Indian Air ForceFlying OfficerNo: 10877

Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

No. 18 Squadron ('Flying Bullets') • 18 Sqn IAF

Param Vir Chakra

Martyrdom: 14 December 1971

Native Land: Isewal, Ludhiana, Punjab

Operation / Campaign: 1971 Indo-Pak War (Battle of Srinagar Airfield)

Official Gallantry Citation

“Supreme heroism, flying skill and supreme sacrifice in the face of insurmountable odds over Srinagar airbase. The sole Indian Air Force recipient of the Param Vir Chakra.”

Saga of Valor & Supreme Sacrifice

On 14 December 1971, Srinagar airfield came under air raid by six Pakistani Sabre jets. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon took off in his Folland Gnat while the runway was being bombed. In a breathtaking dogfight against six enemy jets, he shot down two Sabres and damaged another. Heavily outnumbered, his Gnat was struck and he made the supreme sacrifice, defending Srinagar airbase to the last breath.

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