AFVOA Newsletter 03 of 2020

CV 2 No. 03 / 2020 Page 1 of 167 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS SECTION 1 – MESSAGES 4 M ESSAGE FROM THE P RESIDENT AFVOA C HENNAI 4 SECTION 2 - NEWS / UPDATES FROM THE ASSOCIATION 6 Y OUR M ANAGEMENT C OMMITTEE & E XECUTIVE C OMMITTEE 6 Y OUR E DITORIAL C OMMITTEE 6 D IARY OF E VENTS 7 G REETINGS ON B IRTHDAYS &W EDDING A NNIVERSARY 8 E C ONNECT , THE N ECESSITY OF THE T IMES 9 B ANK D ETAILS FOR O NLINE R EMITTANCE 11 D IGITAL T RANSFER T REND – C URRENT F INANCIAL Y EAR 11 L IST OF N EW M EMBERS 12 N EWSLETTER – R EVIEW , F EEDBACK & A NALYSIS 12 AFVOA Y OU T UBE C HANNEL 20 D IGITISATION OF R ECORDS OF AFVOAM EMBERS 22 D IGITISATION OF A RCHIVED N EWSLETTERS OF AFVOA 22 AFVOAW EBSITE : AW IN -W IN S TORY 24 O BITUARIES 27 SECTION 3 – LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 29 SECTION 4 – WAR DIARY 31 M Y F RIENDLY E NCOUNTERS W ITH T HE E NEMY 31 Col A Krishnaswami VrC,VSM** C HICKEN N ECK O PERATIONS BY 3/5 G ORKHA R IFLES (FF) D URING 1971 W AR 39 Lt Col R Rajkumar T HE N IGHT I W AS ‘K ILLED IN A CTION ’ 42 Capt D P Ramachandran P ARTICIPATION IN 1971 I NDO -P AK W AR 45 Gp Capt L V Mohandas H AMMER & A NVIL IN 1971 48 Lt Gen V R Raghavan PVSM UYSM AVSM CHALLENGES OF WAR- HOME FRONT 50 Mrs Sulochana Krishnaswami A F AMILY T ALE IN W AR Z ONE 58 Mrs Lalitha Mohandas SECTION 5 – MEMOIRS 62 T RAVELS W ITHOUT T ICKET - U NINTENDED E PISODE 62 Brig T M Sridharan VSM