Aspy Engineer

Air Marshal A M Engineer DFC
Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer
6th Ambassador of India to Iran
In office 6 December 1964 – 6 December 1966
Preceded by	M. R. A. Baig
Succeeded by	K. V. Padmanabhan
9th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 4 June 1962 – 24 July 1964
President	Sir S. Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Preceded by	Ram Dass Katari
Succeeded by	Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
5th Chief of Air Staff
In office 1 December 1960 – 31 July 1964
President	Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Subroto Mukerjee
Succeeded by	Arjan Singh
Personal details
Born	(1912-12-15)15 December 1912 Lahore, Punjab Province, British India
Died	1 May 2002(2002-05-01) (aged 89) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Relations	Minoo Merwan Engineer (brother)
Alma mater	RAF Cranwell
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross
Later work(s)	Founder, California Zoroastrian Center
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1933–1947)  India (1947–1964)
Branch/service	Royal Indian Air Force  Indian Air Force
Years of service	1933-1964
Rank	Air Marshal
Unit	No. 1 Squadron IAF
Commands	No.1 Operational Group Air Force Station Kohat No.2 Squadron
Battles/wars	Waziristan campaign (1936–39) Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Annexation of Goa Sino-Indian War

Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC (15 December 1912 – 1 May 2002) was an officer in the Indian Air Force who rose through the ranks to become independent India's second Chief of the Air Staff, succeeding Subroto Mukerjee in 1960 and preceding Arjan Singh.

His flying career began in 1930 at the age of 17, when as a co-pilot he accompanied his friend R. N. Chawla to Croydon Airport, London from Karachi in British India, by flight and were the first Indians to do so. Shortly afterwards, he won the Aga Khan contest for being the first Indian to fly the journey between England and India, solo and within a one-month time frame.

Engineer subsequently joined the Indian Air Force, trained at RAF Cranwell, saw action on the North Western Frontier Provinces (NWFP) and at Burma and as a result was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). By the end of the Second World War he became Wing Commander.

Following retirement, he served as India's ambassador to Iran and later spent time living in California, before his last days in Mumbai.