Crashed Pilot's Gift of a Basketball Court
 The site before construction of the basketball court in Phek Village – located 90 kms east of Kohima
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When Ray Jackson baled out of his fighter plane over Japanese occupied territory in 1944, he was rescued, nursed back to health and helped to escape by a Naga (at present Pastor of a church in Phek near the border with Burma). Ray wanted to give something back to Phek and the village opted for a basketball court.
 The completed basketball court in Phek Village, inaugurated in March 2008
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The inauguration plaque reads:
“This playing field was made possible by a donation from Flight Lieutenant Ray Jackson as a debt of gratitude to the people of Phek who helped him survive
after his plane crashed in 1944”
Inaugurated by
Mr Moangwati Aier, Deputy Commissioner Phek
28 March 2008
Source: KET
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