Vijay Vasant Tambay

Flight Lieutanant Vijay Vasant Tambay was an officer of the Indian Air Force whose aircraft was shot down on December 5 1971 over West Pakistan while on a strike against the Pakistani airbase of Rafiqui, during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Officially recorded by the Indian Air Force as killed in action,cite web
author =
publisher = Indian Air Force
url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_martyrs.php?page=6&pg_id=50
title= Martyrs of the IAF
accessdate=2008-06-12] Flt Lt Tambay is believed to have been one of the five pilots reported by Pakistan Observer to have been captured alive on 5 December 1971.cite web
author =
publisher = The Tribune, Chandigarh
url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070605/world.htm#1
title= Kin of PoWs present evidence to Pak media
accessdate=2008-06-12] However, although a number of reports from eye witnesses have subsequently suggested that Flt Lt Tambay was indeed captured alive, he was not repatriated at the end of the war, while the Pakistan Government denies having in their possession any Indian Prosoners of War from the 1971 war,.cite web
author =
publisher = The Tribune, Chandigarh
url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010524/haryana.htm#20
title= Bring them home, say relatives of missing defence personnel
accessdate=2008-06-12] making him one of The missing 54 Indian defence personnel from the war who are believed to be in Pakistani custody.cite web
author =
publisher = BBC
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6723263.stm
title= Families search Pakistan for lost PoWs
accessdate=2008-06-12] .

ee also

*Damayanti Tambay
*The missing 54
*Missing Defence Personnel Relatives Association

External Links

* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1971War/Shorkot.html The Shorkot Road Raid] . Bharat-rakshak.com

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