MM Alam is remembered for his remarkable show of brilliance on 7 September 1965 for establishing a world record of downing five Indian aircraft in less than a minute, the last four within thirty seconds. The fighter was nicknamed ‘Little Dragon’ for his skills.
Alam, nicknamed as ‘Little Dragon’ popularly, while piloting an F-86 Sabre, shot down five Indian war planes in less than a minute during 1965 Pak-India war and altogether, downed nine war planes in the aerial fighting. … The war hero was born on July 6, 1935, in Calcutta, India and was the eldest of 11 siblings
