No.22 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit


Date Raised : 1942-12-03 Disbanded : 1947-04-01 Location : Drigh Road
Formed on 3 Dec 1942 at Drigh Road, Karachi by redesignating the No. 1 Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit. On 17 March 1943, No 2 and No 3 Anti Co-operation units at Deolali and Dum Dum respectively, merged into this unit. This unit was disbanded on 1 April 1947 at Santa Cruz (HQ Flight). Drigh Road (A Flight) became 1 Target Towing Flight and Poona (B Flight) became 2 Target Towing Flight.
Unit previously existed as 1AACU

Officers & Flight Crew List - No.22 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (1939-47)

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DatesRank & NameNumberRemarksLocationPhoto
03 Dec 42 to Wing Commander H J FishRAFDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to 01 Mar 43Flying Officer A K Ganguly1677 GD(P) - Ex-1AACFDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to 12 Feb 43Pilot Officer B R Rao1726 GD(P) - Ex-1AACF to 151OTUDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to Pilot Officer A Rabbani1778 GD(P) - Ex-1AACFDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to 24 Dec 44Pilot Officer R D Malhotra1938 A&SD - Ex-1AACF to IAF RODrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to 04 May 43Pilot Officer M N Kaisrani1815 GD(P) - Ex-1AACF to 151OTUDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to Pilot Officer M L Mishra1645 GD(P) - Ex-1AACFDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to Pilot Officer N G Roy1714 GD(P) - Ex-1AACFDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to 13 Jan 43Pilot Officer A Lodhie 1584 GD(P) - Ex-1AACF to 222Gp CalDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to 05 May 43Flying Officer J C Varma1646 GD(P) - Ex-1AACF to 151OTUDrigh Road
03 Dec 42 to Pilot Officer P Reporter1613 GD(P) - Ex-1AACFDrigh Road
06 Dec 42 to 12 Feb 43Pilot Officer A R Pandit1707 GD(P) - Fm 2Sqn to 151OTUDrigh Road
07 Dec 42 to 12 Feb 43Pilot Officer S M Zahid1740 GD(P) - Fm 5CDF to 151OTUDrigh Road
07 Dec 42 to 01 Mar 43Pilot Officer J R Dantra2074 GD(O) - Fm UKDrigh Road
10 Dec 42 to 12 Feb 43Flying Officer R Rajaram1573 GD(O) - Fm 6CDF att to 2AACF To 151OTUDrigh Road
10 Dec 42 to 30 Sep 44Pilot Officer R S Shipurkar2177 GD(P) - Fm UK To 151OTU HurriDrigh Road
26 Jan 43 to Flying Officer C Sathyanarayana1610 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb Ex 1SqnDrigh Road
26 Jan 43 to 26 Feb 43Acting Pilot Officer M J Khan1923 GD(P) - Fm ATU Bairagarh to 8IAFDrigh Road
04 Feb 43 to 30 May 43Acting Pilot Officer A L Berry1861 GD(P) - Fm ATU Bairagarh To OverseasDrigh Road
06 Feb 43 to 30 May 43Acting Pilot Officer G Vurghese1862 GD(P) - Fm ATU Bairagarh To OverseasDrigh Road
04 Feb 43 to 30 May 43Acting Pilot Officer K M David1863 GD(O) - Fm ATU Bairagarh To OverseasDrigh Road
06 Feb 43 to 30 May 43Acting Pilot Officer R S Kalyaniwala1869 GD(P) - Fm ATU Bairagarh To OverseasDrigh Road
01 Mar 43 to 30 May 43Pilot Officer C A Starr1859 GD(P) - To OverseasDrigh Road
01 Mar 43 to 30 May 43Pilot Officer M L Vatal1872 GD(P) - To OverseasDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Pilot Officer M Y Aziz1818 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 30 May 43Pilot Officer K S Thandi1876 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb To OverseasDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer M R Mistry1877 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer K K Ganguly1881 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb Drigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer Harbans Singh1912 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Pilot Officer A M Khan1913 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 03 Jul 43Acting Pilot Officer C D Sharma1920 GD(P)K Wapiti Crash - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 03 May 43Acting Pilot Officer C A Neelakantan1926 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb To 151OTUDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer S A Aziz1971 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer O D Agnihotri1991 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer J S Bir1993 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 30 May 43Acting Pilot Officer L R D Blunt1994 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb To 151OTUDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer M L D'eca1998 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer D Delima1999 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer S P Dutta2000 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer B A Hall2002 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 30 May 43Acting Pilot Officer K N Kak2004 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb To 151OTUDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer T K Lalith2008 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 03 May 43Acting Pilot Officer B Kumar2010 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSAmb To 151OTUDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to 15 Apr 45Pilot Officer F W Khan2169 A&SDAdmin - Fm 1SFTSAmbDrigh Road
