Balidan Diwas
3 June 2019
Place of Supreme Sacrifice
Near Pari Hills, Gatte village, Arunachal Pradesh
State of Origin
Thrissur, Kerala
Service Number
32195 F(N)
Unit / Regiment
43 Squadron
Operation
AN-32 Mechuka Air Support Mission
Biography
Squadron Leader Hariharan Vinod hailed from Mulankunnathukavu in Thrissur district, Kerala. He earned an engineering degree from Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore in 2009, then joined the IAF as a short service commissioned officer, receiving his commission in the Navigation branch on 29 December 2011. After navigator training he gained experience across a range of air operations. On 3 June 2019, while serving with 43 Squadron based at Jorhat, Assam, he and seven other crew departed for Mechuka on a logistic support mission. The AN-32 aircraft lost contact 33 minutes after take-off and crashed near the Pari hills at around 12,000 feet. The wreckage was recovered after an eight-day search operation involving multiple military branches.
Remembered Alongside
Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar
43 Squadron · 2019
Wing Commander Ganta Mahendra Charles
43 Squadron · 2019
Flight Lieutenant Mohit Kumar Garg
43 Squadron · 2019
Flight Lieutenant Rajesh Thapa
43 Squadron · 2019
Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty
43 Squadron · 2019
Gunner Ayyappan MS
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