In this episode, we interview Sqn Ldr Pushp Kumar Vaid, Flt Cdr of 110 HU. His detachment of Mi-4 helicopters provided battlefield mobility to the legendary GOC of 4 Corps, Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh, during the 1971 war for the liberation of Bangladesh. Sqn Ldr Vaid describes how they airlifted a Battalion of 4/5 Gurkhas to Sylhet under heavy enemy fire, thereby holing up the Brigade there till the end of the war. He then goes on to describe airlifting a whole Brigade across the Meghna river, that allowed the dash for Dacca. He then describes the mood in Dacca during the surrender ceremony and his experience accompanying Bollywood stars who came to entertain the troops. Sqn Ldr  Vaid then left the Air Force to fly helicopters for British Airways, where he had a miraculous escape from an in-flight breakup of a Chinook helicopter in the North Sea. We conclude the interview with his description of that event.Sqn Ldr Pushp Vaid's profile can be found here: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/6892Read more about the Battle of Sylhet from Brig Rattan Kaul of 4/5 Gurkhas: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/history/1971war/425-heliborne-operations-by-sylhet-gorkhas-leads-to-early-surrender-at-dacca.htmlRead about the Meghna Crossing from Major Chandrakant Singh: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/history/1971war/444-the-meghna-crossing.html