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Lt. Col. Mehrwan Sorab Irani in a white suit presenting a leopard skin to the Indian Air Force (1950s?)
at the Poona (Pune) Air Force base. To his left is Minoo Engineer to went on to become Air Marshal.
The aircraft in the background may be an Avro Shackleton of WW II vintage, The Indian Air Force also had WW II era Liberator bombers. Image credit: K. E. Eduljee personal collection

Mechanics service the Bristol Mercury VIII engine of a Bristol Blenheim Mark I of No. 3 Coastal Defence Flight.  This photograph was probably taken at Dum Dum, India, following the unit's withdrawal from Burma.
Image credit: Imperial War Museums

The crew of a Bristol Blenheim Mark I of No. 3 Coastal Defence Flight (shown above) get into their aircraft.
Image credit: Imperial War Museums

Hawker Hurricane PR Mark IIB, BM969, of ‘S’ Flight No. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, based at Dum Dum, India, in flight over West Bengal. Image credit: Imperial War Museums

Pilots of an IAF fighter squadron pose in front of a Hawker Hurricane.1942.
Image credit: WWII in Color

Wynberg-Allen (Dinshaw Eduljee's Alma-Mater) Related Images

'Bala Hissar' estate, Mussoorie, India,  in 1890 - two years after the founding of Wynberg school, Dinshaw Eduljee's alma mater from the late 1920s to 1939 (see home page).

Bala Hissar is the name of the fort and citadel in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan ruler Amir Dost Mohammad Khan (1793-1863) was kept prisoner in this Mussoorie residence for a couple of years (c. 1842?) by the British  East India Company. The name 'Bala Hissar', i.e. the Amir's previous Kabul residence (a fortified citadel), might have euphemistically been given to the Amir's prison. During his imprisonment, the Amir soon became a British ally and left the property.

The 'Bala Hissar' estate - some 500 m. down the hill from the Wynberg property - was purchased in 1919 at the behest of Mrs. Allen, wife of the recently demised Henry Allen (one time Vice-Chairman of the Wynberg school) as a memorial to her late husband. Prior to his demise, Henry Allen had in 1917 proposed a separate school where senior boys (above 12 years of age) could continue their education after leaving Wynberg. By 1921, the number of senior boys at the new Allen Memorial School, numbered 50. By 1928, a new building was built on the site to accommodate 135 boys. The Harsh Bahugana Block now stands where 'Bala Hissar' once stood.
Image provided courtesy of Audrey Phillips.

February 7, 1962 reunion of Wynberg-Allen alumni resident in Pune (then Poona), India. Standing in the back row (second from left of photo) is Hoshang Eduljee, Dinshaw Eduljee's younger brother. Seated (second from left dressed in a sari) is Hoshang's wife Zenobia. Seated to Zenobia's left (third from left in a dress with checks and tassels) is Dr. Jean Gardner (Healy), Dinshaw's friend and contemporary at the Wynberg School where she was head girl when the foundation for Hart Hall was laid. Jean Gardner's sister, Phyllis is seated fifth from the left. [A side note: the stone-work and ledge of the building in the image appears to be the exterior of the Assembly Hall of this author's alma-mater, the Bishop's School Poona (now Pune).] Image provided courtesy of Audrey Phillips from a set provided to her by Phyllis Gardner.