Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Indian Air Force officer; Param Vir Chakra recipient
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, (17 July 1945 – 14 December 1971) was an Indian Air Force officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honour, in recognition of his solo defence of Srinagar Air Base against a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) air raid during the India–Pakistan war of 1971. He is the only member of the Indian Air Force to be honoured with the PVC. Flying Officer Sekhon's remains as well as the exact location of the crash site of his aircraft are still unknown.
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