LAHORE, April 13: Group Captain (retd) Cecil Chaudhry, a veteran military pilot of Pakistan Air Force and a war legend, kicked the bucket here on Friday.
 He was 70. Mr Chaudhry was experiencing lung malignancy and was under treatment at the Combined Military Hospital where he died.
Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, has communicated his outrageous melancholy on the demise of the PAF legend.
Mr Chaudhry was conceived on Aug 27, 1941, in a Christian (Roman Catholic) group of Dalwal town situated in the Salt Range. Child of veteran photograph columnist F.E. Chaudhry, Cecil joined the PAF on March 12, 1958, and got dispatched in the GD(P) branch on June 26, 1960.
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During his profession, he directed two Mirage units and Combat Commanders School. After his retirement in 1986, he turned into an educationist and rights dissident. He filled in as head of St. Anthony's College for quite a while. Afterward, he was designated head of St. Mary's Academy at Lalazar, Rawalpindi. He resigned from this post in July and joined the Punjab Education Foundation as its executive. Mr Chaudhry worked for the improvement of unique youngsters and for training changes. He stayed associated with the National Commission for Justice and Peace, and assumed a key job in the 14-year battle that prompted the rebuilding in 2002 of the joint electorate framework for minorities. He deserts three little girls and a child – Michelle Chaudhry, Carol Hay, Merlyn Khan and Cecil Chaudhry Junior. Memorial service will be held at Lawrence Road's Sacred Heart Cathedral on Sunday. He will be covered at the Jail Road's graveyard. In an announcement, the air boss broadened his most profound feelings and significant sympathies to the deprived family over the passing of the incredible military pilot and a genuine loyalist. Mr Chaudhry was taken as the signal of motivation for the majority of Pakistan Air Force, he said. The PAF boss said Mr Chaudhry took an interest in a few aeronautical fights during the 1965 and 1971 wars with India. He was attributed with a few aerial kills and was one of the recognized Pakistani strike and military pilots of that time. Gathering Captain Chaudhry shown remarkable demonstrable skill, resolute commitment and excellent mental fortitude during the two wars. His administrations were past the call of typical obligation and he made huge commitments to the air prevalence that the PAF accomplished during the 1965 war. He was a piece of the popular assault arrangement which was liable for the devastation of Halwara runway and the Amritsar radar in the 1965 war. In acknowledgment of his worthy administrations, he was granted Sitara-I-Jurat and Sitara-I-Basalat. 
Written by Sunaina Haleem