The Indian Gift Squadrons
A look at RAF Squadrons gifted by Indian people
Spitfire VB BM 252 “Bombay City” while serving with No 132 Bombay Gift Squadron RAF in 1942
Flt Lt HJL Hallowes at Turnhouse with “City of Bombay” another Indian gift Spitfire given to No. 122 Squadron, RAF. The aircraft is BM 252, MT-E. |
No 122 (Bombay) SqnBadge: In front of a mullet a Leopard rampant Motto: “Victuri volamus” (We fly to victory) The mullet represents fighting in the heavens and the Leopard, a fierce fighter represents Bombay |
“Assam one” an Indian gift Spitfire Mk IIA P 8167 of No 266 Sqn RAF at Wittering in Jul 41
Royal Aircraft factory BE2c “Punjab 40 Lahore 3” was presented for £1,500 in the first war
Royal Aircraft factory FE2b Gunbus “Bhopal”
Messerschmit Bf 109 E (?) shot down by No 253 Hyderabad Gift squadron over Britain. The wreck (right) finally ended up in a Gulbarga Engineering College (now in Karnataka) and is embroiled in a legal battle over its dubious sale to a British collector.
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