IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1951 : 2 1952 : 2 1953 : 2 1954 : 2 1964 : 1 1971 : 5 1981 : 1 1982 : 1 1985 : 1 1989 : 1 1993 : 1 1995 : 1 1999 : 1 2002 : 2

A total of 23 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
20 Sep 51 Spitfire XVIII Plt Offr Subrata Biswas +
14 Sqn Possible MAC
20 Sep 51 Spitfire XVIII Plt Offr Jaydev Gurubhashya Hiramat +
14 Sqn Possibly MAC with below . http://pibarchive.nic.in
05 Apr 52 Spitfire XVIII HS-679 Plt Offr Inder Mohan Chopra
Click to View Record 14 Sqn BO Jamnagar coast - target drogue fouled elevator
28 Jun 52 Spitfire XVIII HS-989 Lt Menon (IN) +
14 Sqn Off field landing Dhubhalia
28 May 53 Spitfire XVIII HS-987 Fg Offr Satish Kumar +
14 Sqn Engine failed on TO from Barrackpore. Crashed near
06 Aug 53 Spitfire XVIII HS-617 Fg Offr Rasiklal Popatlal Dave +
14 Sqn
02 Dec 54 Spitfire XVIII Plt Offr Niravar Singh +
Click to View Record 14 Sqn crashed near Midnapur
21 Dec 54 Spitfire XVIII HS-648 Fg Offr Daya Krishan Bhatnagar +
14 Sqn Crashed at 12-30 hours five miles south-west of Ka
18 Sep 64 Hunter F56 BA-345 Fg Offr K S Sahwney
14 Sqn Engine flameout - Pt Ejected Date 15-30 Sep
04 Dec 71 Hunter F56 Sqn Ldr Kanwal Deep Mehra
Click to View Record 14 Sqn SD near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre.
04 Dec 71 Hunter F56 Flt Lt Kenneth Charles Tremenheere
Click to View Record 14 Sqn SD near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre.
07 Dec 71 Hunter F56 Flt Lt Samarjit Dasgupta
Click to View Record 14 Sqn Pilot Ejected after running out of fuel at Dum Dum
10 Dec 71 Hunter F56 BA-275 Sqn Ldr Ramesh Chander Sachdeva +
Click to View Record 14 Sqn SD Narayanganj Ejected after Flameout Pt Killed
14 Dec 71 Hunter F56 BA-340 Fg Offr Surender Kumar Chopra
Click to View Record 14 Sqn Dest on Crashlanding at Jessore
16 Apr 81 Jaguar IS JI-006 Flt Lt Satish Chandra Singh Adhikari
Click to View Record 14 Sqn Hit by Vulture during LL Trg Flight
10 May 82 Jaguar IS JI-011 Flt Lt Raj Kumar Srivastava +
14 Sqn Killed in Crash - flew into hill
17 Oct 85 Jaguar IS Flt Lt Jasbir Singh Walia
Click to View Record 14 Sqn mid air with F/L Bhaduria, whose AC hit the unders
03 Mar 89 Jaguar IS JS-150 Sqn Ldr Evlp Parmesh Babu
14 Sqn Crash landed in a Jaguar on Mar 3rd 1989. Unhurt.
22 Nov 93 Jaguar IS JS-120 Fg Offr Puneet Kumar Pareek
Click to View Record 14 Sqn Brake unit body fracture of slat motor due to fati
16 Oct 95 Jaguar IS Fg Offr Bhupinder Singh +
14 Sqn From Ambala , dived into ground in LL flight
30 Jun 99 Jaguar IS
14 Sqn Changera and Killaur Villages, Patiala Dist,
09 May 02 Jaguar IS JS-139 Fg Offr Sandeep Palarwal +
14 Sqn Aborted TO Ambala. Hit fence ac exploded
05 Nov 02 Jaguar IS
14 Sqn Eng Failure near Ambala 5k on ground. Pt Ejected

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