12th death anniversary of 1965 war hero MM Alam today
Pakistan
MM Alam made history by downing five Indian Air Force jets in under a minute
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Today, March 18, marks the 12th death anniversary of Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam, the legendary war hero of the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
Squadron Leader MM Alam made history by downing five Indian Air Force jets in under a minute, a record that still stands. His exceptional performance in the war earned him the Sitara-e-Jurat.
Alam was born on 6 July 1935 to a well-educated family of Calcutta, British India and was the eldest of 11 siblings. The family migrated from Calcutta to eastern Bengal which became East Pakistan following the formation of Pakistan in 1947. He joined the then RPAF (now PAF) in 1952, being commissioned on 2 October 1953.
His family moved to West Pakistan in around 1971, after the secession of East Pakistan.
In 1982, Alam retired from PAF as an Air commodore and took up residence in Karachi.
The war hero passed away on March 18, 2013, at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness.
