Life of WWII Indian flying ace celebrated in Gravesend

Family and friends of an Indian pilot who flew Hawker Hurricanes during World War II are celebrating his life at a gathering in Kent.

 

Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji, who was born in Simla in 1918, died at Darent Valley Hospital in Kent last week after a stroke.

The ceremony in his memory is being held at Holy Trinity School near his home in Gravesend on Tuesday evening.
Sqn Ldr Pujji won the Distinguished Flying Cross for services in Burma.
He also flew combat missions in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the war and earlier this year published a book about his experiences entitled For King and Another Country.

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