Matiur Rahman

Matiur Rahman was a flight lieutenant of Pakistan Air Force and a recipient of Bir Sreshtho, Bangladesh's highest military gallantry award for his actions during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

He attempted, to escape from Pakistan and join the Bangladesh Liberation War, to hijack a Lockheed T-33 aircraft (code named "Blue Bird") being flown by a 21 year old Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, who was conducting his second solo flight. Rahman stopped the aircraft on the runway, climbed into the cockpit and knocked Minhas unconscious. Both men struggled to control the low flying jet.

Minhas then released the canopy, since he wasn't properly strapped in; Rahman flew out of the cockpit. The jet was flying too low for Minhas to recover. It shortly crashed nearby, killing him. For his support to the state of Bangladesh, Rahman was decorated by Bangladesh with the Bir Sreshtho award.