Yes F-104 was a terror to Indian Pilots.. On a TV programe I heard A/C Imtiaz Bhatti telling that in 1965 war upon seeing 104 a sikh pilot said " Phajj oyeee 104 eee..."
There may be one of following incidents when sihk pilot said:
1) Indian Strike over sargodha, When FLT LT Amjad fought with 7 indian jets shot two of them and remaining ran away.
2) When an Indian Knat was forced to land at Pasrur airfield and Hakim ullah sb kept circling over it.
Dreamer, I have 2 questions if you please can answer for me as follows:
I know one of the pilot’s shot down by Flight Lt. Amjad Hussain khan in 1965 war was Squadron Leader A. B. Devayya of No.1 Squadron of IAF while flying a Mystere IVA and was killed.
1. Do you know who was the 2nd pilot and type of aircraft shot down by Flight Lt. Amjad Hussain Khan as I have not able to find anywhere?
According to PAF version, debris from the exploding Mystere struck the Starfighter, and Amjad was forced to eject at low altitude. However Indian claim is different than the PAF version and Sq Leader Devayya was credited with shooting down Flt Lt Amjad Hussain’s F-104 and was awarded the highest Indian medal of bravery. I remember somewhere reading that PAF has also accepted the fact that Flt Lt Amjad’s plane was indeed shot down and not struck by the debris.
2. Has the PAF version changed since that?
More victories and losses of F-104 both in 1965 and 19771 wars (PAF version):
1965 War
September 6, Flight Lt. Aftab Alam Khan, downed one Dassault Mystere IVA fighter-bomber with a Sidewinder at an altitude of 5,000 feet and damaged a second.
September 21, Flying Officer Jamal A. Khan, scored a solid Sidewinder hit on an Indian Canberra at 33,000 feet over Fazilka. The Indian navigator was killed, but the pilot, Flight Lt. M.M. Lowe, bailed out and was taken prisoner.
1971War
December 5, during an attack on a radar installation at Amritsar, Flight Lt. Amjad Hussain Khan was once again shot down this time by anti-aircraft fire and he ejected from his F-104 and was taken prisoner. He is the only pilot who had to bail out both in 1965 and 1971 wars.
December 10, Wing Commander Arif Iqbal scored a victory during a raid on Okha Harbor when he downed a land-based Breguet Alize turboprop anti-submarine patrol plane of the Indian Navy over the Gulf of Kutch.
December 12, a pair of F-104A s tried to strafe the Indian airfield at Jamnagar and themselves were attacked by two Mig-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron, IAF. Flight Lt. Bharat Bhushan Soni in pursuit. fired three bursts from his GSh-23 cannon and shot down one of the F-104’s. The Wing Comdr. Merven Middlecoat, a decorated veteran of the 1965 war, ejected in the Arabia Sea but was never found.
December 17, when No. 9 Squadron's Starfighters clashed with Mig-21s of No. 29 Squadron, IAF over Umarkot. Flight Lt. A. Datta blew the tail of F-104 piloted by Flight Lt. Samad Ali Changezi and hence killing him.