\|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC\|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>

	==Military career==		==Military career==

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[[Air Commodore]] '''Ramesh Sakharam Benegal''' [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] [[AVSM]] (9 October 1926 – April 2003) was an ex-officer of the [[Indian Air Force]] and a recipient of [[Maha Vir Chakra]], India's second highest gallantry Award and the [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]].

==Early life==
Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy scouts]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao#q=dinker%20sakharam%20rao|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>

==Military career==
=== Indian National Army (INA) ===
In his youth, during the [[Second World War]], Benegal joined the [[Indian National Army]] and was chosen to join the [[Tokyo Boys]] to train as a fighter pilot. He went on to attend the [[Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Academy]] in 1944. However, before he could complete his training and join active operations, the war ended. Held as a prisoner of war after the fall of [[Japan]], Benegal was released in 1946.

=== Indian Air Force ===
In May 1950, he joined the Patna flying club to learn flying and earn a commercial flying license. While there, he got the opportunity to try out for the Air Force during an IAF recruitment drive and was selected for IAF training at Air Force Academy Jodhpur. He was commissioned into the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1952.

After joining the Indian Air Force, he saw action in both the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965]] and [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pakistan War]].
During the 1971 war, as [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]], he was the Commanding Officer of the [[No. 106 Squadron IAF]], an operational reconnaissance squadron operating [[English Electric Canberra|Electric Canberras]]. He carried out a large number of missions over enemy territory in both the western sector as well as eastern sector and obtained vital information about enemy installations and troop formations. These missions required flying unarmed and unescorted deep into enemy territory for reconnoiter and aerial photography of heavily defended targets. The information brought obtained from these missions facilitated the planning of Army, Air Force and Naval operations and directly contributed to the success of the war effort. He was also known to have never returned from any of these missions without having fully achieved his objectives. For the bravery and leadership displayed in repeatedly flying deep into enemy territory in an unarmed aircraft, [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was awarded the [[Ati Vishist Seva Medal]] and the [[Mahavir Chakra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4220|title=Air Commodore Ramesh Sakharam Benegal|publisher=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref>

He later rose to the rank of Air Commodore before retiring.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mod.nic.in/Samachar/feb01-04/html/ch11.htm Fiery Fighter] – An obituary by Maj Gen S.G. Vombatkere (Retd) in ''[[Sainik Samachar]]''.
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=4220 Service Record of Air Cmde R.S. Benegal] at bharat-rakshak.com
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/db/unitpage.php?qunit=106%20Squadron&qaward=all IAF Awards for 106 Squadron] at bharat-rakshak.com

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