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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1941 : 6 | 1942 : 9 | 1943 : 66 | 1944 : 179 | 1945 : 136 | 1946 : 5 |
A total of 401 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Mar 45 | Hurricane | LB937 | Fg Offr S V Hyder + | 2 Sqn | Morning sortie in bad visibility. Hayder crashed i | |
| 05 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE171 | Flt Lt G S Singh |  | 10 Sqn | Oleo leg blew out in dive over target, broke suppo |
| 09 Mar 45 | Hurricane IID | HW854 | A/Plt Offr J K R Dalal + |  | 1SFTS | 1200 Hrs. Flying accident at 77N 3005E while carry |
| 13 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE462 | Fg Offr E J Dhatigara |  | 3 Sqn | Ran off the strip after a normal landing. Ac damag |
| 13 Mar 45 | Hurricane IV | KZ320 | A/Plt Offr C T Muthayah |  | 1SFTS | Hit vulture in flight near Ambala. Not repaired. C |
| 14 Mar 45 | Hurricane | LD968 | | 151OTU | Ran into wall taxying and uc collapsed. overturned | |
| 15 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE207 | Fg Offr Jaspal Singh |  | 10 Sqn | Raised undercarraige too quickly. Sank back on tak |
| 15 Mar 45 | Hurricane IID | HW442 | Plt Offr F S Hussain |  | 151OTU | Unauth low aerobatics - aircraft hit tree causing |
| 18 Mar 45 | Hurricane IID | HW794 | A/Plt Offr P S Pendse |  | 1SFTS | Ran into a fence while taxying. damaged aircraft. |
| 20 Mar 45 | Hurricane IV | LD609 | Fg Offr S S Jaspal |  | 151OTU | landed at Lahore. after 200 yards of landing ru, u |
| 20 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF172 | Fg Offr John? | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing and swung to avoid ac, uc collaps | |
| 21 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ498 | | 1 Sqn | Taxyway collapsed while taxying at Imphal | |
| 23 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | HW131 | Plt Offr T Zacharaiah |  | 151OTU | Landed with missing tailwheel. damage to rudder an |
| 25 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ632 | Plt Offr Tejpal Raj Kumar + | 9 Sqn | 10 aircraft mission to bomb enemy positions. Rajku | |
| 28 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD415 | Plt Offr M D Khanna |  | 4 Sqn | FL south end of Ramree island after hitting tree o |
| 29 Mar 45 | Hurricane IV | LF467 | Plt Offr Khan |  | 151OTU | took off from Basal af to Peshawar. engine cut aft |
| 30 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF211 | 3 Sqn | Cr on Elizabeth island between Ramree and Akyab. P | ||
| 31 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LB739 | | 7 Sqn | UC Collapse after engine started | |
| 01 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE740 | Fg Offr T N Ghadiok |  | 4 Sqn | FL in friendly territory 0820-0910 Prome Road |
| 03 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD184 | Fg Offr Prem Sagar Gupta + |  | 1 Sqn | Control lost in cloud, flew into hill enroute to T |
| 03 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD842 | Plt Offr Derrick Basil JOSEPH + | 1 Sqn | Flew into hill during Tulihal - Kumbhirgram flight | |
| 03 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD838 | Plt Offr Malcolm Richard WEBB + | 1 Sqn | Flew into hill during Tulihal - Kumbhirgram flight | |
| 05 Apr 45 | Hurricane | Fg Offr Salahuddin |  | 2 Sqn | Crash landed in enemy terriotry. Ac smashed to pie | |
| 06 Apr 45 | Hurricane | Fg Offr P K Senapati | 2 Sqn | Crashlanded due to enemy action at Kindaung. Aircr | ||
| 11 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE138 | Fg Offr W R Dani |  | 4 Sqn | FL near Ramree town on return leg. Oil trouble in |
| 13 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF228 | Plt Offr H R Chitnis |  | 151OTU | AC bounced on landing.. pilot went around. engine |
| 13 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | BN879 | Plt Offr C H L Digby |  | 151OTU | AC ran off taxy track hit brick wall.u/c collapsed |
| 13 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE448 | | 4 Sqn | Trestles collpased during retraction test | |
| 14 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | KX853 | Fg Offr Jagdish Singh Kochar + | 7 Sqn | Cr at XXX III Corps HQ at Pagan, Stalled off steep | |
| 14 Apr 45 | Hurricane IID | KX421 | A/Plt Offr Y K Williams | 1SFTS | Landed Heavilly, bounced on landing, belly landed | |
| 15 Apr 45 | Hurricane | Plt Offr A K Sahgal | 2 Sqn | Forcelanded East of Mybong due to engine trouble i | ||
| 15 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LB732 | Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF | 10 Sqn | Offensive recce over Irrawadi. Damaged by tripwire | |
| 18 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LB556 | Plt Offr I S Brara |  | 151OTU | engine overheated. forced landing. Aircraft undama |
| 21 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ444 | Fg Offr John Ivor McKenzie |  | 3 Sqn | Squadron flight to St Thomas Mount. Crashed near A |
| 21 Apr 45 | Hurricane IV | LF432 | Plt Offr H S Gill |  | 151OTU | Failed to lower u/C aircraft belly landed. Cat A(R |
| 21 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ444 | | 1 Sqn | Engine cut, belly landed 12m SW of Egra | |
| 24 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE181 | Sgt W L Griffiths | 22AACU | BL at Katni Cat B. overshot and pilot retracted u/ | |
| 25 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | HW492 | Plt Offr Surinder Singh |  | 151OTU | part of fuselage torn away during dive. tailplane |
| 26 Apr 45 | Hurricane IID | HW725 | Plt Offr Carlton | 151OTU | UC Collapse while taxying. Cat A(R) | |
| 28 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Bola Ramesh Rao + |  | 7 Sqn | Ran into wiretrap over Irrawadi. | |
| 30 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Narayan Shamu Prasad + |  | 7 Sqn | SD by GF at Allanmyo, Cr in Irrawady | |
| 30 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD831 | Plt Offr R G Buchanan | 151OTU | Belly Landed due to distorted u/c/ u/c damaged dur | |
| 03 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD853 | Plt Offr David Smith Greenhorn + | 151OTU | Aircraft rolled into ground during target practice | |
| 04 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ619 | Fg Offr M Sadiq + | 1SFTS | 1405 Hrs Apparent engine failure in circuit. Airc | |
| 07 May 45 | Hurricane IID | HW725 | Plt Offr S Kumar |  | 151OTU | Ac taxied into petrol bowser. Port mainplane damag |
| 11 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | HV301 | A/Plt Offr M R Irani | 1SFTS | 1125 Hrs Student pilot forgot to lower undercarria | |
| 12 May 45 | Hurricane IID | KX244 | Plt Offr K K Malhotra | 151OTU | FL in bad country at Jhandra. Failure to switch ta | |
| 15 May 45 | Hurricane IIc | PJ662 | Fg Offr Dorab Maneckshaw Engineer + |  | 7 Sqn | 0530-0700 Last seen carrying out attack on a boat |
| 16 May 45 | Hurricane IID | KW881 | Plt Offr N R Ker |  | 1SFTS | 0945 Hrs. Pilot on Aerobatics sortie, went into sp |
| 19 May 45 | Hurricane IV | LD236 | A/Plt Offr R L Sayce |  | 1SFTS | Ambala - Pilot made heavy landig causing port unde |
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.