14 Mar 43 to Acting Pilot Officer F Ahmad1919 GD(P)Drigh Road
17 Apr 43 to Acting Pilot Officer R S Sharma1884 GD(P) - Fm 152OTUDrigh Road
30 Apr 43 to Flight Lieutenant K L Sondhi1566 GD(P) - Fm 2AACUDrigh Road
30 Apr 43 to 01 Aug 45Pilot Officer S D Framroze2152 A&SD - Fm 2AACUDrigh Road
30 Apr 43 to Flying Officer J M Engineer1572 GD(P)Drigh Road
01 May 43 to Pilot Officer B Ansari1975 EQPTEqptDrigh Road
14 Jun 43 to 07 Jul 44Pilot Officer G K John2132 GD(P) - to 151OTUDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 24 May 44Pilot Officer A C Joseph2117 GD(P)Dr after CrashDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer Deshmukh2118 GD(P)Drigh Road
15 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer Satyendra2122 GD(P)Drigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 04 Jul 44Pilot Officer M M Chande2127 GD(P) - to 151OTUDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 06 Jul 44Pilot Officer W H Derry2130 GD(P) - to 151OTUDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 04 Jul 44Pilot Officer M K Khan2133 GD(P) - to 151OTUDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 07 Jan 44Pilot Officer Vazir2136 GD(P) - To 152OTUDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 29 Oct 44Pilot Officer Niaz A Sheikh2138 GD(P) - To 151OTUDrigh Road
15 Jun 43 to 03 Mar 45Pilot Officer F V A Scudder 2639 GD(P)Drigh Road
16 Jun 43 to 21 Jun 47Pilot Officer S S Kaikobad2119 GD(P)Drigh Road
16 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer Chaves2128 GD(P)Drigh Road
16 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer RaoDrigh Road
16 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer NobleDrigh Road
16 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer GibbsDrigh Road
17 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer Beale1992 GD(P) - Fm 1SFTSDrigh Road
23 Jun 43 to Pilot Officer Mall1856 GD(P)Drigh Road
01 Aug 43 to 01 Aug 45Flying Officer B S Dugal1568 GD(O)Drigh Road
24 Nov 43 to Flying Officer R V Ghisad1730 GD(P)Drigh Road
21 Mar 44 to 30 Sep 44Pilot Officer Mohan Singh2259 A&SDCypher OfficeDrigh Road
18 Aug 44 to Flying Officer U K Nair2161 A&SDEngrDrigh Road
17 Sep 44 to 01 May 46Flying Officer K A Joseph 2960 SIGSSigsDrigh Road
04 Sep 44 to 01 Aug 45Flying Officer N K Sengupta 2047 EQPTEqptDrigh Road
21 Oct 44 to 21 Oct 44Pilot Officer G V Jayakant2609 SIGSDrigh Road
04 Oct 44 to 01 Aug 45Pilot Officer G S Gosain2399 A&SD - Fm 3CMUDrigh Road
13 Nov 44 to 01 Aug 45Flying Officer K Prakash1809 GD(P) - Fm UKDrigh Road
22 Nov 44 to 01 Jul 46Flying Officer D M Khan2959 ENGElect - demobbedDrigh Road
06 Jan 45 to Flying Officer P S Gill 1659 GD(P) - Fm BHQ CalcDrigh Road
16 Jan 45 to 01 Oct 46Flying Officer K K Ganguly1881 GD(P) - Fm 151OTUDrigh Road
16 Jan 45 to 21 Jun 47Flying Officer P N Sanyal1682 GD(P) - Fm 2OST To 1TTFDrigh Road
16 Jan 45 to 01 Jan 47Flying Officer S S Achreja1987 GD(O) - Fm 151OTUDrigh Road
16 Jan 45 to 01 Apr 46Pilot Officer S D Watts 2789 A&SD - Fm 8 SofAFTTDrigh Road
01 Mar 45 to 01 Aug 45Flight Lieutenant Gurbachan Singh 1779 EQPTDrigh Road
01 Mar 45 to 01 May 46 H L Bhagat 2730 A&SDDrigh Road
03 Mar 45 to 18 Jul 45 A Rehman 1837 A&SDDrigh Road
03 Mar 45 to 01 Aug 45 K N Kothaneth 2106 MEDDrigh Road
15 Apr 45 to 01 Aug 45 P L Pandhi 1997 GD(P)Drigh Road
15 Apr 45 to 01 May 46 P S Jaiswal 2181 ENGDrigh Road
15 Apr 45 to 01 Nov 46 H L Mehra 2712 GD(P)Drigh Road
17 May 45 to 01 Apr 46 M H Jamil 2863 GD(P)Drigh Road
26 Jul 45 to 01 Aug 45 S Roy 2296 GD(AG)Ambala
28 Jul 45 to 01 Apr 46 M R Ritchie 2343 GD(P)Ambala
01 Aug 45 to 01 Aug 45Flight Lieutenant M M Ghose 1603 GD(P)Released to INAAmbala
01 Aug 45 to Flight Lieutenant U K Nair1964 ENGAmbala
01 Aug 45 to Flight Lieutenant M G Midha 1982 GD(O)Ambala
01 Aug 45 to P S Jaiswal2131 GD(P)Ambala
01 Aug 45 to T S Pujji2255 A&SDAmbala
01 Aug 45 to 01 May 46 S G Mama2667 EQPTAmbala
01 Aug 45 to V R Rajwade2946 GD(P)Ambala
01 Mar 46 to 01 Mar 46 A P Kale 3049 GD(P)Released from serviceAmbala
01 Apr 46 to B A Ansari 1975 EQPTAmbala
01 Apr 46 to N U Khan 2282 BALLAmbala
01 May 46 to S S Jaspal 1808 GD(P)Ambala
01 May 46 to Jagir Singh 2608 SIGSAmbala
01 May 46 to P N Khanna 2666 EQPTAmbala
01 May 46 to A R Khan 2765 A&SDAmbala
01 May 46 to Pilot Officer M M Bimbet 3166 ENGAmbala
01 Jul 46 to C R Rao 2747 SIGSAmbala
01 Oct 46 to P K Tikku 2760 ELECTAmbala
01 Nov 46 to M A Rizwaini 2044 EQPTAmbala
01 Nov 46 to H C Bharadwaj 2804 ELECTAmbala
01 Jan 47 to Squadron Leader S N Haider 2116 GD(P)Ambala

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