AM Asghar Khan Flt. Lt. M. N. Butt Flt. Lt. M. Yunis
Units involved
No. 106 Squadron
No. 15 Squadron
Strength
1 English Electric Canberra B(I)58
2 F-86F Sabres
Casualties and losses
2 airmen captured
None
The Canberra shootdown incident occurred on 10 April 1959, when an English Electric Canberra B(I)58 of the Indian Air Force was shot down by an F-86F Sabre of the Pakistan Air Force over Rawat, near Rawalpindi while performing a aerial reconnaissance mission. This incident is regarded as the first aerial kill of the Pakistan Air Force.[1][2]
^Pakistan, Horizon (June 1959). "The Canberra Incident". JSTOR. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^"Remembering the sacrifices of our martyrs". The Express Tribune. 5 September 2021.
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