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{{Short description|Indian Air Force Vir Chakra recipient (born 1933)}} | {{Short description|Indian Air Force Vir Chakra recipient (born 1933)}} | ||
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| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] | | honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] | ||
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[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Denzil Keelor''' [[PVSM]], [[Kirti Chakra|KC]], [[AVSM]], [[VrC]] (born 7 December 1933) is a retired [[air officer]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] and a hero of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].<ref name=mgl>[http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 Sabre Killers- Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220140/http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 |date=27 September 2007 }} accessed June 2007</ref> He had a younger brother | [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Denzil Keelor''' [[PVSM]], [[Kirti Chakra|KC]], [[AVSM]], [[VrC]] (born 7 December 1933) is a retired [[air officer]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] and a hero of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].<ref name=mgl>[http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 Sabre Killers- Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220140/http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 |date=27 September 2007 }} accessed June 2007</ref> He had a younger brother [[Trevor Keelor|Trevor]], who was also honoured for his service in the [[Indian Air Force]]. The brothers were both awarded the [[Vir Chakra]] for shooting down [[Pakistan Air Force]] [[North American F-86 Sabre|Sabres]].<ref name=mgl/> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Keelor was born on 7 December 1933 to Elizabeth and Charles Keelor in [[Lucknow]]. He attended | Keelor was born on 7 December 1933 to Elizabeth and Charles Keelor in [[Lucknow]]. He attended [[St. Francis' College|St. Francis’ College, Lucknow]]. | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
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Date of Award: 19 Sep 1965 | Date of Award: 19 Sep 1965 | ||
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'''SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR'''<br /> | '''SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR'''<br /> | ||
'''(4805) GD (P)''' | '''(4805) GD (P)'''}} | ||
On the 19th September 1965, Squadron Leader Denzil Keelor was providing fighter escort to Mystere aircraft during a strike mission in the operations against Pakistan. His section of four Gnat aircraft was engaged by four enemy Sabre jet aircraft and the battle was fought at a height of less than 2000 feet from the ground where enemy anti-aircraft guns were also active. Under his guidance, his sub-section leader shot down a Sabre jet aircraft. Thereafter Squadron Leader Keelor himself engaged another Sabre Jet and crippled it. | On the 19th September 1965, Squadron Leader Denzil Keelor was providing fighter escort to Mystere aircraft during a strike mission in the operations against Pakistan. His section of four Gnat aircraft was engaged by four enemy Sabre jet aircraft and the battle was fought at a height of less than 2000 feet from the ground where enemy anti-aircraft guns were also active. Under his guidance, his sub-section leader shot down a Sabre jet aircraft. Thereafter Squadron Leader Keelor himself engaged another Sabre Jet and crippled it. | ||
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{{Quotation|Date of Award: 27 Mar 1978 | {{Quotation|Date of Award: 27 Mar 1978 | ||
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'''GROUP CAPTAIN DENZIL KEELOR, VrC'''<br /> | '''GROUP CAPTAIN DENZIL KEELOR, VrC'''<br /> | ||
''' (4805) FLYING (PILOT)''' | ''' (4805) FLYING (PILOT)'''}} | ||
On the 27th March, 1978, while Group Captain Denzil Keelor was flying a combat aircraft at high altitude, its canopy flew off and this exposed him to explosive decompression ad severe wind blast. His eyes, ear-drum and left arm were injured and he experienced great difficulty in controlling the aircraft. Although abandoning the aircraft in the circumstances would have been justified, he decided to recover the aircraft. Under these adverse conditions, wherein he was not able to have a proper view due to wind blast, and that too only with one eye, he brought the aircraft back to base and executed a safe emergency landing. | On the 27th March, 1978, while Group Captain Denzil Keelor was flying a combat aircraft at high altitude, its canopy flew off and this exposed him to explosive decompression ad severe wind blast. His eyes, ear-drum and left arm were injured and he experienced great difficulty in controlling the aircraft. Although abandoning the aircraft in the circumstances would have been justified, he decided to recover the aircraft. Under these adverse conditions, wherein he was not able to have a proper view due to wind blast, and that too only with one eye, he brought the aircraft back to base and executed a safe emergency landing. | ||