[2][3] On 24 May 1967, while approaching runway 27 at PAF Station Mauripur in his B-57 Canberra at a low altitude, a vulture impacted his canopy and killed the highly distinguished pilot instantly.

She was the daughter of Mahmood Jahan and the famous Urdu writer, Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz who was better known by his pen name Falak Paima.

[16][17] After graduating from the Aligarh Muslim University, Masroor was commissioned into the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) on 4 September 1944 as part of the 26th Course of the Initial Training Wing in Poona.

[18] The forced belly landing severely damaged the fuselage due to the aircraft sliding along the rough ground at high speed.

[18] Upon the Partition of British India, the Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) was allotted eight Tiger-Moth aircraft from RIAF's Elementary Flying Training School at Jodhpur.

[19] It was rare that trainees with less than a hundred hours of flying experience were required to ferry aircraft over a long and difficult route.

[19] The next morning, 20 minutes after taking off for Jacobabad, Stephen Aratoon Joseph's aircraft force-landed in the desert due to a "dead engine."

[19] Upon reaching Mianwali on the morning of 14 September 1947, the escorting Dakota crew informed them that sugar had been found in the leader's aircraft fuel tank, causing the engine failure.

[20] Flt Lt Masroor was among several RPAF officers who were sent to the RAF Central Flying School in England.

He led the staff at the primary radar center located at PAF Station Sakesar in the central sector.

The remaining Sabres were managed by the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations), Abdur Rahim Khan.

[26] The border line of responsibilities between ACAS Operations Abdur Rahim Khan and AOC Air Defence Masroor was somewhat ambiguous.

However, this was addressed by Nur Khan's decision to relocate the PAF air defence team to the GCI control center in Sakesar.

[26] On 10 September 1965, Flt Lts Syed Nazir Ahmed Jilani and Amanullah Khan engaged with three remaining Hunters, who were later joined by four Gnats.

While Jilani maneuvered in a circle with one Hunter, Amanullah Khan stayed close until he was targeted by a Gnat, forcing him to evade.

He fired a barrage of armor-piercing and incendiary rounds at close range, causing the Hunter to plummet in flames and lose control.

[26] As a result of the Tashkent Declaration, the war ended and Masroor stated that Pakistan would fully implement withdrawal and hoped that India would also.

While practicing a simulated attack, a large vulture struck Masroor's canopy, killing him instantly and causing the plane to crash in Karachi.