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Join the force like me: IAF officer's last words to his nephew
Updated On: 30 June, 2013 02:28 AM IST | | Iram Siddique
Wing Commander Darryl Castelino had spoken to his nephew Mariyl in Mumbai just a week before the IAF officer's ill-fated chopper crashed in Uttarakhand, congratulating the boy on his class 10 result and urging him to join the Indian Air Force. Castelino's funeral will be held in the city today
Some men are born to greatness. Others carve their path to it. Darryl Castelino is an example of the latter. “I want you to join the Indian Air Force” were the last words his nephew Mariyl heard him say, when the Wing Commander of MI-17 chopper called him on June 17.
The mortal remains of wing commander Darryl Castelino were brought by the Indian Air Force to Nanavati Hospital on Saturday. Pic/Abhinav Kocharekar
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