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DescriptionKartar Singh Taunque.jpg	English: Hawai Sepoy (Later Wing Commander) and Air Gunner Kartar Singh Taunque with Flt.Lt. Mukherji (Later Air Marshal). Kartar Singh Taunque was the first ever air man of Indian Airforce (then Royal Indian Airforce) to be decorated for gallantry in battle field. Taunque flying as the Air Gunner with Flt.Lt. Peter Haynes conducted a daring bombing raid in 1938 in the mission known as "Operations in Waziristan".
Date	1938
Source	Royal Indian Airforce Archives
Author	Royal Indian Airforce

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17:01, 14 April 2009	240 × 146 (11,032 bytes)	w:en:Internet Scholar (talk \| contribs)
17:00, 14 April 2009	240 × 146 (11,032 bytes)	w:en:Internet Scholar (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 16:59, 14 April 2009
17:00, 14 April 2009	300 × 213 (10,417 bytes)	w:en:Internet Scholar (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 03:14, 13 April 2009
16:59, 14 April 2009	240 × 146 (11,032 bytes)	w:en:Internet Scholar (talk \| contribs)	Original as found in Indian Airforce Archives
03:14, 13 April 2009	300 × 213 (10,417 bytes)	w:en:Internet Scholar (talk \| contribs)	{{Information \|Description = Hawai Sepoy (Later Wing Commander) and Air Gunner Kartar Singh Taunque with Flt.Lt. Mukherji (Later Air Marshal). Kartar Singh Taunque was the first ever air man of Indian Airforce (then Royal Indian Airforce) to be decora

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current	04:22, 12 July 2014	240 × 146 (11 KB)	OgreBot	(BOT): Reverting to most recent version before archival
	04:22, 12 July 2014	300 × 213 (10 KB)	OgreBot	(BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2009-04-13 03:14:30 by Internet Scholar
	16:21, 10 July 2014	240 × 146 (11 KB)	Mdann52(alt)	Transferred from en.wikipedia: see original upload log above