[Goanet] UP, UP AND HIGH... GALLANT GOANS IN THE SKY

2010-04-21 Thread Venantius J Pinto
ays of our forefathers, the languages, the ways of life, and instill it into our beings. venantius j pinto Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:44:41 +0530 > From: Marshall Mendonza > To: goanet > Subject: [Goanet] UP, UP AND HIGH... GALLANT GOANS IN THE SKY > > You may have missed

Re: [Goanet] UP, UP AND HIGH... GALLANT GOANS IN THE SKY

2010-04-21 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Dear Marshall, Thank you for the correction about Wg Cdr Clarence D'Lima Marg. The info was given to me by his first-cousin who I guess is also on this list. I referred to John Lobo in my Feb 28 piece (should be available in Goanet archives) -- and how he carried Morarji Desai and son Kantibhai in

[Goanet] UP, UP AND HIGH... GALLANT GOANS IN THE SKY

2010-04-21 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Valmiki Faleiro: * Wg Cdr Clarence Joseph D'Lima, VSM in 1973.Commanded the New Delhi-Tezpur flight carrying Prime Minister Morarji Desai and others that crash-landed near Jorhat on 04 Nov 1977. All passengers survived, all five aircrew died. No awards bestowed despite their evident self-sacrifice