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| 1942 : 5 | 1943 : 6 | 1944 : 21 | 1945 : 16 | 1946 : 1 | 1947 : 2 | 1948 : 5 | 1949 : 1 | 1951 : 2 | 1952 : 2 | 1954 : 1 | 1956 : 1 | 1957 : 1 | 1958 : 2 | 1961 : 1 |
| 1962 : 1 | 1965 : 1 | 1966 : 1 | 1971 : 2 | 1988 : 1 | 1990 : 1 | 1991 : 1 | 1992 : 1 | 1998 : 1 | 1999 : 1 | 2000 : 1 | 2001 : 1 | 2003 : 1 | 2021 : 1 | 2022 : 1 |
A total of 83 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Mar 42 | Lysander II | N1256 | Plt Offr Shankar Chakravarthy + |  | 4 Sqn | Taken off for Practice Flying at 1020 Hours. Befor |
| 21 Apr 42 | Lysander II | P9121 | Plt Offr Dharamraj Goordeen + |  | 4 Sqn | Fatal Flying Crash. |
| 12 May 42 | Lysander II | Plt Offr F D A Moses + Plt Offr R A P Larive | 4 Sqn | Crashed in square 7845. Cause not known. Moses kil | ||
| 22 Sep 42 | Lysander II | Plt Offr P N Katrak Sqn Ldr Babner |  | 4 Sqn | Forcelanded 40m SW of Fort Sandeman. Lost his way | |
| 28 Dec 42 | Lysander II | N1242 | Plt Offr P N Katrak | | 4 Sqn | Forcelanded 5m SE of Kohat - Siezed engine. Airfra |
| 24 Mar 43 | Lysander II | P1675 | Plt Offr S B Noronha |  | 4 Sqn | Hyd Sind - Crashed at Khipro at approx 1300 hours |
| 21 Sep 43 | Hurricane IIc | KX112 | Fg Offr H S B Tyabji + |  | 4 Sqn | Cr on flight to Bairagarh from Phaphamau |
| 21 Sep 43 | Hurricane IIc | HW493 | Sqn Ldr Stanley Webster BALDIE + | 4 Sqn | Cr on flight to Bairagarh from Phaphamau. Possible | |
| 18 Nov 43 | Hurricane | HW849 | | 4 Sqn | Ran short of fuel, hit mound during forced landing | |
| 18 Nov 43 | Hurricane | KW722 | | 4 Sqn | Ran short of fuel, bellyl landed | |
| 26 Dec 43 | Hurricane IIC | LB798 | Plt Offr Bhikhaji Shapurji Dastur + |  | 4 Sqn | 0930 Hours. Fatal accident. Dived into groun druin |
| 06 Jan 44 | Hurricane IIC | HW863 | Fg Offr M B Ramamurthy + |  | 4 Sqn | Flying Accident - Fatal. Hit tree approaching in m |
| 25 Feb 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD287 | Fg Offr J N Lala + | 4 Sqn | Flying Accident - Fatal - Flew into ground during | |
| 08 Apr 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD289 | | 4 Sqn | Engine cut, FL 2m SW of Parshuram | |
| 20 Apr 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD398 | | 4 Sqn | Swung on landing and UC Collapsed | |
| 13 May 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD314 | Fg Offr D M Finn (RAF) | 4 Sqn | Baled out during escort flight to DC aircraft. Par | |
| 18 May 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD309 | | 4 Sqn | Hit by LF357 taking off at Feni | |
| 18 May 44 | Hurricane IIC | LF357 | | 4 Sqn | Hit LD309 taking off at Feni, reported as LE357 | |
| 01 Jun 44 | Hurricane IIC | LB549 | Sgt Trevor CARR (RAF) | 4 Sqn | Failed to return, entered cloud during a 8 ac esco | |
| 01 Jun 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD380 | Sqn Ldr G S Sharp (RAF) | 4 Sqn | Failed to return, entered cloud during a 8 ac esco | |
| 22 Jul 44 | Hurricane IIC | LE248 | | 4 Sqn | Swung on landing in heavy rain and overturned | |
| 27 Jul 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD949 | F Sgt J Debosschere (RAF) + | 4 Sqn | Force landed behind enemy lines - last seen waviin | |
| 29 Jul 44 | Hurricane IIC | LE248 | F Sgt Carney (RAF) | 4 Sqn | Crashed on landing in difficult weather conditions | |
| 30 Jul 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD344 | Fg Offr P S Gill |  | 4 Sqn | FL in Tamru in paddy filed, overturned , injured. |
