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Alauddin Ahmed

Squadron Leader Alauddin Ahmed}} (3 October 1930 — 13 September 1965), known as ''Butch'' or ''Butch Ahmed'' to his colleagues, was a Pakistan Air Force officer who shot down an IAF Dassault Mystère IV during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 before being Killed in action. Ahmed led his squadron, the No. 18 Squadron ''Sharp Shooters'', in several missions during the war, attacking Indian ground and air forces.

In his book ''Flight of the Falcon'', his colleague Sajad Haider, who was the last person to speak with Butch over the radio before his crash, wrote: "Butch truly never had an enemy; everybody loved Butch, especially the girls from the Burt Institute (an Anglo-Indian club operated by the Railways)." Provided by Wikipedia