During
the 1971 operations, Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was with
No. 18 Flying Bullets Squadron flying the Folland Gnat fighter-based in
Srinagar. He, along with his colleagues, fought successive waves of
intruding Pakistani aircraft with fearlessness.
Srinagar Airfield
was attacked by a wave of six enemy Sabre aircraft in December 1971.
Sekhon took off and immediately engaged a pair of the attacking Sabres.
He succeeded in damaging two of the enemy aircrafts, but his own
aircraft crashed and he was killed. He was awarded for his heroism and
supreme gallantry.
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