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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1944 : 9 1945 : 11 1946 : 5 1948 : 2 1949 : 2 1952 : 1 1954 : 1 1967 : 2 1970 : 1 1971 : 2 1976 : 2 1984 : 1 1986 : 1 1987 : 2 1989 : 1
1990 : 1 1991 : 1 1992 : 1 1994 : 1 1995 : 1 1998 : 1 1999 : 1 2001 : 1 2004 : 1 2015 : 1 2016 : 3 2018 : 1

A total of 57 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
17 May 44 Hurricane IIC KZ877 Plt Offr E S D N Sparkes RAF
 10 Sqn Bounced on landing at night and UC Collapse after
23 May 44 Hurricane IIC LB783 Fg Offr Roy
 10 Sqn Swung to avoid another aircraft onlanding, hit dit
11 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LB907 Fg Offr Latimour
 10 Sqn Swung on landing and tippedup. Landed in a 90 degr
04 Nov 44 Hurricane IIC Fg Offr Smith RAF
 10 Sqn Aircraft F - Swung off runway on landing and went
08 Nov 44 Hurricane IIC LB678
10 Sqn Overshot landing at Singarbill, DBR
09 Nov 44 Hurricane HW414
10 Sqn Swung on take off and hit ditch
15 Nov 44 Hurricane IIc LD409 Fg Offr B B Chakraborty +
 10 Sqn Failed to recover from dive and flicked on to back
08 Dec 44 Hurricane IIC KZ939 Plt Offr A C Edwards RAF
 10 Sqn Undercarraige leg collpased on landing at Baigachi
21 Dec 44 Hurricane IIC W/O Bird RAF
 10 Sqn Landed aircraft E and wrote off undercarraige
10 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC KZ851 Plt Offr G T McKie RAF
 10 Sqn Engine cut , FL at Nalik. Intrnal Glycol Leak. des
14 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC PJ716 Fg Offr M M Crishna
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Collided on runway with KZ919 'W'
14 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC KZ919 Fg Offr David
 10 Sqn Collided with PJ716 'Y' on runway in dust after la
14 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC LD744 Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF
 10 Sqn Ran off strip in dust. hit bund and uc collapsed,
18 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC KZ771 Fg Offr J S Ingle
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Engine cut, BL at Tippie near Akyab 1m E of Rathed
05 Mar 45 Hurricane IIC LE171 Flt Lt G S Singh
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Oleo leg blew out in dive over target, broke suppo
15 Mar 45 Hurricane IIC LE207 Fg Offr Jaspal Singh
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Raised undercarraige too quickly. Sank back on tak
15 Apr 45 Hurricane IIC LB732 Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF
 10 Sqn Offensive recce over Irrawadi. Damaged by tripwire
19 Dec 45 Spitfire VIIIc MD291 Fg Offr R L Suri
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Hit by Spitfire MV245 at Hmawbi Cat E
19 Dec 45 Spitfire VIIIc Plt Offr Kirloskar
 10 Sqn Lost himself between Akyab and Rangoon and FL whee
19 Dec 45 Spitfire VIIIc MT878 Plt Offr H R Chitnis
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Damaged beyond repair in accident - Det Unknown
08 Jan 46 Spitfire VIIIc MD402 Fg Offr R L Suri
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn engine trouble, bl in field 19.18N 90.17E at Yedas
31 Jan 46 Spitfire VIIIc MD333 Plt Offr R D Law
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn U/c fail Hmwabi BUrma
03 Apr 46 Spitfire VIII JG314 Fg Offr R L Jebb
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn ac landed with tailwheel retrcted at Baigachi in B
02 Aug 46 Spitfire VIIIc MD222 Fg Offr R L Jebb
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn ferry Bhopal - Brrckpore. Engine cut after TO from
25 Oct 46 Spitfire VIIIc MV205 Fg Offr H H Beale
 10 Sqn engine cut on recce, BL 17m NW of Jessore
22 Mar 48 Tempest II PR660 Flt Lt Saradindu Das Gupta +
 10 Sqn Crashed during an operational sortie in Kashmir
05 Nov 48 Tempest II HA-416 Plt Offr Ivor Patrick Carrapiett +
 10 Sqn
16 Nov 49 Tempest II Flt Lt Baldev Singh Dogra
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn collided with above - Plt BO
16 Nov 49 Tempest II Fg Offr Neville Wyse Harrison +
 10 Sqn Bird hit and MAC with wingman over Cal 11k in all
30 Jan 52 Tempest II HA-464 Flt Lt Dilbagh Singh
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Nosed over vertically - written off
19 Jan 54 Tempest II Sqn Ldr George Henry King
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Possibly Repaired Pilot OK
01 May 67 HF-24 Marut BD-831 Fg Offr Sukhwant Singh +
 10 Sqn A/c crashed with pilot in cockpit. CoI could not e
16 Jul 67 HF-24 Marut BD-841 Wg Cdr Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Both engine failed, Ejected
12 Sep 70 HF-24 Marut BD-853 Wg Cdr Onkar Nath Kacker +
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Cr at Uttarlai, Tyre burst on TO.
04 Mar 71 HF-24 Marut BD-863 Flt Lt Sushil Agnihotri
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Cr at SK Range; Pilot got lost and Ejected
09 Dec 71 HF-24 Marut BD-858
10 Sqn SD AAA Kotri near Hyderabad. A/c from 220 sqn
23 Jul 76 HF-24 Marut Fg Offr Uday Shankar Gelli
 10 Sqn Engine caught fire. Pilot Ejected
06 Oct 76 HF-24 Marut D-1247 Flt Lt Samavedam Vera Raja Sekhar
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Ferry for AF day display. Ejected after inflight e
06 Jul 84 MiG-23 BN Flt Lt Vinod Francis Pulikodan Varkey +
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Crash in Pali Rajasthan. Lost contact with Control
18 Jul 86 MiG-23 BN Flt Lt Atalgatha Gundu Rao Narhari +
 10 Sqn Killed in Crash - No Further Details
21 May 87 MiG-23 BN Sqn Ldr Vinaykumar Suryakant Bhisey +
 10 Sqn LL Night Sortie. Lost contact with FC. A ball of f
12 Nov 87 MiG-23 BN Flt Lt Uttam Kumar Devnath
 10 Sqn Ejected after throttle restriction. Samand 40 km f
07 Apr 89 MiG-23 BN Sqn Ldr Suresh Gattu
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Mark and Gattu had gone for a 2v1 with Raghu prasa
10 Jan 90 MiG-23 UM Fg Offr Naveen Sharma +
Sqn Ldr Awinash Ramkrishna Nerurkar		 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Bird Hit, flame out on approach. Ejected. Parachut
25 Jan 91 MiG-23 BN SM-212
10 Sqn First Solo. Heavy touchdown. U/C collapsed. Pilot
22 Jan 92 MiG-23 BN Fg Offr Sunil Bajpai +
 10 Sqn Cr at 1200 hours on the range. Turning downwind an
15 Jan 94 MiG-27 M Fg Offr Boomapally Srinivas Reddy
 10 Sqn No. 2 in 2 ac Bomb LDA sortie. Flameout, no religh
25 May 95 MiG-27 M TS-614 Wg Cdr Jasvinder Chauhan
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Aircraft caught fire during pull up for a steep di
21 Mar 98 MiG-27 M Sqn Ldr Rajiv Kumar Mendiratta
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn Engine burst on T/O roll. Turbine blade flew off a
02 Jul 99 MiG-27 M Flt Lt Deepak Sharma +
 10 Sqn Cr during take-off. Unstick and nose wheel touched

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