Tuesday, November 3, 2009

"The First Kill for PAF"

The painting depicts an F-86 of PAF's No.15 Sqn piloted by then Flying Officer Muhammad Younus, shooting down an IAF Canberra over Rawlpindi area. It was April 10th, 1959, an eid day. The canberra was on photo recce mission when it was shot down. Both, pilot and navigator ejected safely and were taken prisoners.

The painting was presented to the hero of that encounter, Air Marshall (Retd.) Muhammad Younus.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM

    Hi,
    Great painting as usual, but if I m not mistaken, the navigator of Indian Canberra was unable to bailout since there was no ejection seat for him (or thats what I read somewhere), please do correct me if I m wrong.

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  2. Aviation Art of Rehan SirajFebruary 25, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    Dear Faisal,
    I personally met A/M retd. M Younus before making this painting and heard the actual event from him.
    Infact, the pilot ejected and navigator managed to jump out from the access door. Both became POWs.

    Rehan.

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