Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, PVC was an officer of the Indian Air Force. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration during war time, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a Pakistan Air Force air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Born: 17 July 1945, Ludhiana
Died: 14 December 1971, Srinagar
Awards: Param Vir Chakra.
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, PVC (17 July 1945 – 14 December 1971) was an officer of the Indian Air Force.
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Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon.
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon PVC
Rank Flying Officer
Unit No. 18 Squadron
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards Param Vir Chakra (posthumous.
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was born in a Jat Sikh family on 17 July 1945[4] in the village of Isewal, Ludhiana, Punjab Province, British India.[1] His father was M.W.O. Tarlok Singh Sekhon[5] and his mother was Harbans Kaur.[6] He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 4 June 1967 as a Pilot Officer.
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