Air Vice Marshal (Late) Khademul Bashar Bir Uttom
3rd Chief of Air Staff
In office 1 May 1976 – 1 September 1976
Preceded by	Muhammad Ghulam Tawab
Succeeded by	Abdul Gafoor Mahmud
Personal details
Born	1 September 1935 Natore, Bengal Presidency, British India (Now, Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Died	1 September 1976(1976-09-01) (aged 41) Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Awards	Bir Uttom
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (Before 1971)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Air Force  Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1956-1976
Rank	Air Vice-Marshal
Unit	No.16 Squadron
Commands	Commander of Sector – VI AOC of BAF Base Tejgaon Chief of Air Staff
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

M Khademul Bashar, Bir Uttom (1 September 1935 – 1 September 1976) was Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force during 1976. He also held the office of Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator and was in charge of the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Food and Civil Aviation and the Department of Tourism.

Early life

Bashar was born in Natore on 1 September 1935 and educated at Satkhira Prananath High School and Rajshahi College.^[1]

Career

As Wing Commander he served as Senior Operations Officer of Tejgaon Air Base, including with responsibility of overall security of Dhaka International Airport until 27 March 1971.^{[citation needed]} Group Captain A. K. Khandker, Bashar, and several other pilots defected in May 1971 and escaped to India.^[2] He was among the only two BAF officers appointed as BDF Sector Commander during Bangladesh War of Independence with Pakistan by C-in-C Colonel M.A.G Osmani who appointed him BDF Commander Sector 6. The other officer being Squadron Leader M. Hamidullah Khan, who was serving as Asst. Provost Marshal and second in command of security and investigations at PAF Tejgaon Air Base and Dacca International Airport until March 1971. Later on November 3 C-in-C Col. M.A.G Osmani appointed M. Hamidullah Khan as BDF Commander Sector 6.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Bashar died on 1 September 1976 in an air crash. He was attending the inauguration of the Flying Instructors School at Tejgaon in Dhaka. On its maiden flight, an NZAI Air Tourer rolled over and crashed nose down into the airfield. Both the pilot Sqn Ldr Haq and Bashar were killed instantly.^[3] BAF Base at Tejgaon, Dhaka has been renamed Base Bashar in his honour.