He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat, the nation's third highest military award with Bar for his actions.Īlam was born on 6 July 1935 to a well-educated family of Calcutta, British India.
He was a F-86 Sabre flying ace as per Pakistan Air Force records. Haider since the gun camera footage was never made public. These claims, however, have been widely contested by Indian Air Force and retired PAF Air Commodore Sajad S. Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam SJ ( Urdu: محمد محمود عالم 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013) was a Pakistani fighter pilot credited by the Pakistan Air Force for having downed five Indian Air Force Hawker Hunter aircraft in 1 minute during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 on 7 September 1965.However he failed to give and proof.
