Matiur Rahman (military pilot), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matiur Rahman (military pilot)

Pilot officer, Bir Sershtho

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1941

Place of Birth: Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1971

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Matiur Rahman (died 20 August 1971) was a flight lieutenant of Pakistan Air Force and a recipient of Bir Sreshtho, Bangladesh's highest military gallantry award for his actions during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. He attempted to escape from Pakistan and join the Bangladesh Liberation War, to hijack a Lockheed T-33 aircraft being flown by a 21 year old Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, who was conducting his second solo flight.
Rahman stopped the aircraft on the runway, climbed into the cockpit and steered the aircraft toward the Indian border, but Rashid Minhas fought against him through the mechanically linked controls.
Minhas then released the canopy, and since he was not properly strapped in, Rahman flew out of the cockpit.
The jet was flying too low for Minhas to recover so it crashed, killing him.
For his support to the state of Bangladesh, Rahman was decorated by Bangladesh with the Bir Sreshtho award.