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Flight
Lieutenant Matiur
Rahman BS (29
October
1941
-
20
August
1971)
was
an
officer
of
the Pakistan
Air
Force and
a
recipient
of Bir
Sreshtho,
Bangladesh's
highest
military
gallantry
award
for
his
actions
during
the Liberation
War
of
Bangladesh.He
attempted
to
escape
from
West
Pakistan
and
join
the
Bangladesh
Liberation
War
in
then
East
Pakistan
by hijacking a Lockheed
T-33 aircraft
being
flown
by
a
20-year-old
newly
commissioned Pilot
Officer Rashid
Minhas,
who
was
conducting
his
second
solo
flight.
Rahman
stopped
the
aircraft
on
the
runway,
climbed
into
the
cockpit
and
steered
the
aircraft
toward
the
Indian
border,
but
Minhas
soon
realized
his
intentions
and
fought
against
him
through
the
mechanically
linked
controls.
Minhas
then
released
the
canopy,
and
since
he
was
not
properly
strapped
in,
Rahman
was
sucked
out
of
the
cockpit.
Minhas
then
tried
to
recover
the
plane
but
it
crashed
since
it
was
flying
too
low,
killing
him
as
well.
For
his
support
to
the
state
of
Bangladesh,
Rahman
was
decorated
by
Bangladesh
with
the
Bir
Sreshtho
award.Matiur
Rahman
completed
his
primary
education
at Dhaka
Collegiate
School.
After
that,
he
was
admitted
into Pakistan
Air
Force
School
Sargodha in
West
Pakistan.
On
15
August
1961,
he
joined
the Pakistan
Air
Force
Academy (then
Pakistan
Air
Force
College)
at Risalpur.
On
22
June
1963,
Matiur
Rahman
was
commissioned
as
a
pilot
officer
from
the
36th
GD(P)
Course
and
was
posted
at
No.
2
Squadron
of
Mauripur
Air
Base
(now
Masroor)
at Karachi in
West
Pakistan.
After
that,
he
successfully
completed
the
Jet
Conversion
Training
on
T-33
jet
trainers
in
that
base.
He
successfully
passed
the
course
with
a
mark
of
75.66%
and
was
earmarked
for
Fighter
Conversion
Training.
Fighter
Conversion
Training
took
place
in
F-86
Sabre
Jets,
this
course
he
passed
with
a
mark
of
81%.
He
was
posted
in
Peshawar
(in
No.19
Squadron)
due
to
his
bright
result
in
the
Fighter
Conversion
Course.
