<P> Singh almost faced a court - martial in February 1945 when he tried to raise the morale of a trainee pilot ( later rumored to be the future Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh ) by conducting a low level air pass over a house in Kerala . In his defence , he insisted that such tricks were needed for every cadet to be a fighter pilot . Later that year , he commanded the Indian Air Force Exhibition Flight . As part of the celebrations for Independence Day on 15 August 1947 , Singh , by then a wing commander and acting group captain , led the first fly - past of RIAF aircraft over the Red Fort in Delhi . </P>
<P> Singh almost faced a court - martial in February 1945 when he tried to raise the morale of a trainee pilot ( later rumored to be the future Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh ) by conducting a low level air pass over a house in Kerala . In his defence , he insisted that such tricks were needed for every cadet to be a fighter pilot . Later that year , he commanded the Indian Air Force Exhibition Flight . As part of the celebrations for Independence Day on 15 August 1947 , Singh , by then a wing commander and acting group captain , led the first fly - past of RIAF aircraft over the Red Fort in Delhi . </P>
who fly past on 15 august 1947 on red fort
who fly past on 15 august 1947 on red fort
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