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That time a PAF F-86 Sabre jet fighter shot down an Indian plane carrying Chief Ministers of Gujarat

That time a PAF F-86 Sabre jet fighter shot down an Indian plane carrying Chief Ministers of Gujarat

On 19 September during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 an American F-86 Sabre jet fighter of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) accidentally shot down an Indian-registered civilian Beechcraft Model 18 twin-engine light aircraft carrying Balwantrai Mehta, who at the time was the chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, …

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