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CV Parker: Anecdotes from a Legend of the IAF

The Blue Skies Podcast

Episode   ·  2 Plays

Episode  ·  2 Plays  ·  46:57  ·  Jul 17, 2021

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In this episode, guest host KS Sreekumar Nair speaks to a legend of the Indian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker, MVC, VM. AVM Parker talks of some interesting episodes from his long and distinguished Air Force career, such as bailing out from a Tempest with an engine on fire, ferrying a Vampire with a load of lamb chops and landing an aircraft with a hung napalm bomb, an extremely dangerous undertaking. He also speaks of being chastised by then Air Cmde (later Air Chief Marshal) PC Lal for unauthorized low flying, and hosting the Governor of AP, Mrs. Sharda Mukherjee (wife of late Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee), at an AF Day party, which was how the Hakimpet Airmen's mess got its first black and white TV. AVM Parker's career profile is here: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4346His exploits during the 1971 war are here: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1971war/1378-the-saving-of-chander.html#gsc.tab=0Our guest host KS Sree Kumar Nair's books can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.in/KS-Nair/e/B083V4W6ZH?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1626410578&sr=8-3

46m 57s  ·  Jul 17, 2021

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