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8-Pass Charlie

8-Pass Charlie was an unknown Pakistani B-57 bomber pilot who raided Adampur airbase a number of times during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965^[1]

The name was assigned to this unknown pilot by his impressed Indian adversaries at the Adampur base,^[2] and appears to be derived from his daring routine of making eight passes in bombing runs during every air raid over the alerted airbase to bomb selected targets instead of dropping his entire bomb-load during the first pass which would have allowed a safer exit for the aggressor aircraft over initial defences.

In addition to his routine of making eight passes over Adampur, the unknown pilot also seemed to have had a second routine of conducting his raids thirty minutes after moonrise.^[1]

See also

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Pakistan Air Force
• Indian Air Force

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