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Breaking Barriers and Fighting Germans: First Indian Pilot in WWI – Hardit Singh Malik

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Breaking Barriers and Fighting Germans: First Indian Pilot in WWI – Hardit Singh Malik Hardit-singh-malik

Hardit Singh Malik was the first Indian to serve as a pilot in the British air force. Indians who were studying in Britain during the early part of the 1900s were perceived as “potential revolutionaries” and not welcomed into the British military.

When Malik’s tutor at Oxford heard that he was planning to enter the French military in order to serve in World War I, he wrote a letter of commendation to the commander of the Royal Flying Corps. Malik received an honorary commission as a 2nd lieutenant and was assigned to fly Sopwith Camels.

As a devout Sikh, he had a special helmet made that would accommodate his turban. This unusual feature earned him the affectionate nickname of “The Flying Hobgoblin.”

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/first-indian-pilot-wwi.html

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