Ajjamada B. Devaiah
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Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya MVC is the only Indian Air Force officer to be posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award, below only to the Param Vir Chakra. During the 1965 India-Pakistan War, Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission targeting the Pakistani airbase Sargodha when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani territory. Twenty-three years later, in 1988, he was posthumously awarded the MVC award.[2][3]
A. B. Devaiah | |
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Born | 24 December 1932 Kodagu, Karnataka, India |
Died | 1965 (aged 32-33) Pakistan |
Allegiance | India |
Service/ | Indian Air Force |
Rank | Squadron Leader |
Unit | No. 1 Squadron IAF |
Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
Awards | Maha Vir Chakra[1] |