India, Oct. 28 -- Foreword by Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh DFC About eighty years ago, on the 1 April 1933, two RAF Officers, alongwith a couple of dozen Indian airmen formed No.1 Squadron, Indian Air Force. The Squadron was not more than a flight in size, equipped with four Westland Wapiti aircraft - and they welcomed the five newly commissioned Indian officers who had finished training at RAF Cranwell in the United Kingdom. Over the next eight years, they were joined by another dozen Indian officers, also trained at Cranwell. These officers operated on the North West Frontier flying this aircraft. The joke, almost a fact, was that it took off, flew and landed at the same speed i.e. 75 mph. It had a radial, uncovered engine. Even if two ...