Ram Nath Chawla

Ram Nath Chawla
Wing Commander Indian Air Force
Personal details
Born	(1903-12-01)1 December 1903 Kasur, Punjab Province, British India
Died	23 February 1986
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1933–1947)  India (from 1947)

Ram Nath Chawla (1 December 1903 – 23 February 1986) was an Indian pilot who in March 1930, in an attempt to win a flying competition set by the Aga Khan, was the first Indian to fly an aircraft from India to England. He was the main pilot of a de Havilland Gipsy Moth and was accompanied by 17-year-old Aspy Merwan Engineer, his co-pilot. The journey took 17 days.

He was later commissioned into the equipment branch of the Indian Air Force, becoming its senior officer, before he retired in 1953.