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Historical Event on 2/16/1942
The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
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| 7/29/1984 | Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots. |
| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
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| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 10/9/1993 | C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away. |
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