Photograph: Pilot Officer Syed Abid Raza was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer and seeing his engineering enthusiasm, he was selected as staff officer to the Engineering branch’s head, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (M), Air Headquarters, RPAF Base Mauripur, Pakistan (now PAF Base Masroor, Mauripur, Pakistan).

 

Note: The airbase at Mauripur was established by Britain (Royal Indian Air Force, RIAF) during World War II in 1940–1941. On establishment of the Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) the base became RPAF Station Mauripur and after 1956, as PAF Station Mauripur. PAF Base Mauripur was renamed PAF Base Masroor in honor of former Base Commander, Air Commodore Masroor Hussain, who died in June 1967 due to a bird strike on his aircraft. He managed to direct the burning aircraft away from a populated area before crashing. PAF Base Masroor is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force. It is located in the Mauripur area of Karachi, in the Sindh province. (Source available upon request).

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