Chandigarh: “alsoad” India that can be applied in making life easily under a variety of unfriendly conditions, also helps air defense unit (AD) forces who maintain strategic military installations and areas around Amritsar during 1971 Indo-sir war.
Sharing several anecdes from war, captain SK Sharma, who is the commander of the troop one of the 105-territorial army advertisements (TA) advertisements, said that during the war, suddenly the striker from one of the six anti-aircraft weapons – L / 60 (artificial Sweden) – Strike.
“It makes a gun is useless and difficult to bring part of the regulatory factory during the war Bring the backup.
Strangely, the part works well during the war, “Sharma said.
Given some more stories about war, captain Sharma, now 80, said the 105-advertising regiment (TA) was assigned to protect several major military installations, airfields and cities in the Amritsar Punjab area.
He is heading for troops who are part of the advertising battery deployed to protect the amritsar flying.
They faced a total of 84 attacks by the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) and managed to shoot down a bomber plane capturing the pilot and fired a plane forced to return to his territory.
The jacket and part of the F-104 aircraft body, whose pilots were captured by them, still decorated the quarter-party portal of the guard of the regiment.
Sharma, who was also decorated with his role during the 1971 war, said that not only regular soldiers but also territorial soldiers (TA), army volunteer reserves, played a major role during the 1971 war.
The 105-ad regiment was part of TA during the 1971 war and partly Great Jawan-Jawan came from the Punjab agricultural community, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.
They have volunteered to serve soldiers for several months a year.
They are not equipped with a modern weapon system compared to regular forces but they still managed to save lives and assets during the war.
The next 105-ad regiment is converted into regular strength.
Captain Sharma received “mentioned in delivery” from the Army Chief of Staff for his dispensation during the 1971 War.
He was also among the rarely armed forces officers who had been assigned three times in army and once in paramilitary forces.
He was assigned as an emergency officer (Eco) in 1964 and participated in the war with China.
Then during the 1971 war, he was given the commission.
After the 1971 war, he was given a short service commission.
After the release of the Army, Captain Sharma joined the commander assistant at BSF from where he retired as the commander in 1997.
When co was injured to save Pakarsharma, on December 5, 1971, at around 2pm, one F-104 Star Fighter came to the airport .
He was as low as 200 feet above the air area but was shot down by Havildar Ajmer Singh, commander of the position of the weapon.
When the pilot was redeemed in a civilian nearby, the unit unit officer lt n Wadhawan himself chased him to be detained.
However, civilians began to beat him and while saving the Pilot Co himself got several punches from civilians, who suspected he was to become a Pakistani pilot colleague.
However, Pilot Sir, which was identified as the leader of the Amjad Squadron Hussain Khan, was saved and taken into military custody.
Captain Sharma remembered that the Pakistani pilot was given a full protocol of an officer.
“We even offered him rum at night but he politely refused to say he didn’t drink.
When we asked him that he lied because of which fools would fly as low as 200 feet in normal condition.
Pak pilot immediately took a glass of rum and immediately swallowed, “Add Sharma Capt.
The pilot was sent back to Pakistan after a ceasefire.
Pakistan’s ejection ejection message December 5, 1971, around 11pm, the PAF bomber pilot was shot by Lance on Kanwal Singh.
The pilot immediately dropped the burden (a thousand pound bombs) in the airport area.
“We coordinate with the Indian Air Force, who intercept the conversation of expert sir,” Indian bastard has hit me twice, will reach and try to remove near Wagi’s border ‘, “told Captain Sharma.
1971 Indo-sir War: How is the air to defend amritsar air
