Air Vice-Marshal Ranjan Dutt, one of a small number of Indian pilots to have flown operationally in Europe during World War II, passed away in Chennai on 13 August 2009. He was 87

This article narrates the career of Wg Cdr "Horace" Sahgal, commissioned just towards the end of the second world war, who was one of the earliest pilots to see action in the 1947-48 War, and later fly operations in the 62 War as well.