AFVOA Newletter August 2020

CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 2 of 237 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS SECTION 1 – MESSAGES 6 M ESSAGE FROM THE P RESIDENT AFVOA C HENNAI 6 K NOW YOUR P RESIDENT 8 SECTION 2 - NEWS / UPDATES FROM THE ASSOCIATION 11 Y OUR M ANAGEMENT C OMMITTEE & E XECUTIVE C OMMITTEE 11 Y OUR E DITORIAL C OMMITTEE 11 D IARY OF E VENTS 12 G REETINGS ON B IRTHDAYS &W EDDING A NNIVERSARY 13 E C ONNECT , THE N ECESSITY OF THE T IMES 14 B ANK D ETAILS FOR O NLINE R EMITTANCE 17 L IST OF N EW M EMBERS 17 F OUND A N EW N AME 18 N EWSLETTER – R EVIEW , F EEDBACK & A NALYSIS 20 AFVOAW EBSITE S TORY – F ROM ‘B RICK &M ORTAR ’ TO ‘C LICK & E NTER ’ 29 AFVOAW EBSITE : S OME Q UICK R EACTIONS 31 SECTION 3 – LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 34 SECTION 4 – WAR DIARY 36 A G OD S ENT O PPORTUNITY – A R ACE TO D HAKA – D EC 1971 36 Col A Krishnaswami VrC VSM & Bar T HE A TTACK ON T IGER H ILL 44 Air Mshl R Nambiar PVSM AVSM VM & Bar I N THE T HICK OF THE B ATTLE – F LT L T L AWRENCE F REDERIC P EREIRA V R C 49 Brig JK Dutt, Ms Isabelle Pereira, Wg Cdr Ravi Mani & Kind Courtesy Bharat Rakshak P AID B ACK IN T HEIR O WN C OIN 54 Sqn Ldr PPS Gill VrC V ALOUR OF A G REENHORN 57 Wg Cdr S Sankaran VM 1971 : A B OND S TILL S TRONG 61 Ms Mangala Ayre SECTION 5 – MEMOIRS 68 A R INGSIDE U NTOLD A CCOUNT ON OPS GODSAL 68 Capt (IN) N Vijayasarathy A G OODWILL V ISIT 73 Cdr M Raghunathan L IFE IN R ETIREMENT H OME 77 Ms Premilla Rajan