Dear Val, You have provided some important details about the traitors. In fact we were trying to locate the family of E. W. Pinto in Goa. BTW how do you know about the planes? Were you sitting somewhere with a binoculars near the Grace Church in Margao? (I guess a high point in terms of height)
Yours truly B. Colaco --- Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Senhor Bernado, > > You keep a sharp eye on Fred's writing! I had > missed > that one. A minor detail, though... > > India did acquire military hardware from the USSR > and > USA by 1961. But the two warplanes that sortied to > silence > the *Emissora de Goa* at Bambolim (and the ones used > in slightly more protracted strafing in Damao) > during > *Operation Vijay* in 1961 were of pre-1947 British > vintage. > [Remember WW-II British Seahawks were in use by the > Indian Navy till the '80s, when replaced with the > Sea Harrier > jumpjets.] > > Since we are on the subject (and I never miss your > comment) > let me try to elicit one on this: *Operation Vijay* > which led > to the annexation/liberation of Goa, was commanded > by a > *khas* Goencar, the Bharatiya Air Force's Air > Vice-Marshal > late E.W. Pinto (of the Pinto Rosario's from > Porvorim.) > > Innit? > > Regards/Valmiki > ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################