| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1948 |
Artwork Located:
Office of the Deputy Chief of Air Staff Personnel
Description:
Tempest IN from 5 Squadron are shown patrolling in the northern area during the First Kashmir War. They are shown in the earliest camouflage, as they were received from India in 1947. The aircraft are still carrying the two victory stripes painted by the British after the Second World War.
Office of the Deputy Chief of Air Staff Personnel
Description:
Tempest IN from 5 Squadron are shown patrolling in the northern area during the First Kashmir War. They are shown in the earliest camouflage, as they were received from India in 1947. The aircraft are still carrying the two victory stripes painted by the British after the Second World War.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1947 |
Artwork Located:
Auditorium Gallery - Air Headquarters
Description:
Among the earliest equipment of the Pakistan Air Force, when it came into existence in 1947 after partition, were the few Dauglas C-47 Dakotas transferred from the former Royal Indian Air Force. These were used to start the crucial Valley Flights to Pakistani outposts in Azad Kashmir. The Dakota retired from the PAF in 1955.
Auditorium Gallery - Air Headquarters
Description:
Among the earliest equipment of the Pakistan Air Force, when it came into existence in 1947 after partition, were the few Dauglas C-47 Dakotas transferred from the former Royal Indian Air Force. These were used to start the crucial Valley Flights to Pakistani outposts in Azad Kashmir. The Dakota retired from the PAF in 1955.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 14-Apr-48 |
Artwork Located:
Joint Staff College
Description:
Flight Lieutenant M Khyber Khan lands on an unprepared surface at Gilgit to deliver the first heavy mortar to the liberation forces during the Kashmir operations. The mortar was carried to Skardu on a Bactrian camel and played a vital role in the capture of Skardu Fort, the last enemy stronghold.
Till the early 1950s the only access to this part of the country was an unreliable mule track which remained blocked for most part of the year due to land slides and snow. The runways at Gilgit or Skardu had not yet been built.
The aircraft shown in the painting is a Harvard which flew from Risalpur under the instructions of Wing Commander M Asghar Khan, Commandant RPAF College, Risalpur. Although the rear seat of the Aircraft was removed, the barrel remained protruding out of the cockpit, making the flight of the aircraft all the more difficult.
Joint Staff College
Description:
Flight Lieutenant M Khyber Khan lands on an unprepared surface at Gilgit to deliver the first heavy mortar to the liberation forces during the Kashmir operations. The mortar was carried to Skardu on a Bactrian camel and played a vital role in the capture of Skardu Fort, the last enemy stronghold.
Till the early 1950s the only access to this part of the country was an unreliable mule track which remained blocked for most part of the year due to land slides and snow. The runways at Gilgit or Skardu had not yet been built.
The aircraft shown in the painting is a Harvard which flew from Risalpur under the instructions of Wing Commander M Asghar Khan, Commandant RPAF College, Risalpur. Although the rear seat of the Aircraft was removed, the barrel remained protruding out of the cockpit, making the flight of the aircraft all the more difficult.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1947 |
Artwork Located:
Headquarters Air Defence Command
Description:
In 1947, a Vickers Viking joined the inventory of two Douglas Dakotas and two Harvards of the newly independent Pakistan's first communications flight at Mauripur (Masroor) airfield. The Viking was used exclusively for the travels of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor General of Pakistan. The aircraft is now preserved in the PAF Museum in honoured memory of the Founder of the Nation.
Headquarters Air Defence Command
Description:
In 1947, a Vickers Viking joined the inventory of two Douglas Dakotas and two Harvards of the newly independent Pakistan's first communications flight at Mauripur (Masroor) airfield. The Viking was used exclusively for the travels of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor General of Pakistan. The aircraft is now preserved in the PAF Museum in honoured memory of the Founder of the Nation.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | Date: 1948 |
Artwork Located:
Headquarters Air Defence Command
Description:
The Handley Page Halifax bombers were acquired by the Pakistan Air Force soon, after Independence. The aircraft served in No 12 Squadron for bomber and transport operations.
The painting shows a fully armed Halifax engaged in a supply dropping mission in support of combat troops during the first Kashmir War in 1948. The Halifax was phased out in 1954.
Headquarters Air Defence Command
Description:
The Handley Page Halifax bombers were acquired by the Pakistan Air Force soon, after Independence. The aircraft served in No 12 Squadron for bomber and transport operations.
The painting shows a fully armed Halifax engaged in a supply dropping mission in support of combat troops during the first Kashmir War in 1948. The Halifax was phased out in 1954.
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