IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1947 : 73

A total of 73 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
18 Jul 47 Harvard IIB FE971 Plt Offr Robert Williams Traise +
1SFTS Aircraft struck ground with full power Cat E struc
24 Jul 47 Tempest II PR548 Plt Offr H S Bedi
Click to View Record 2 Sqn ac tyre burst on ldg - ran over runway and nosed o
26 Jul 47 Tempest II PR534 Flt Lt Dewan Balwant Rai +
2 Sqn flew into blind valley - struck gorund in bad weat
30 Jul 47 Spitfire XIVe NH759 Plt Offr Zafar Masud
Click to View Record AFS(I) tyre burst on TO, BL Ambala
30 Jul 47 Spitfire VIIIc MT993
AFS(I) tyre burst on TO BL at Ambala
05 Aug 47 Spitfire VIIIc JG378 Plt Offr R C Malani
AFS(I) uc collapse on landing. Not locked down ac W/O
27 Aug 47 Spitfire VIII JG623 Flt Cdt Kirit Bhushan Sharma+
AFS(I) Ac burnt
28 Aug 47 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Mohan Dev Suri +
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Crash in bad weather on ferry flight Bom to Pune
28 Aug 47 Spitfire VIII MT783 Plt Offr Raghu Nath Bansilal +
AFS(I) Ac missing
02 Sep 47 Spitfire XIVe MV386 Plt Offr Kshitimohan Nilkanth Kashalkar +
AFS(I) Cr while dive bombing practice
27 Sep 47 Dakota C-47 VP904 Sqn Ldr Satinder Lal Rikhye +
Fg Offr Harish Chandra Francis Mayadas +
Click to View Record 12 Sqn Cr while landing at Palam. 5 Cr Killed. Sqn Ldr RS
01 Oct 47 Spitfire XIVe MV287
AFS(I) DNE. Reported Engine Failure
01 Oct 47 Spitfire VIII LV670
AFS(I) DNE. Total wreck disintegrated
10 Oct 47 Tigermoth DH-82 Flt Cdt Arjun Singh Negi +
12 Oct 47 Tempest II
7 Sqn Pilot Ejected
23 Oct 47 Spitfire VIII MT743 Flt Cdt Honnappa Harolhalli Annaiya +
AFS(I)
31 Oct 47 Dakota C-47 MA965 Flt Lt Clifford Joseph Mendoza +
Fg Offr Trevor Reginald Peters +
Click to View Record 12 Sqn Cr in Pirpanjal killing some 20+ people. Fg Offr U
01 Nov 47 Spitfire XIVe RM992
AFS(I) DNE. Ac taxied into Fencing, hit wall. Propellor b
05 Nov 47 Spitfire VIII MT595 Fg Offr Potula Venkata Sobhan Ram
Click to View Record AFS(I) Lost way in dark on ferry to Srinagar. BO near Mur
08 Nov 47 Harvard IIB FS940
AFS(I) Damaged due to enemy action over Poonch
11 Nov 47 Tempest II PR836 Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Injured in Crash at Pune
01 Dec 47 Harvard T-6 Flt Lt Ulrich Anthony D'Cruz
Click to View Record 7 Sqn SD by Ground fire
10 Dec 47 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Sidney Basil Noronha
Click to View Record 7 Sqn Baled out after damage by ground fire

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