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Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, DFC (6 December 1916 – 13 August 1982) was the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He served in the IAF from 1939 until his retirement in 1973.
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal passed away in 1984 while he was still working on his memoirs and a history of the IAF. The book was eventually completed by his wife and provides an eminently readable history of the IAF’s first 25 years.
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the aerial branch of the Indian Armed Forces. [3] Customarily held by a four-star air chief marshal, the CAS is the senior-most operational officer of the IAF, mandated with the responsibilities of supervising the force's overall ...
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (December 1916 – August 1982) was the Chief of Air Staff during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. He served in the IAF from 1939 until his retirement in 1973.
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal was also the military secretary to the cabinet for two years. In 1954 he was sent to Europe as a team leader for the assessment of the new aircraft for Indian Air Force. Pratap Chandra Lal was the first Indian to fly supersonic and the Gnat.
Pratap Chandra Lal. Lancer International, 1986 - Biography & Autobiography - 380 pages. This is the first time that an Air Chief is sharing his thoughts and memories with the reading public. His...
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. After his retirement from the IAF, he served as the Joint Chairman of Indian Airlines and Air India till 1980. Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal passed away in 1982.
