Date of birth:

April 15th, 1919 (Lyalpur, Punjab, India)

Date of death:

September 16th, 2017

Service number:

Ind.71577

Nationality:

Indian (1858-1947, British Colony)

Arjan Singh entered the RAF College Cranwell in 1938 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in December 1939.
Singh led No. 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force into command during the Arakan Campaign in 1944.
After the war he rose up to the rank of Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
He was Lt. Governor of Delhi from December 1989 - December 1990 and was made Marshal of the Air Force in January, 2002.

Promotions:
1939 Pilot Officer
1940 Flying Officer
1942 Flight Lieutenant
1944 Squadron Leader
1947 Wing Commander, Royal Indian Air Force, Air Force Station, Ambala
1948 Group Captain, Director, Training, Air Headquarters
1949 Air Commodore, Indian Air Force AOC, Operational Command
1961 Air Vice Marshal, Air Officer in Charge, Administration, Air HQ
1963 Deputy Chief of Air Staff and subsequently Vice Chief of Air Staff
1964 Chief of Air Staff (Air Marshal)
1965 Chief of Air Staff rank upgraded to that of an Air Chief Marshal

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force (No. 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force)

Awarded on:

June 2nd, 1944

Citation:
"This officer has completed very many operational missions, involving nights over difficult country, often in bad weather. He has displayed outstanding leadership, great skill and courage, qualities which have been reflected in the high morale and efficiency of the squadron which has won much success."

• - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36542 published on the 30 May 1944
  - Bharat Rakshak