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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1943 : 17 | 1944 : 29 | 1945 : 12 | 1946 : 8 | 1947 : 6 | 1948 : 1 | 1950 : 2 | 1951 : 2 | 1952 : 1 | 1953 : 2 | 1955 : 3 | 1956 : 1 | 1959 : 2 | 1961 : 2 | 1962 : 1 |
| 1963 : 2 | 1967 : 1 | 1968 : 1 | 1969 : 1 | 1970 : 2 | 1971 : 1 | 1972 : 1 | 1973 : 1 | 1974 : 1 |
A total of 100 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Feb 43 | Harvard IIB | FE361 | Plt Offr Kartar Singh + Sgt Ghosh | 152OTU | Cr Campbellpur - Ghosh survived - 7 Sqdn IAF. Repo | |
| 01 Mar 43 | Harvard IIB | FE355 | | 152OTU | Cr on Aerodrome | |
| 13 Mar 43 | Harvard IIB | FE362 | | 152OTU | Cr on Aerodrome | |
| 02 Apr 43 | Harvard IIB | FE359 | | 151OTU | Collision with Hurricane Z4696 while coming into l | |
| 05 Apr 43 | Harvard IIB | FE425 | Flt Lt N M Williams A/Plt Offr A Singh |  | 1SFTS | Cr 6m from Ambala. 0900Hrs, Harvard FE426 forced l |
| 19 Apr 43 | Harvard IIB | FE365 | Plt Offr Ajmail Singh SEKHON + |  | 151OTU | Crashed and killed during aerobatics at Tavu. Repo |
| 28 Apr 43 | Harvard IIB | FE481 | A/Plt Offr H Ghosh + | 1SFTS | Cr 3m N of Ambala. Pilot Killed. PIlot completed f | |
| 10 Jul 43 | Harvard IIB | FE488 | | 151OTU | Damaged taking off from Haripur LG | |
| 04 Aug 43 | Harvard IIB | FE549 | Fg Offr H C Harding + A/Plt Offr GD Salick + | 1SFTS | Cr 8m NW of Ambala, Rajgarh village. Both occupant | |
| 21 Aug 43 | Harvard IIB | FE489 | | 151OTU | Hit wires flying under bridge - damaged | |
| 30 Aug 43 | Harvard IIB | FE491 | A/Plt Offr Avtar Singh | | 1SFTS | landed on airfield with U/C retracted. Ac repairab |
| 23 Sep 43 | Harvard IIB | FE370 | 1SFTS | Overturned on aerodrome owing to severe braking | ||
| 14 Oct 43 | Harvard IIB | FE382 | A/Plt Offr C B Contracter | 1SFTS | Landed with Undercarraige retracted | |
| 02 Nov 43 | Harvard IIB | FE544 | Flt Lt H M HILTON A/Plt Offr Aziz Khan |  | 1SFTS | Throttle stuck, ac cught fire - forcelanded at aer |
| 09 Nov 43 | Harvard IIB | AJ783 | Fg Offr Iqbal SINGH + Plt Offr Vurghese + |  | 151OTU | 3 Sqdn Batch Cr during instrument flying |
| 20 Dec 43 | Harvard IIB | FE548 | | 1SFTS | Hit House and cr Ambala City | |
| 27 Dec 43 | Harvard IIB | FE891 | F Sgt Denis Walter EARNEY + Sgt Tilbury + | 152OTU | Killed during practice flying in Harvard | |
| 06 Jan 44 | Harvard IIB | FE539 | Plt Offr A Q Zia + | 1SFTS | Hit house and cr Wazirabad near Ambala. Killed ins | |
| 15 Feb 44 | Harvard IIB | FE900 | A/Plt Offr Ranade | 1SFTS | FL in Harvard in darkness immediately after take o | |
| 22 Feb 44 | Harvard IIB | FE534 | - - | 1SFTS | hit by Tigermoth DE870 being taxied by Fg Offr Dug | |
| 25 Feb 44 | Harvard IIB | FE489 | Flt Sgt D Surgeoner | 151OTU | wheels up landing at Akora LG | |
| 08 Mar 44 | Harvard IIB | FE468 | Sgt Davis A/Plt Offr Bouche |  | 1SFTS | failed to recover in spin - baled out at 4000 feet |
| 04 Apr 44 | Harvard IIB | FE956 | Fg Offr R A P Larive + Fg Offr M S Gopalkrishna + |  | 1SFTS | CrL 6m NE of Patiala. Low flying. |
| 18 Apr 44 | Harvard IIB | FE595 | Fg Offr Poonen Sqn Ldr Ritchie | 151OTU | Swung on landing - uc dam | |
| 18 May 44 | Harvard IIB | FH110 | Plt Offr Bir | 151OTU | swung the aircraft on ldg, damage to mainplane, u | |
