F-104A 56-877 GNAT surrender |
3 September 1965, Squadron Leader Brijpal Singh Sikand, Commander of an
Indian fighter squadron, surrenders to a PAF F-104 in combat. The painting
shows him landing his Gnat fighter at Pasrur, a Pakstani airfield near
Gujranwala. The F-104 was flown by Flight Lieutenant Hakimullah who became
the air chief two decades later. Sikand was taken prisoner and later rose
to be an IAF Air Marshal. This encounter was the most unusual event of
the 1965 Air War. |
painting © Gp Capt S M A Hussaini 1968 |