Padmanabha Gautam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
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Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
About Padmanabha Gautam
- Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam, MVC (Bar), VSM (23 July 1933 – 25 November 1972), was an officer in the Indian Air Force.He was born on 23 July 1933 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Neelkanta Padmanabha and was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 1 April 1953.
- In 1961, he served as a Flight Lieutenant which as deployed in Congo and was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for his service.
- On 25 November 1972, he died in an air-crash due to internal bleeding.
- The engine of his MIG-21FL flamed shortly after take-off and he was forced to crash land.
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