Furdoon ‘Duck’ Mehta, flew artillery observation missions in support of the 14th Army – obituary
After the war, he played a leading part in the development of Indian Army Aviation, especially in the introduction of helicopters
‘Duck’ Mehta as a young captain
Furdoon “Duck” Mehta, who died on his 101st birthday, was believed to have been the only Indian officer to fly with a British Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron in the Second World War.
In the early morning of March 21 1944, Mehta took off before dawn to locate Japanese gun positions in the Shan Hills, deep in the Burma jungle. He had descended to 300 feet when he heard a loud crack.