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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1943 : 17 | 1944 : 51 | 1945 : 7 |
A total of 75 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Feb 43 | Vengeance | Fg Offr Kartar Singh Flt Sgt Ghosh | 7 Sqn | crashed at Kabul river , Flt Sgt Ghosh OK | ||
| 15 Feb 43 | Vengeance | AN844 | Plt Offr Ernest John BUTLER + Cpl Phillip + (Fitt IIA) | 152OTU | Cr near Jamrud | |
| 25 Mar 43 | Vengeance | AN865 | | 152OTU | Cr on Runway Struct Failure | |
| 15 Apr 43 | Vengeance | AN902 | | 152OTU | tipped over on nose - salvaged | |
| 16 Apr 43 | Vengeance | AN977 | Sqn Ldr Niranjan Prasad |  | 152OTU | Belly landed on runway - pilot blinded by petrol l |
| 24 Apr 43 | Vengeance | AP125 | Plt Offr Kamal M Plt Offr MJ Khan |  | 152OTU | Cr 6 miles from unit Pilot TO with Dive brakes on |
| 24 Apr 43 | Vengeance | AP111 | | 152OTU | Cr on runway due to seizure of port brake - crew u | |
| 28 Apr 43 | Vengeance | EZ800 | | 152OTU | BL at Aerodrome Hydraulics Failure | |
| 29 Apr 43 | Vengeance | AN997 | Plt Offr Harold Brookfield WATERSON + Plt Offr M K Chand + | 152OTU | Cr near Bombing range - Chand from 8 Sqdn | |
| 07 May 43 | Vengeance | AP104 | Plt Offr Phillips |  | 152OTU | landed off runway and collided with rubble, underc |
| 29 May 43 | Vengeance | AN913 | Plt Offr K S Sandhu + Sgt Rustomji + |  | 152OTU | Cr on Range |
| 08 Jun 43 | Vengeance IA | EZ826 | Fg Offr George PUTHENVETTIL IPE + F Sgt CHAKRAVARTI + | 7 Sqn | Dove into ground off turn at Bairagarh, India When | |
| 18 Aug 43 | Vengeance | AN801 | | 8 Sqn | Cr Thuna Range, Bhopal. Crew escaped with minor in | |
| 24 Aug 43 | Vengeance II | AN825 | Fg Offr S L Rikhye Plt Offr R Ghosh |  | 7 Sqn | Fuel line came loose and cockpti filled with fumes |
| 21 Sep 43 | Vengeance II | AN719 | | 8 Sqn | 43/8, Engine cut fuel problems, FL near Chharra, D | |
| 02 Oct 43 | Vengeance | AN902 | Sgt Charles Guy MORRIS + Sgt Walkington + | 152OTU | Cr on Bombing range - both crew killed (82 Sqdn) | |
| 28 Dec 43 | Vengeance | EZ894 | Sgt Walter Herbert ROGERS Fg Offr Frank W/OODMANSEY + | 8 Sqn | Took off at 1000 hrs for dive bombing practice. FT | |
| 11 Jan 44 | Vengeance | EZ893 | F Sgt Alwyn Thomas Charles BENSON + Plt Offr Dantra | 22AACU | Flying Accident at Ahmednagar. Aircraft from AACU | |
| 28 Jan 44 | Vengeance 1A | ES878 | Sgt Robert Oswald BROWN + Sgt Harris + | 152OTU | Cr Dive bombing on Bombing Range | |
| 04 Feb 44 | Vengeance | Sgt Fotheringham | 8 Sqn | Crashed during take off due to dust. Ac W/O | ||
| 11 Feb 44 | Vengeance II | AN687 | | 8 Sqn | Failed to take off ground looped and UC torn off | |
| 17 Feb 44 | Vengeance | AN629 | Fg Offr Victor John HILLMAN + W/O Barlow + | 152OTU | killed at approx 1415 after flying into Cu Nim Clo | |
| 19 Feb 44 | Vengeance | AN757 | Fg Offr RACHPAL SINGH + Fg Offr MANGAL GURURAJ SITARAM RAO + |  | 7 Sqn | Cr enroute to Gwalior / Lahore |
| 19 Feb 44 | Vengeance II | AN612 | Fg Offr Keki Nadirshaw Gocal Plt Offr P A Kapadia |   | 7 Sqn | Cr enroute to Gwalior / Lahore Flt Sgt Ghosh OK. [ |
