M.M Alam - A Bihari
Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ ( Urdu : محمد محمود عالم , Bengali : মোহাম্মদ মাহমূদ আলম ); 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013) was [3] a Pakistani fighter pilot who was credited by the Pakistanis with having downed nine Indian Air Force aircraft during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 , including five Hawker Hunter aircraft on one sortie on 7 September 1965. [4] He was a F-86 Sabre flying ace as per Pakistan records and one-star general in the Pakistan Air Force . He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat ( "The star of courage" ), the nation's third highest military award and Bar for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 . Early life [ edit ] Alam was born on 6 July 1935 to a well-educated family of Calcutta , British India. Born and raised in Bengal , Alam was a fluent Bengali speaker, however his paternal line was of Urdu -speak...






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