Mervyn Middlecoat

Wing Commander Mervyn Middlecoat Sitara-e-Jurat & Bar[a] SJ & Bar[a]
Birth name	Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat
Nickname(s)	Commander Leslie
Born	(1931-07-06)6 July 1931 Ludhiana, British Raj
Died	12 December 1971(1971-12-12) (aged 31) Okha, India
Buried	Remains not found
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1954–1971
Rank	Wing Commander
Service number	Pak/3550
Unit	No. 9 Squadron Griffins
Commands held	No. 9 Squadron Griffins
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Operation Amritsar Radar Arab Israel war 1968 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 †
Awards	Sitara-e-Jurat & Bar[a]

Wing Commander Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat SJ & Bar^[a] (6 July 1931 – 12 December 1971) was a Pakistani fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) who was involved in a number of aerial battles during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani wars, before being shot down on 12 December 1971.^[1] He was one of a number of distinguished Pakistani strike and fighter pilots of the period. Before his death he was stationed at Mauripur, Karachi, Pakistan where he flew the F-104 Starfighter.

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