| 19 Feb 44 | Vengeance | AN799 | Fg Offr AJIT SINGH + F Sgt MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN DARLING + | 7 Sqn | Cr enroute to Gwalior / Lahore. LAC Wadekar also k | |
| 24 Feb 44 | Vengeance | EZ993 | Plt Offr Joseph Dennis O'LEARY W/O Stewart Mosby | 8 Sqn | Returned from sortie with engine trouble and crash | |
| 25 Feb 44 | Vengeance | EZ909 | | 22AACU | Taxying accident dam to wing tips atC Flight | |
| 01 Mar 44 | Vengeance | AN909 | | 22AACU | Taxing accident at St Thomas Mount | |
| 03 Mar 44 | Vengeance | AN914 | | 22AACU | BL on boundary of Karachi airport due to engine fa | |
| 08 Mar 44 | Vengeance | AP132 | | 22AACU | Cr at Tollygunge , Calcutta killing number of civi | |
| 11 Mar 44 | Vengeance | AN983 | | 22AACU | B Flight - Cr at Asansol. Eng cut on TO and aircra | |
| 16 Mar 44 | Vengeance | AN906 | Plt Offr Khan | 151OTU | Cr while landing after wing dropped. Damaged ac | |
| 19 Mar 44 | Vengeance II | AN671 | Fg Offr E W Pinto Plt Offr A W Chacko |   | 7 Sqn | Engine cut , belly landed Pandua |
| 19 Mar 44 | Vengeance II | AN730 | Fg Offr Chuckerbutty | 8 Sqn | Broke off formation as smoke and oilopoured out. A | |
| 29 Mar 44 | Vengeance | AN893 | | 22AACU | Cr on landing at St T Mount | |
| 01 Apr 44 | Vengeance II | AN797 | Fg Offr EDULJI HORMUSJI DADABHOY + Fg Offr Jamshed Dordi |  | 7 Sqn | Cr in Valley W of Imphal, Killing pt, J H Dordi OK |
| 02 Apr 44 | Vengeance II | AN636 | Fg Offr D M Engineer Fg Offr K P K Menon |   | 7 Sqn | Abandoned Take off and hit bund at Uderbund, uc sh |
| 02 Apr 44 | Vengeance | AN837 | Fg Offr Everett Embert ETTINGER F Sgt Steele | 8 Sqn | Baled out at 1130 hours on drome as u/c hydraulics | |
| 11 Apr 44 | Vengeance II | AN727 | Sgt Fotheringham | 8 Sqn | Failed to take off - insufficent power. Ac write o | |
| 14 Apr 44 | Vengeance | AN954 | | 22AACU | Cr during TO from Dacca - eng not on full power | |
| 15 Apr 44 | Vengeance | AN966 | F Sgt Nash | 22AACU | Attempted to take off from Alipore. Eng failure, | |
| 15 Apr 44 | Vengeance | W/O Lamb | 8 Sqn | Failed to take off in P run. Ac write of. Crew saf | ||
| 25 Apr 44 | Vengeance II | AN678 | Fg Offr N J Duggan Flt Sgt Wijeyendran | 7 Sqn | CrL near Shillong, Crew OK Flt Sgt Wijeyendran. BL | |
| 04 May 44 | Vengeance II | AN736 | | 8 Sqn | Swung on take off, hit ditch uc collapse Mambur | |
| 08 May 44 | Vengeance II | AN834 | Fg Offr M Latif Khan + Flt Sgt Ghosh | 7 Sqn | FL after Eng Trble at TO, Pt Killed, Flt Sgt Ghosh | |
| 09 May 44 | Vengeance II | AN646 | | 8 Sqn | Hit bump on TO, uc raised to stop at Mambur | |
| 16 May 44 | Vengeance II | AN618 | Fg Offr Hazen Edward Dougherty + Sgt A M Khan + |  | 8 Sqn | Failed to pull out of Dive in Baguna Area. The haz |
| 17 May 44 | Vengeance II | AN663 | | 8 Sqn | [AB]Tyre burst on take off, swung into ditch and u | |
| 19 May 44 | Vengeance | AP107 | W/O Morgan AC Vaiyapuri | 22AACU | Cr taking off at St T Mount. aircraft Vaiyapur and | |
| 19 May 44 | Vengeance | EZ982 | | 22AACU | dam during flight , tail plane damaged. Cr landing |
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