Heart thumping in excitement, Captain Akram Ahmed, a former pilot of East Pakistan Plant Protection Agency, had experience in low-level flying with poor navigational equipment. With the aid of a simple compass, Capt Akram navigated the aircraft. Captain Akram was among the nine pilots and 58 defected PAF personnel who joined the Kilo Flight squadron under the command of Group Captain Abdul Karim Khandker on September 28, 1971. Pilots of Otter DHC 3 were Flt Lt Shamsul Alam, Capt Akram Ahmed, and Capt Sarfuddin Ahmed. “Akash Shainik” Captain Akram Ahmed, Bir Uttam, died on December 7, 2020 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka Cantonment due to a heart attack.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 14, 2020 19:52 UTC