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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 | 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 = " | 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> | ||