Wings of Duty — Page 42

Syed Muhammad Ahmad 42 also made of perspex through which it was possible to get a good view. On that day, while conducting an air survey over Qadian, I flew very low from TI College towards Minaratul Masih. When passing near to Reti Challah and just above the police station, I heard the sound of gunfire from below towards my left. However, by chance, I chose to look out of the window towards the right to see what had happened. I suddenly heard a short explosive sound and felt pieces of perspex fall from the cockpit’s roof to the left of my neck. I also felt some movement in my hair on the left side of my head. I quickly took control of the plane and increased the altitude, turning rightwards at the same time. I then looked up at the roof and saw a hole where a bullet had passed through at exactly the place where my head should have been. Passing a hand over my hair, I felt that some of it had been singed. It was truly a miracle that my head had not been straight or tilted to the left at that precise moment. If it had been, the bullet would have gone straight through it and I would never have been able to write these memoirs. There was a passenger in the back seat who had accompanied me to see Qadian. He also realised that something perilous had happened, but was not exactly sure what. He gestured to me with his hands, and I did