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<div>{{short description|Indian Air Force pilot}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
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| name = Harita Kaur Deol<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1971|11|10|df=yes}} <br />
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| death_date = {{death date and age |1996|12|24 |1971|11|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Bukkapuram, [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
| allegiance = [[India]]<br />
| branch = [[Indian Air Force]]<br />
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Flight Lt. '''Harita Kaur Deol''' (10 November 1971 – 24 December 1996) was a pilot with the [[Indian Air Force]]. She was the first woman pilot to fly solo in the [[Indian Air Force]]. The flight was on 2 September 1994 in an Avro HS-748, when she was 22 years old.<ref name="tv">{{cite news |title=All time inspirational women personalities of India |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/all-time-inspirational-women-personalities-of-india-20609.html/page/7 |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=India TV News |date=7 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nelasco2010">{{cite book|author=Shobana Nelasco|title=Status of Women in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb0YlJO3WjgC&pg=PA13|year= 2010|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-8450-246-6|pages=13–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Year Book 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHLtQ7yOrAYC&pg=PA559|publisher=Bright Publications|page=559}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Documentation on Women, Children, and Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hlnaAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|page=2|publisher=Sandarbhini, Library and Documentation Centre, All India Association for Christian Higher Education}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Hailing from [[Chandigarh]] in a [[Jat]] [[Sikh]] family,<ref name=tv/> in 1993, she became one of the first seven women cadets inducted into the Air Force as [[Short service commission|Short Service Commission]] (SSC) officers. This also marked a critical phase in training of women in India as transport pilots.<ref name=lim/> After initial training at [[Air Force Academy, Dundigul]] near [[Hyderabad]], she received further training at Air Lift Forces Training Establishment (ALFTE) at [[Yelahanka Air Force Station]].<ref>{{cite web | title =IAF flies into a new era|date=4 September 1994|author= Soma Basu|publisher= SikhWomen.com| url = http://www.sikhwomen.com/equality/social/military/deol.htm | access-date = 13 February 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
She died in an aircrash near [[Nellore]] on 24 December 1996, at age 24.<ref name=lim>{{cite book|title=Limca Book of Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jhRAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Limited|isbn=9788190114868}}</ref> She was one of [[Second Air Force|24 Air Force]] personnel to die when an Indian Air Force Avro aircraft crashed near the Bukkapuram village in [[Prakasam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=India: A Reference Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHhDAAAAYAAJ|year=1998|page=686|<br />
publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting| isbn=9788123006376 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Woman IAF flying cadet killed in trainer crash - Indian Express | url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/woman-iaf-flying-cadet-killed-in-trainer-crash/308622/ |date=13 May 2008| access-date = 13 February 2014 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1971 births]]<br />
[[Category:1996 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Air Force personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female military personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chandigarh]]<br />
[[Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1996]]<br />
[[Category:Women air force personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Women from Chandigarh]]<br />
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