In 1971, Akram Ahmed worked in the East Pakistan Plant Protection Directorate. At that time, the Plant Protection Directorate had its own crop duster to control insects. When the Bangladesh Liberation War started, he fled from Dhaka to India in May. There he met Khaled Musharraf and expressed interest in taking part in the ground war. Khaled Musharraf told him to stay in Agartala for some time. A few months later the air wing of Mukti Bahini was formed. Ahmed took part in about 12 took part in the attack.[3]
After midnight on 2 December 1971 Ahmed flew a small plane from an Indian airport for Bangladesh. He was accompanied by Shamsul Alam. Their target was the oil depot in Chittagong Port. They arrived at their target after flying for about three hours. They successfully bombed the airport with no navigation equipment except a compass.[4]
After the Bangladesh Liberation War ended Ahmed joined Bangladesh Biman, the national airlines of Bangladesh.[5] He was active in the Nirmul Committee.[2]
Ahmed worked as a senior consultant of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.[5]
^একাত্তরের বীরযোদ্ধাদের অবিস্মরণীয় জীবনগাঁথা (খেতাবপ্রাপ্ত মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সম্মাননা স্মারকগ্রন্থ) (in Bengali). Janata Bank Limited. June 2012. p. ১০৪. ISBN978-984-33-5144-9.
^একাত্তরের বীরযোদ্ধা, খেতাব পাওয়া মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের বীরত্বগাথা (দ্বিতীয় খন্ড) (in Bengali). Prothoma Prokash. March 2013. p. 29. ISBN978-984-90253-7-5.
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