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Group of youth recruits of the Indian National Army
The Tokyo Boys, Tokyo Imperial Military Academy.
The Tokyo Cadets or the Tokyo Boys , was the name given to the group of forty five youth recruits of the
Indian National Army
[1] who were sent to the
Imperial Japanese Army Academy or
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Academy to train as fighter pilots in 1944 by
Subhas Chandra Bose .
[2]
[3] The cadets were captured as prisoners of war after
Japan surrendered, but were released in 1946 after the end of the
INA trials . The cadets became officers in the
Indian forces ,
Burma Navy ,
Pakistan forces , and private pilots.
[3]
[4] Some of them became
general officers .
[4]
[5]
Notable members
References
Sources
Ayer, Subbier Appadurai, Unto Him a Witness: The Story of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in East Asia , Thacker, 1951
The Contemporary , Society for Contemporary Studies, University of Michigan, v.14, 1970
Further reading
BURMA to JAPAN with Azad Hind: A War Memoir (1941–1945) Ramesh Sakharam Benegal, Lancer Publishers, New Delhi 2009
ISBN
978-1-935501-11-4
Bhargava M.L. Indian national army Tokyo cadets 1986. New Delhi
Subhash Chandra Bose Academy
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