| 18 May 44 | Harvard IIB | FE483 | Plt Offr Chikkari | 151OTU | swung the aircraft on ldg, damage to mainplane, uc | |
| 02 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | NAN | A/Plt Offr H S Gill |  | 1SFTS | Crashed 2215 hours - seriously injured - admitted |
| 07 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE484 | Plt Offr Shitoley FSgt Allen |  | 151OTU | ground looped on ldg, dam to mainplane, uc flaps |
| 07 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE480 | 1SFTS | Collided with FE551 Shahabad and Cr. Bartley baled | ||
| 07 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE551 | A/Plt Offr V D Shourie + | 1SFTS | Collided with FE480. 1000Hours - MAC over SHAHABAD | |
| 09 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE672 | | 1SFTS | Cr on Take Off Ambala | |
| 12 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FS690 | Fg Offr S Purushottam |  | 7 Sqn | CrL out of fuel 2350N 8420E DAltonganj 50m from Ra |
| 23 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE771 | Plt Offr Williams | 151OTU | Swung on ldg | |
| 04 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE368 | A/Plt Offr R J Odayar + | 1SFTS | Collision between tW/O Harvards approaching to lan | |
| 04 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE681 | | 1SFTS | Collision between tW/O Harvards approaching to lan | |
| 04 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE533 | | 1SFTS | Engine cut, crashed in forced landing at Nagla | |
| 26 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE475 | A/Plt Offr K K Sur + | 1SFTS | Killed in accident at Rupar, while carrying out un | |
| 21 Aug 44 | Harvard IIB | FE358 | A/Plt Offr K Lal + | 1SFTS | Cr in slow roll, Roorki - Fatal flying accident | |
| 25 Aug 44 | Harvard IIB | FS780 | Plt Offr C M Dean A/Plt Offr J Eapen | 151OTU | ac swung , port u/c collapsed (21 pc) | |
| 08 Sep 44 | Harvard IIB | Fg Offr D Singh | Severly damaged a Harvard at Cox Bazaar. Swung on | |||
| 28 Sep 44 | Harvard IIB | FE682 | Flt Lt LeCraw A/Plt Offr Edwards | 1SFTS | landed 382 with undercarraige retracted 0 aircraft | |
| 29 Sep 44 | Harvard IIB | FE975 | Fg Offr John Dirom LAMBERT + W/O W C Hall + | 22AACU | cr Landhi airstrip, Karachi both killed, spun in f | |
| 11 Oct 44 | Harvard IIB | NAN | A/Plt Offr A R Fairless | 1SFTS | wheels up landing due to loss of rudder control in | |
| 02 Nov 44 | Harvard IIB | FE469 | A/Plt Offr Bruce Dalkieth YARDLEY | 1SFTS | Hit tree whle low flying Magarpura, 7m NE of Kesry | |
| 21 Nov 44 | Harvard IIB | FS786 | Fg Offr Harold Mervyn BROWN + Plt Offr Sudhir Kanti GUHA + | 9 Sqn | Cr during LL roll, at Feni. | |
| 27 Nov 44 | Harvard IIB | FS781 | Plt Offr P K Senapati Fg Offr Z Ahmed |  | 151OTU | nosed over after night flight landing at Peshawar |
| 29 Jan 45 | Harvard IIB | FE889 | 1SFTS | Landed heavily on port wheel causing u/c to collap | ||
| 13 Feb 45 | Harvard IIB | FE483 | Flt Lt J W Rutherford RAF | 151OTU | Strong wind on landing , leg sheared off after bra | |
| 02 Mar 45 | Harvard IIB | FE361 | | IAFDF | SFTS, Cr Ladd, Sarawa Said to be Tigermoth T6921 | |
| 05 Mar 45 | Harvard IIB | FS807 | Plt Offr N B Menon |  | 151OTU | Swung on landing and hit concrete post on perimete |
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Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.