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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1944 : 2 | 1945 : 45 | 1946 : 73 | 1947 : 45 | 1948 : 3 | 1949 : 3 | 1950 : 5 | 1951 : 4 | 1952 : 5 | 1953 : 10 | 1954 : 2 | 1955 : 1 |
A total of 198 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD316 | Plt Offr R W B Bharadwaj | 1 Sqn | Forgot to lower U/C. Controlled BL Cat AC -> Cat E | |
| 08 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIVe | MV301 | Fg Offr R C Dhawan + |  | 7 Sqn | engine cut TO on Offensive Recce Miranshah, Cr L, |
| 09 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIII | MT872 | Flt Lt Anand Ramdas Pandit |  | 2 Sqn | FL outside airfield 1mSE eng failure - aerobatics |
| 12 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | NH619 | Fg Offr M U Haq + | 2 Sqn | engine cut on tao, forcelanded on rocky surface 1 | |
| 12 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIV | MT848 | Fg Offr T B Chowdary |  | 6 Sqn | eng fail during LL Flying at Ranchi FL - ac Cat E |
| 17 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD269 | Fg Offr M E D'Eca | 3 Sqn | Birdhit during formation flying, BL 5 m from Kolar | |
| 18 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD387 | Plt Offr J R Peters | 6 Sqn | tyreburst on TO from Ranchi, BL besides runway | |
| 23 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ169 | Fg Offr S Banerji |  | 8 Sqn | left peritrack while taxying fell in ditch, prop a |
| 25 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ118 | Plt Offr S R Bose |  | AFS(I) | stalled whiel landing, bounced, nose tipped, uc da |
| 12 Oct 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT873 | Plt Offr F D Irani | 1SFTS | trying to avoid parked ac after landing ran into f | |
| 25 Oct 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV205 | Fg Offr H H Beale | 10 Sqn | engine cut on recce, BL 17m NW of Jessore | |
| 25 Oct 46 | Spitfire XIV | MV374 | Plt Offr P B Bhandarkar | 8 Sqn | Kolar ac swung to starboard and left runway - pilo | |
| 08 Nov 46 | Spitfire XIV | TZ163 | Fg Offr Peters | 6 Sqn | Ranchi ac overturned after swinging on TO on runwa | |
| 24 Nov 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG606 | Flt Lt J W G Marley |  | 1 Sqn | Engine trouble on cross country, belly landed at Y |
| 04 Dec 46 | Spitfire XIVe | SM893 | Fg Offr N K Lalkaka |  | 8 Sqn | cross country flt Bhopal to nagpur, got lost in cl |
| 09 Dec 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | NH636 | Plt Offr O'Brian |  | AFS(I) | hit by NH901 whilte stationary at Ambala |
| 12 Dec 46 | Spitfire VIII | MV122 | | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing swung and u/c collapsed Santa Cru | |
| 12 Dec 46 | Spitfire VIII | | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing swung and u/c collapsed Santa Cru | ||
| 17 Dec 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ185 | Plt Offr P E Harrington |  | AFS(I) | engine cut on apprach, BL at Ambala |
| 30 Dec 46 | Spitfire XIVe | RM969 | Plt Offr Hakim Rai + | 6 Sqn | Went out of control after looping at 3000feet at R | |
| 07 Jan 47 | Spitfire XIVe | NH929 | Fg Offr N Haider Mirza | 9 Sqn | Accident - Uninjured | |
| 10 Jan 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD384 | Plt Offr U A Vaz | AFS(I) | engine cut on approach, belly landed at Ambala, Pi | |
| 14 Jan 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT828 | Plt Offr M U Ducase | 2 Sqn | Kohat - tyre Burst on TO and ac BL in airfield | |
| 16 Jan 47 | Spitfire XIVe | NH873 | Plt Offr R H Beaupert | AFS(I) | Tyre burst on TO, BL at Ambala | |
