Muhammad Mahmood Alam, as confirmed by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) spokesman, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 78.
During the 1965 war with India, Squadron Leader M.M. Alam shot down two enemy aircraft and damaged three on Sept 6.
Sept 7 was the day when he rewrote the history of air warfare by shooting down five Indian Hawker Hunter fighters in air-to-air combat, in less than 60 seconds. The first four came down within a span of 30 seconds.
Mr. Alam was awarded Sitara-i-Jur’at twice for such gallantry and government of Pakistan named a road in Gulberg, Lahore, after him.
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