During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, who posthumously received the Maha Vir Chakra, had shot down a US-made PAF F-104 Starfighter while flying an inferior Mystere of French make. The instance was reminisced by IAF Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa on Monday as he addressed audience at Coimbatore Base Repair Depot.
from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/before-abhinandan-how-an-iaf-pilot-had-outfought-a-paf-flyer-in-a-more-advanced-jet-in-1965/articleshow/68276709.cms
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