Engineer, Aspy Merwan
- Date of birth:
- December 15th, 1912 (Lahore/Punjab Province, British India)
- Date of death:
- May 1st, 2002 (Mumbai/Maharashtra, India)
- Service number:
- IND/1554
- Nationality:
- British-Indian
Biography
15 January 1935: Flying Officer
15 January 1940: Flight Lieutenant
28 June 1941: Acting Squadron Leader
30 April 1943: Squadron Leader
1 April 1944: Acting Wing Commander
27 May 1946: Acting Group Captain
2 May 1947: Wing Commander
15 August 1947: Acting Air Commodore
15 August 1948: Air Commodore
17 December 1952: Acting Air Vice Marshal
1 October 1954: Air Vice Marshal
23 May 1959: Acting Air Marshal
1 December 1960: Air Marshal
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Robert Marsland Groves Memorial Prize
- Rank:
- Flight Cadet
- Unit:
- RAF Cranwell, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- 1933
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Awarded on:
- February 18th, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Squadron Leader
- Awarded on:
- December 17th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Squadron Leader
- Awarded on:
- December 17th, 1942
India Service Medal
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Wing Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
General Service Medal 1947
Indian Independence Medal
Sources
- - London Gazette dated 18 February 1938; reported in Aeroplane of 23 February 1938
- The London Gazette
- Service record
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