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[[Air commodore|Air Commodore]] '''Jagdev Chandra''', ([[Punjabi people|Punjabi]]) (6 October 1916 – 19 Apr 1991), Royal Indian Air force and later one of the first recruits of [[Indian Air Force]], was a war veteran, served with excellence in Burma during [[World War II]]. Was born in [[Peshawar]], to a Punjabi family of repute, father a doctor and brother, the popular [[politician]] and Gandhian Jag Pravesh Chandra. He quit medical school to join [[JRD Tata|J.R.D Tata]] as one of his first few students in flying. He joined the Royal Indian Air Force and was commissioned on 1 August 1940. He served as [[squadron leader]] and CO of the [[No. 4 Squadron RAF|No.4 Squadron]]. | [[Air commodore|Air Commodore]] '''Jagdev Chandra''', ([[Punjabi people|Punjabi]]) (6 October 1916 – 19 Apr 1991), Royal Indian Air force and later one of the first recruits of [[Indian Air Force]], was a war veteran, served with excellence in Burma during [[World War II]]. Was born in [[Peshawar]], to a Punjabi family of repute, father a doctor and brother, the popular [[politician]] and Gandhian Jag Pravesh Chandra. He quit medical school to join [[JRD Tata|J.R.D Tata]] as one of his first few students in flying. He joined the Royal Indian Air Force and was commissioned on 1 August 1940. He served as [[squadron leader]] and CO of the [[No. 4 Squadron RAF|No.4 Squadron]]. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=1612 | * {{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=1612|title=Bharat Rakshak Home}} | ||
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120711044057/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Digby02.html | * {{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711044057/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Digby02.html|title=In the land of the Mikado}} | ||
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