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English: On 24 April 1965, a section of two Sabres were scrambled from Mauripur to intercept a single aircraft which was heading deep into Pakistan air space. By the time the Sabres had made visual contact, with some difficulty in the poor visibility characteristic of the Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan areas at that time of the year because of dust in suspension and haze, the intruder was 50 miles inside Pakistan territory apparently heading for Karachi. Visual confirmation that the target was an Ouragan fighter-bomber bearing the green, white and saffron roundels of the IAF and flying at about 2,000ft above the ground resulted from a warning pass made by the PAF Sabres. Before they could position themselves for an attack, however the Ouragan lowered undercarriage and flaps in surrender and made a forced landing near the village of Jangshahi. Apart from wiping off its wheels, the Ouragan received little damage on landing. (Add picture Ouragan.jpg and machine gun.jpg here). Flight Lieutenant Rana Lal Chand Sidda of 51 Auxillary Squadron, IAF Jamnagar, remained a prisoner until 14 August 65. He was set free on the occasion of Independence Day but his Ouragan was kept as a memento. Although forgiven by Pakistan for his hostile act, he did not find India so generous. He was eventually dismissed from service, presumably for being instrumental in prematurely exposing Indian intentions. The damaged Ouragan is now among the main exhibits in the PAF Museum