IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1949 : 1 1951 : 2 1952 : 1 1957 : 1 1981 : 1 1982 : 1

A total of 7 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
29 Mar 49 Devon Flt Lt Krishnarao Joshua Bhim Rao
Click to View Record AHQ Comm S Crash landed 50km from Jodhpur - aircraft written
01 Jan 51 Devon HW-202 Flt Lt George Victor Francis
Plt Offr Samuel Venkata Rao
Click to View Record C&TS
08 Jan 51 Devon HW-520 Flt Lt Faredun Dinshaw Irani
AHQ Comm S Engine fell off, hit building,crash landed near Ja
03 Feb 52 Devon HW-516 Flt Lt Suhas Biswas
Click to View Record AHQ Comm S Port engine caught fire and fell off in flight, fo
12 Sep 57 Devon HW-524 Sqn Ldr Suhas Biswas +
Flt Lt William Avil Serrao +
Click to View Record ac cr in niligiris. All the four members of the cr
03 May 81 Devon HW-515 Flt Lt Rakesh Sharma
Flt Lt Pradeep Kumar Mulay
Click to View Record Click to View Record ASTE Brake fail in turn. Went into barrier stanchion.
04 Jan 82 Devon HW-203 Sqn Ldr Peethambararao Kavindranath Pawar
Sqn Ldr Hemant Arab
Click to View Record HQ TC Comm Port engine fail on down wind. Force landed.

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