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Pakistan Air Force Air-to-Air Combat Kills 1947-1999

1965 India-Pakistan War


 
 
 
Date Pilot Name & AF Unit Aircraft Flown/Base
__________		 Kills
Aircraft/Pilot		 Comments
1 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan Rafiqui
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre 
PAF Sargodha		 2 IAF Vampires

Sqn. Ldr. A.K. Bharadwaj (killed) & Flg. Off. Bhagwagar (killed), both No. 45 Sqn., IAF

 In a single sortie over Chamb sector, Jammu & Kashmir.
1 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Imtiaz Ahmed Bhatti 
No. 15 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 2 IAF Vampires

Flt. Lt. V.M. Joshi (killed) & Flt. Lt. Pathak (ejected), both No. 220 Sqn., IAF

 In a single sortie over Chamb sector, Jammu & Kashmir.
3 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Hakimullah
No. 9 Squadron, PAF		 F-104A Starfighter
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Folland Gnat
(S. No. IE 1083)

Sqn. Ldr. Brij Pal Singh Sikand, No. 2 Sqn., IAF (surrendered)

 IAF fighter surrendered - forced to land at an abandoned airfield in Pasrur, Pakistan. Pilot taken POW. Sikand was Squadron Commander. Gnat now in PAF Museum, Karachi.
6 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Aftab Alam Khan
No. 9 Squadron, PAF		 F-104A Starfighter
(S. No. 56-868)
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Mystere IVA Over Rahwali-Wazirabad sector, Pakistan. AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill. 2 PAF F-104s Vs. 4 IAF Mysteres. World's first air-to-air kill by a Mach 2 aircraft.
6 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. M.M. Alam
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 2 IAF Hawker Hunters

Sqn. Ldr. A.K. Rawlley, No. 7 Sqn., IAF (killed); 1 Unknown IAF pilot

 In a single sortie over Taran Taran sector, India. 3 PAF F-86s Vs. 4 IAF Hunters.
6 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Alauddin "Butch" Ahmed
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter Over Taran Taran sector, India. PAF pilot Killed in Action on 13 September.
6 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan Rafiqui
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter

Flt. Lt. P.S. Pingale, No. 7 Sqn., IAF (ejected)

 Gun Kill near Halwara, India. PAF pilot Killed in Action in same mission after guns jammed. 3 PAF F-86s Vs. 10 IAF Hunters.
6 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Cecil Chaudhry
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 3 IAF Hawker Hunters

Flg. Off. A.R. Gandhi, No. 7 Squadron, IAF (ejected); 2 Unknown IAF Pilots (1 killed)

 Two gun Kills and one forced manoeuvre Kill near Halwara, India in a single sortie. 3 PAF F-86s Vs. 10 IAF Hunters.
6 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Yunus Hussain
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter Near Halwara, India. PAF pilot Killed in Action in same mission. 3 PAF F-86s Vs. 10 IAF Hunters.
7 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Amjad Hussain Khan
No. 9 Squadron, PAF		 F-104A Starfighter
PAF Sargodha		 2 IAF Mystere IVAs

Flt. Lt. A.B. Devayya, No. 1 Sqn., IAF (killed); 1 Unknown IAF pilot

 In a single sortie over Sargodha, Pakistan at 0539 hours. Gun kill.
7 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. M.M. Alam
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 5 IAF Hawker Hunters

Sqn. Ldr. O.N. Kackar, No. 27 Sqn., IAF (ejected); Sqn. Ldr. S.B. Bhagwat, No. 7 Sqn., IAF (killed); Flg. Off. J.S. Brar (killed), No.7 Sqn., IAF; 2 other Unknown IAF pilots (possibly Flt. Lt. T.K. Chaudhary (killed) and Flt. Lt. G.S. Ahuja (killed), both No. 27 Sqn., IAF?)

 2 PAF F-86s Vs. 6 IAF Hunters. 1 Kill east of Sargodha near the Chenab River and 4 Kills 30 miles away over Sangla Hill - midway between Lahore and Sargodha, Pakistan. All 5 aircraft shot down in a single sortie, 4 within 30 seconds. 1 AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill, 4 Gun Kills.
7 September 1965 Flt. Lt. A.H. Malik
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Mystere IVA

Flt. Lt. Babul Guha, No. 1 Sqn., IAF (killed)

 Over Sargodha, Pakistan. AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill.
7 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Shabbir Hussain Syed
No. 14 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Dhaka		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter Near Kalaikunda, India.
7 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Tariq Habib Khan
No. 14 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Dhaka		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter Near Kalaikunda, India.
10 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Muniruddin Ahmed "Munir"
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Folland Gnat Over Kasur-Khem Karan border sector. 10 miles inside India. PAF pilot Killed in Action on 11 September.
13 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Yusuf Ali Khan
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Folland Gnat

Flt. Lt. A.N. Kale, No. 2 Sqn., IAF (ejected)

 3,000 ft. over Amritsar, India.
13/14 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat
No. 9 Squadron, PAF		 F-104A Starfighter
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Canberra B(I) 58 Bomber AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill during a night interception over India.
14/15 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Cecil Chaudhry
No. 5 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Canberra B(I) 58 Bomber AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill 30,000 ft. over Lahore-Amritsar sector during a night interception.
16 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. M.M. Alam
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 2 IAF Hawker Hunters

Flt. Lt. F.D. Bunsha, No. 20 Sqn., IAF (killed); 1 Unknown IAF pilot

 In a single sortie. 2 IAF Hunters Vs. 2 PAF F-86 Sabres. Near Halwara and Adampur, India. 1 Gun Kill, 1 AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill.
18 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Syed Sa'ad Akhtar Hatmi
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Folland Gnat

1 IAF Hawker Hunter

 Over Taran Taran sector, India at 2,000 ft. 1 AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill.
19 September 1965 Flt. Lt. Saiful Azam
No. 17 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Folland Gnat

Flt. Lt. V.M. Mayadev, No.9 Sqn., IAF (ejected)

 Over Sialkot sector, Pakistan. IAF pilot bailed out and made POW.
20 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Sharbat Ali Changezi
No. 11 (?) Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter

Sqn. Ldr. Deva Prashad Chatterjee, No. 7 Sqn., IAF (killed)

 Gun Kill over Lahore-Kasur sector, Pakistan. 4 IAF Hunters & 4 IAF Gnats Vs. 4 PAF F-86 Sabres.
20 September 1965 Flt. Lt. S.N.A. Jilani
No. 11 Squadron, PAF		 F-86F Sabre
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Hawker Hunter

Flt. Lt. S.K. Sharma, No.7 Sqn., IAF (ejected)

 Gun Kill over Lahore-Kasur sector, Pakistan. 4 IAF Hunters & 4 IAF Gnats Vs. 4 PAF F-86 Sabres.
21/22 September 1965 Sqn. Ldr. Jamal A. Khan
No. 9 Squadron, PAF		 F-104A Starfighter
(S. No. 56-874)
PAF Sargodha		 1 IAF Canberra B(I) 58 Bomber

Flt. Lt. Manmohan M. Lowe (ejected/POW); Flg. Off. K.K. Kapur (killed), both No.5 Squadron, IAF

 AIM-9 Sidewinder Kill during a night interception over Fazilka, India at 33,000 ft. PAF pilot later Chief of the Air Staff, PAF, 1985-1991.
  Total: 36 Air-to-Air Kills Plus 4 - see in 'Unknown Pilot Kills & Unconfirmed Probable Kills' section 

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