IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1933 : 1 1941 : 3 1942 : 1 1952 : 1 1953 : 1 1959 : 2 1960 : 1 1961 : 1 1964 : 3 1965 : 3 1967 : 1 1968 : 2 1971 : 3 1975 : 2 1980 : 3
1982 : 1 1985 : 1 1986 : 3 1987 : 3 1988 : 4 1989 : 1 1990 : 2 1994 : 3 1995 : 1 1996 : 5 1998 : 2 1999 : 1 2002 : 2 2009 : 1 2015 : 1

A total of 59 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
20 Feb 33Siskin F J7176 Offr Cdt Aspy Merwan Engineer
Click to View Record Cranwell Ac caught fire during aerobatics, Pilot Baled Out
12 Apr 41Master T T7959 Plt Offr Gur Bachan Singh +
Click to View Record 9 SFTS UK UK- Crashed after hitting Telephone lines
18 Jun 41Whitley B N1474 Plt Offr Ali Raza Khan Pasha +
Plt Offr Kali Prasad Choudhary +
Click to View Record 10 OTU UK Crashed Abingdon Airfield
31 Aug 41Wellington B W5577 Plt Offr Rustom Nariman Dastur +
Plt Offr C P Khosla +
Click to View Record 12 Sqn Failed to Return
03 Mar 42Catalina B Plt Offr Man Mohan Singh +
Click to View Record 205 Sqdn R Ac attacked on ground by Jap ac.
11 Nov 52Unidentified UI Lt V L Jayachander +
1 AFA PIB
24 Sep 53Unidentified UI Fg Offr Amitava Lahiri +
1 BRD PIB
14 May 59Unidentified T
A trainer aircraft was involved in this accident w
08 Aug 59Unidentified UI Fg Offr Pesi Jehangir Motival +
1 EJHQ In Memoriam
22 Mar 60Sealand C INS-104 Sub Lt A K D Gupta*
Sub Lt A K Mehra
[RSQH] On the 22nd March, 1960, at approximately 0
29 Mar 61Unidentified UI
The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
27 Jul 64Twin Courier U Plt Offr Benjamin Jesudason Collins +
ARC In Memoriam
30 Nov 64Unidentified UI Flt Cdt Shukla Suhas Madhao Rao +
10 NM north of Hakimpet
31 Dec 64Chipmunk T Flt Cdt Bhattacharjee +
4 EFTU In Memoriam
11 Mar 65Meteor F Sqn Ldr Om Parkash Mathur +
ETPS UK In Memoriam
19 Sep 65Beech 18 F VT-COO Capt Jehangir Merwan Engineer +
Radio Offr A M Da'Costa
Click to View Record Maharshtra Shot down by F-86 near Suthali , Bhuj. Eight kille
22 Nov 65Unidentified UI Plt Offr Gurmeet Singh Bedi +
One Pilot officer Killed (3 miles North-West of Mu
01 Aug 67Unidentified HC Fg Offr Tejinder Singh
DNE. Mizoram - rotorbld flew off severed tail roto
16 Jun 68Helio Twin Courier U Fg Offr Sekhon?
ARC Crashed during a demonstration flight with tW/O ci
05 Oct 68Unidentified Plt Offr Suresh Chander Sudan +
The Government of India regret to afl.ou.flco the
16 Jun 71Unidentified F Flt Lt Harinder Pal Singh Shergill
Click to View Record CrL fighter at Poona after ferry from JDP
12 Aug 71C-46 Commando C Flt Lt Ranjit Barooah +
Fg Offr Surendra Pal Singh Rathee +
ARC Crash near Sakden, Bhutan. 11 Killed
13 Nov 71Unidentified UI Flt Lt Arun Kumar Moursund +
In Memoriam
10 Apr 75Unidentified HC
Ditched in Sea off Santa Cruz, Pilots rescued
03 May 75C-46 Commando C Flt Lt Yoginder Kumar Mehta +
Flt Lt Paramjit Singh Bhandari +
ARC F/L SK Sharma (10260) also died
25 Jan 80Unidentified F
Midnapore 30 km at Salbani Pt BO
20 Sep 80Unidentified HC Fg Offr Harjinder Pal Singh Natt
Click to View Record HC Crashed in Nanak Sagar Lake - upside down in wa
21 Oct 80Unidentified HC
Cr due to Bird Hit
04 Aug 82Unidentified HC
NAVY Crashlanded at Taimanichak . Pilot and crew had mi
21 May 85Unidentified HC
150 km from Gwalior
17 Jun 86Unidentified F
the pilot was unable to climb or maintain height a
18 Jun 86Unidentified F
the aircraft sustained a bird hit shortly after ta
26 Dec 86Unidentified F
Ferozepur
04 Jun 87Unidentified F
Asohi Vill Kutch dist pt BO
03 Nov 87Unidentified HC
Jaotala ranchi 5 Killed
09 Nov 87Unidentified F Flt Lt V K Reddy +
Cr at AFB Adampur. Not in In Memoriam
02 Mar 88Unidentified F
Nal Rajasthan
14 Jul 88Westland 30 HC Wg Cdr Tejinder Singh Gauri +
Air Cmde Harcharan Singh Manget +
Click to View Record PHL PHC
28 Aug 88Unidentified T
Murpur Vill Rajkot dist fm Jamnagar
05 Nov 88Unidentified F
Cr Muzafarnagar to Barriely Pt BO
10 May 89Unidentified T
AFA Cr Masaipet Village Medak Dist
06 Jan 90Unidentified HC
Gorakpur Hit Elec Pole 2 Airmen Killed
24 May 90Unidentified F
Jamnagar AFB Tathia vill
12 May 94Unidentified HC Plt Offr Rahul Sharma
Click to View Record BIDAR Cr in R Manjeera Pt inj
29 Jun 94Unidentified UI L B Singh
SIRSA Cr in Yamuna R Sardalivill 1 killed
16 Nov 94Glider GL Wg Cdr Ghanshyam Mitra +
1 WB Air S In Memoriam
07 Sep 95Unidentified F
Cr into Bangladesh, Pilot Ejected
09 Jul 96Unidentified UI
RS: 267/10 NM from Nal A/F
12 Aug 96Unidentified UI
RS: 250/18 Kms from Halwara
12 Aug 96Unidentified UI
RS: 10 Kms Sourth of Siyani

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