sentences:  After a short spell of flying at the Northern India Flying Club, Lahore, he was selected for the Indian Air Force and joined the services as Pilot Officer on 30 November 1940.On completion of his training, he was posted to No.1 Squadron in August 1941.In March 1946 Mehra was selected to serve as the Indian Air force representative at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Australia, an organization set up to provide administrative and logistics support to the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces located in Japan.