Mitty Masud
| Zafar "Mitty" Masud | |
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| Birth name | Muhammad Zafar Masud |
| Nickname(s) |
aircumdore Mitty Masud Dragon Fly Mitty |
| Born | 1923 Gujranwala, Gujranwala District British State of Punjab, British Indian Empire |
| Died | 7 October 2003 (aged 79 or 80) Karachi Sindh Province, Pakistan |
| Buried at | Karachi War Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Air Force
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| Years of service | 1941–1971 |
| Rank |
 Air-Commodore (Brigadier) |
| Unit | No. 9 Squadron Griffins |
| Commands held |
Eastern Military High Command East-Pakistan Air Force Faisal Air Force Base Pakistan Air Force Sherdils Sargodha Air Force Base |
| Battles/wars |
1947 Kashmir war 1965 Indo-Pakistan war 1971 Indo-Pakistani Winter War Operation Searchlight Eastern Air Operations East Pakistan war |
| Awards |
Hilal-i-Jurat (1965) Sitara-i-Basalat (1971) |
| Other work | Professor of Guerrilla war theory. |
Air Commodore Mohammad Zafar Masud, (Urdu: محمد مسعودظفر ;b. 1923 – 7 October 2003; widely knew as Mitty Masud), was a high-ranking air force strategist and air commander of the Eastern Air Command during the East Pakistan war, prior to 1971.
Serving in the apex bureaucratic position in Government of East-Pakistan, air commodore Mitty had the area of responsibility of defending the airspace of East-Pakistan, but resigned from his position with the surprise resignation of Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, martial law administrator and Unified Commander of Eastern Military High Command. Though, he continue to serve in the capacity as commander of eastern high command 7 March 1971 until being replace on 26 March 1971.
Masud was born in Gujranwala, British Punjab State in 1923. Having joined the Royal Air Force in 1943, Masud was sent to Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Great Britain where he did his BSc in Strategic studies and also received a diploma in fighter pilot training. He did a staff college course in United Kingdom from which Masud returned with the best foreign student award. Upon his return to British Indian Empire, Mitty Masud opted the Pakistani citizenship as the Jinnah led the creation of Pakistan. Mitty was by 1947 already an air force pilot and became the youngest pioneer of the newly born Pakistan Air Force.
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