Air Commodore R.S.Benegal.MVC.AVSM
Ramesh Sakharam Benegal. MVC.AVSM (09 October 1926- ? April 2003) Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in Rangoon, Burma, which was then part of undivided British India to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinaker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the Boy scouts organisation. In his youth, during the Second World War, Benegal joined the Indian National Army(Azad Hind) and was chosen to join the Tokyo Boys to train as a fighter pilot. He went on to attend the Imperial Japanese Army /Air Force Academy in 1944. However, before he could complete his training and join active operations, the war ended. Held as a prisoner of war after the fall of Japan, Benegal was released in 1946. In May 1950, he joined the Patna flying club to learn flying and earn a commercial flying license. While there, he got the opportunity to try out for the Air Force du...