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[[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] '''Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat''' (6 July 1940 – 12 December 1971) was a Pakistani [[fighter pilot]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force]] (PAF) who was involved in a number of aerial battles during the [[Indo-Pakistani wars|1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani wars]], before being shot down on 12 December 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hali |first=S.M. |title=F-104 Starfighters in Pakistan Air Force |work=Defence Journal |year=2000 |url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/may/f-104.htm |access-date=12 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609133547/http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/may/f-104.htm |archive-date=9 June 2011 }}</ref> He was one of a number of distinguished Pakistani strike and fighter pilots of the period. Before his death he was stationed at Mauripur, Karachi, [[Pakistan]] where he flew the [[F-104 Starfighter]].