Date of Birth
7 November 1990
Balidan Diwas
3 June 2019
Place of Supreme Sacrifice
Near Pari Hills, Gatte village, Arunachal Pradesh
State of Origin
Ganjam, Odisha
Service Number
33895 F(P)
Unit / Regiment
43 Squadron
Operation
AN-32 Mechuka Air Support Mission
Biography
Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty hailed from Baliapalli village under Kabisuryanagar block in Ganjam district of Odisha. Born into an Air Force family, he earned his B.Tech from NIT Jamshedpur and declined civilian job offers to pursue his aviation dream, clearing the Combined Defence Services examination. Commissioned on 21 June 2014 as part of the 193 Pilots' Course, he specialised as a transport pilot and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 21 June 2016. On 3 June 2019, the AN-32 aircraft lost contact with ground control at around 1:00 PM during a logistics mission, and the wreckage was discovered eight days later. He was an accomplished transport pilot, a disciplined officer, and a committed air warrior.