| 29 Jan 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT841 | Plt Offr P Callaghan |  | 2 Sqn | Kohat ac FL after engine caught fire - Pt injured |
| 12 Feb 47 | Spitfire XIVe | MV371 | Fg Offr M Hosain |  | AFS(I) | engine cut, BL, damaged fuselage 8 m NW of Ambala |
| 14 Feb 47 | Spitfire PR.XI | PL997 | Plt Offr Durney | 7 Sqn | Engine cut on take of, FL at Kohat, Burnt out | |
| 14 Feb 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | NH651 | Plt Offr G E Wilkes |  | 7 Sqn | Miranshah - ac tipped up after Tyre burst on TO |
| 19 Feb 47 | Spitfire XIVe | TX988 | Fg Offr S Srinivasan |  | 9 Sqn | engine cut on cross country flt, BL near Ichawara |
| 20 Feb 47 | Spitfire XIVe | NH803 | Fg Offr Jafar Zaheer |  | 9 Sqn | BL at Nagpur |
| 21 Feb 47 | Spitfire XIVe | RN199 | Plt Offr T N Ahmed + | 7 Sqn | hit mudwall at end of runway on low approach crash | |
| 21 Feb 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV430 | Plt Offr H V Smith + | AFS(I) | pilot blacked out while pulling out of dive, loope | |
| 27 Feb 47 | Spitfire XIVe | NH788 | 6 Sqn | lost on Navex, Overshot into Ditch at Chanbad, Dha | ||
| 04 Mar 47 | Spitfire XIVe | TP256 | Plt Offr H Storey | AFS(I) | prop blade broke off in flight, engine smoked, air | |
| 06 Mar 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT725 | Plt Offr A S Bakshi | AFS(I) | flapless landing, UC Collapse Ambala | |
| 15 Mar 47 | Spitfire XIVe | TX991 | Fg Offr A K Sehgal + | 9 Sqn | ferry to No.9, engine cut, FL, crashed 30M NW of s | |
| 18 Mar 47 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ104 | Plt Offr R H Beaupert + | 6 Sqn | Engine cut on recce, pilot struck wing Baling out, | |
| 01 Apr 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT662 | Fg Offr W H Walmsley | 1 Sqn | tyre burst on heavy night landing, BL at yelahanka | |
| 15 Apr 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV118 | Fg Offr N B Menon |  | 6 Sqn | while turning at end of runway run into by MT520 |
| 15 Apr 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT520 | Fg Offr J L Payne | 6 Sqn | ferry flt, Fast landing to avoid MV118 but hit air | |
| 15 Apr 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT832 | Plt Offr U G Wright | AFS(I) | Ambala - engine stalled short of runway ac crl and | |
| 19 Apr 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT881 | Fg Offr D B Pigott |  | 2 Sqn | short of fuel on cross country flight, FL wheels d |
| 26 Apr 47 | Spitfire XIVe | RN178 | Flt Lt M B Naik |  | 6 Sqn | engine lost power on cross country flight, BL in f |
| 27 Apr 47 | Spitfire XIVe | RN192 | Fg Offr J Zaheer | | 9 Sqn | engine cut on ferryflt BL in field near Kunkurali, |
| 01 May 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | A/Plt Offr Venner | AFS(I) | DNE Forcelanded in a Hurricane - No date | ||
| 07 May 47 | Spitfire XIVe | MV305 | Fg Offr N K Mukherjee | 6 Sqn | Starboard tyre burst on TO at Ranchi, BL. NK or MK | |
| 14 May 47 | Spitfire XIVe | RN157 | Fg Offr C T Rhenius | 8 Sqn | engine cut on airtest, belly landed on kolar airfi | |
| 14 May 47 | Spitfire XIVe | NH837 | Plt Offr Ashraff |  | AFS(I) | lost pW/Oer in circuit, fast appraoch, BL Ambala. |
| 22 May 47 | Spitfire XIVe | RN220 | Fg Offr Hoshang K Patel |  | 7 Sqn | lost way on ferry flight, short of fuel, BL at Shi |
| 23 May 47 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV459 | Plt Offr U A D'Cruz |  | AFS(I) | engine cutt, BL in river bed at Mullana village, 1 |
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