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Squadron Leader Majumdar, click to view larger image, this will open in a new window

Squadron Leader Majumdar was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross - the first to be awarded to an Indian Air Force officer - for the gallantry and leadership that he displayed while serving as the commanding officer of No 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force, during the retreat from Burma in 1942. He was subsequently awarded a Bar to the DFC in recognition of his courage and skill while serving as a tactical reconnaissance pilot with No 268 Squadron, Royal Air Force, during the liberation of France in 1944. Squadron Leader Majumdar was the only Indian Air Force officer to receive two DFCs during the Second World War.

Indian technicians assembling cannon-firing Huricanes, click to view larger image, this will open in a new window

Indian technicians assembling cannon-firing Hurricanes.

Courtesy of: Air Historical Branch (CI 255)

Indian and RAF ground crew, click to view larger image, this will open in a new window

Indian and RAF ground crew, 1943

Courtesy of: Air Historical Branch (CI 309)

Indian women labourers, click to view larger image, this will open in a new window

Indian women labourers, engaged in airfield construction work, pass mechanics working on a Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator bomber at a base in Bengal. 1944.

Courtesy of: Imperial War Museum (CF 166)

Private Begum Pasha Shah of the WAC, click to view larger image, this will open in a new window

Private Begum Pasha Shah of the WAC (1) on duty in the Orderly Room of an RAF station in India, August 1943.

Courtesy of: Air Historical Branch

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