Indian Air Force veteran Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath (retd), who flew quite a few reconnaissance sorties over Tibet and Pakistan throughout wars in 1962 and 1965 died in Mumbai on Monday. He can be remembered for his beautiful sorties with Canberra plane.
Recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
The octogenarian, referred to as ‘Jaggi’ by his Air Force colleagues, was twice the recipient of Maha Vir Chakra gallantry honour.
Six many years in the past, when he leapt into his Canberra, a twin-engine jet bomber fitted with cameras, and flew into Pakistan on a prime secret mission, then Squadron Leader Jag Mohan Nath already had a Maha Vir Chakra awarded to him for his 1962 warfare operations.
He left courageous tales to encourage generations to return
He had flown into Aksai Chin and Tibet and returned with worthwhile inputs on the bottom state of affairs and enemy troop actions there, each earlier than and throughout the Indo-China warfare. Three years later, in September 1965, he was awarded one other Maha Vir Chakra, this time for his position in the Indo-Pak warfare. The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest navy ornament in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of gallantry.
The quotation of his first MVC learn as follows: As Flight Commander of an Operational Squadron, Squadron Leader Jag Mohan Nath has fulfilled various hazardous operational duties involving flying over troublesome mountain terrain, each by day and by evening, in adversarial climate circumstances and in full disregard of his private security. He has displayed conspicuous gallantry, a really excessive sense of obligation and a excessive diploma {of professional} talent.
The quotation of his MVC bar talked about that he was once more the Flight Commander with the Strategic Photo Reconnaissance Squadron flying the Canberra plane.
“He led his unit a number of occasions over hostile territory to acquire important details about the enemy. The unescorted missions, which had been in the character of reconnaissance, entailed flying lengthy distances over enemy territory and well-defended airfields and installations throughout daylight.
“Sqn Ldr Nath was fully aware of the risk he was running on each of these missions. Still, he chose to undertake the risky missions himself,” the quotation stated.
“The information gathered by him during his missions proved vitally important to the Indian air effort. The missions enabled our Air Force to attack vital enemy targets and this adversely affected enemy’s war effort,” it stated. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra for the knowledge gathered by him throughout his missions which proved important to Indian air efforts throughout the wars. The missions enabled IAF to assault important enemy targets and this adversely affected the enemy’s warfare effort. Wing Commander Nath retired in 1970 and later joined Air India as a business pilot.
(With PTI enter)
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