IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1945 : 212

A total of 212 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IIc	LF169	Fg Offr Cecil Owen St Vincent Norris +	1 Sqn	Pt FL aircraft, died of W/Ounds on 27th
27 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr H C Mayadas	151OTU	Late pull out - aircraft damaged after port wing h
27 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LD790	Plt Offr Salahuddin	151OTU	FL at Risalpur after u/c unlocked during dive and
02 Mar 45	Hurricane IV	LF433	Plt Offr S J Hassan	151OTU	Landed close to leader, hit by slipstream, prop bl
02 Mar 45	Harvard IIB	FE361		IAFDF	SFTS, Cr Ladd, Sarawa Said to be Tigermoth T6921
03 Mar 45	Tigermoth	T6921	Fg Offr S B Noronha	IAFDF	Accident while landing . lower part compression le
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
05 Mar 45	Harvard IIB	FS807	Plt Offr N B Menon	151OTU	Swung on landing and hit concrete post on perimete
09 Mar 45	Hurricane IID	HW854	A/Plt Offr J K R Dalal +	1SFTS	1200 Hrs. Flying accident at 77N 3005E while carry
12 Mar 45	Harvard IIB	FS994	A/Plt Offr R L SAYCE	1SFTS	UC Collapse on landing, ambala, Cat A
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
20 Mar 45	Harvard IIB	FE370		1SFTS	Missing
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
24 Mar 45	Spitfire VIIIc	JF625	Plt Offr S Banerji	8 Sqn	engine failure at 8000 feet, forcelanding in openc
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
28 Mar 45	Harvard IIB	FE413	A/Plt Offr P K GHOSH	1SFTS	Ran out of fuel , forced to belly land on last leg
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	Vengeance	AP122	Sgt John WRIGHT + AC2 W M BHASKAR +	22AACU	Crashed near Chakulia, in a village, tW/O houses s
31 Mar 45	Vengeance	EZ807	Fg Offr L V C Fabian	22AACU	Tipped over to nose due to stbd wheel lock down at
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
04 Apr 45	Harvard IIB	FE953	Flt Lt C Satyanarayana	7 Sqn	Cr L lost Kanbalu Burma, lost his way to Imphal
04 Apr 45	Harvard IIB	FE666	Fg Offr M K Khan	9 Sqn	Swung on landing, uc collapse at Cox Bazaar when i
05 Apr 45	Hurricane		Fg Offr Salahuddin	2 Sqn	Crash landed in enemy terriotry. Ac smashed to pie
05 Apr 45	Spitfire VIIIc		Fg Offr E Artus RAF +	8 Sqn	Dived Straight down from 10000 feet and crashed in
05 Apr 45	Spitfire VIII	MT964	Flt Lt N Dugdale	8 Sqn	Went to locate crash site of Artus. FL 1 mile away
06 Apr 45	Hurricane		Fg Offr P K Senapati	2 Sqn	Crashlanded due to enemy action at Kindaung. Aircr
08 Apr 45	Spitfire VIII		Sgt Tucker +	8 Sqn	Engine truboule. Crashed half mile trying to make
10 Apr 45	Defiant TT II	AA368	Flt Lt N G JAMES	22AACU	BL at RAF Digri due to burst tyre, aircraft Cat B
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	Spitfire VIII		Fg Offr Kuldip Singh Thandi +	8 Sqn	GCI Crashed fewmiles from airfield. No.3 had port

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