Kirk Stant wrote:

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Just one question:

What is a "Squark"?

From the context it's presumably a Hawker Sea Hawk (actually produced by
Armstrong-Whitworth. It was designed by Hawker, but shuffled off to A-W
so that Hawker could concentrate on the Hunter, IIRR). The Indian Navy
(300 Squadron) used them in the 1971 war from the INS Vikrant, to attack
airfields, shipping, port facilities and troops in East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh). I can't remember if they were also used in 1965, but I think
not. The Sea Hawks were eventually replaced by Sea Harriers in the early
'80s.

Guy