Summary Alam was granted commission in PAF (then RPAF) on October 2 1953
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmud Alam alias Little Dragon was a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ace who set a world record of destroying as many as five Indian aircrafts within a minute on September 7 1965. Dunya News remembers the national hero on his second death anniversary today.
Alam was the eldest son of 11 siblings who was born in Calcutta (then Kolkata) on July 6 1935. He was brought up in Bengal, India but after Indo-Pak separation in 1947 his family migrated to the then called East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Alam was granted commission in PAF (then RPAF) on October 2 1953.
During the 1965 India-Pakistan war, Alam was posted at Sargodha Airbase where he flew North American F-86 Sabre fighter jet. He downed a total of as many as nine Indian aircrafts including six Hawker Hunters.
However, the total number of hits by Alam remained controversial as Indian authorities reported that one aircraft, claimed by Alam had encountered a technical fault and could not be counted as his hit.
He had developed a respiratory issue in his last days and he remained under treatment at the Pakistan Naval station Shifa Hospital. He was laid to rest at the Shuhuda Graveyard at PAF Masroor Airbase.
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On March 20 2014, the PAF Mianwali Airbase was named after the PAF Brigadier-General. The famous M M Alam Road in Lahore is named after the war hero. After retirement from the PAF, Alam took up a permanent residence in Karachi.
The government awarded Little Dragon national decoration, Sitara-e-Jurat for his exceptional service to the nation in 1965 war. Air Marshal Riazuddin Shaikh referred him in his blog as "envy of all his peers" due to Alam s excellence in the field.
Following are some thoughts by the tweeps over Dragon’s second death anniversary:
2nd death anniversary of 65 war hero #MMAlam, may his soul rest in peace and Allah SWT grant him rank of Shaheed, A True Mujahid. #PAF
— Ansar Jahangir (@ansarjahangir) March 17, 2015
MMAlam 65. War hero who shot down five enemy planes Grateful nation ackdges his self less services PAF must look after his family
— khansardar (@khansardar80) March 17, 2015
. 18 MARCH 2013 >Muhammad Mahmood Alam Ka Karachi Mein Intaqal Huwa. >Umr 77 Saal Thi. >1965 Me 1 Minute Me 5 Indian Aircrafts Girae.
— Haidery (@786amms110) March 18, 2015
18thMarch D.A Of Pakistan’s Hero, world famous fighter pilot & legend of the 1965 war #MMAlam #PakistanAirForce pic.twitter.com/fpjOugWHkT
— •HÄ©rãKhãห• (@hiramughal5) March 18, 2015
#MMAlam — Awais Munawar (@IT_Waiz_ard) March 18, 2015
#MMAlam #RealLifeHero pic.twitter.com/4tSbNd9VbL
— M. (@meethacravings) March 18, 2015
Today is the second death anniversary of the great M.M.Alam. proud of him on what he had done.... #MMalam #Pakistan
— Ahmed (@AhmedHassaan98) March 18, 2015
