Rashid Minhas
Rashid Minhas was born on February 17, 1951. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Rashid Minhas
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas NH (Urdu: راشد منہاس; 17 February 1951 – 20 August 1971) was a Pakistani fighter pilot and the fifth recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider. Minhas was the first and only officer from the Pakistan Air Force to receive the Nishan-e-Haider, and was also the youngest person and the shortest-serving officer to have received the award. During a routine training mission in August 1971, Minhas attempted to gain control of his jet trainer when his superior officer Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman BS took control of the plane to join the Bangladesh War of Independence, but Minhas resisted his efforts to control the aircraft and crashed it in Sujawal District in Pakistan.