| 03 Aug 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD452 | | 4 Sqn | Tyre burst on Take off, swung and overturned | |
| 04 Aug 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD373 | | 4 Sqn | Lost on Operations | |
| 08 Aug 44 | Hurricane IIC | LE163 | | 4 Sqn | DBR in accident | |
| 14 Aug 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD121 | W/O Eric BALL + | 4 Sqn | Failed to return from sortie near Kaladan. Leader | |
| 15 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD183 | Fg Offr G H King |  | 4 Sqn | Forcelanded at NIHLA due to engine trouble. Safe 0 |
| 25 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD335 | Lieut R N Winstanley (SAAF) | 4 Sqn | 12 ac bombing raid. TW/O ac collded and forcelande | |
| 25 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LF275 | Sgt W J O'Neill (RAF) | 4 Sqn | 12 ac bombing raid. TW/O ac collded and forcelande | |
| 28 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD844 | Fg Offr G H King | | 4 Sqn | engine trouble. Could not make base. FL on beach n |
| 09 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF273 | F Sgt L E Landamore (RAF) | 4 Sqn | FL 2m NNW of TEnNYO with port wing on fire. Vacate | |
| 15 Jan 45 | Spitfire Vc | MA364 | Flt Lt Hrushikesh Moolgavkar |  | 4 Sqn | engine failed onTO from beach strip, landed wheels |
| 23 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF173 | Plt Offr Bradshaw (RAF) | 4 Sqn | FL at Madhubania after ole leg was fractured on ta | |
| 30 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF276 | Plt Offr S P Sen |  | 4 Sqn | forcelanded on beach 2 miles from unit due to engi |
| 06 Feb 45 | Hurricane IIC | Fg Offr G H King | | 4 Sqn | Overshot runway at Indin .Ac Cat AC . 0930 Hrs | |
| 28 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD415 | Plt Offr M D Khanna |  | 4 Sqn | FL south end of Ramree island after hitting tree o |
| 01 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE740 | Fg Offr T N Ghadiok |  | 4 Sqn | FL in friendly territory 0820-0910 Prome Road |
| 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 | LE448 | | 4 Sqn | Trestles collpased during retraction test | |
| 27 May 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG478 | Flt Lt D M Finn RAF | 4 Sqn | Night flying, unable to locate a/f , landed on roa | |
| 18 Jun 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT966? | Plt Offr Y R Agte |  | 4 Sqn | FL half a mile from airfield on first conersion fl |
| 18 Jun 45 | Spitfire VIII | MD331 | Plt Offr Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey | | 4 Sqn | Yelahanka - eng failure on takeoff pilot crashland |
| 28 Jun 45 | Spitfire XIVe | ?? | Plt Offr Rodney Godfrey Buchanan + | 4 Sqn | Cr in Air to ground firing range at Hollanvalli. | |
| 21 Jul 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG620 | Fg Offr Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey | | 4 Sqn | tail chasing, stuck tail of JF883 (Fg Offr TN Ghad |
| 08 Nov 45 | Spitfire VIII | MT839 | Plt Offr L Prince-Forster |  | 4 Sqn | Overshot ldg at Willingdon into Ditch Cat B |
| 28 Dec 45 | Spitfire VIII | Fg Offr A K Ahmed |  | 4 Sqn | 16 ac returning from bombay display. Engine troubl | |
| 03 Apr 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH795 | Fg Offr W R N Dani | | 4 Sqn | undershot, hit telegraph wires, u/c collapse, over |
| 11 Jun 47 | Spitfire XIVe | TX979 | Fg Offr G S Sekhon + |  | 4 Sqn | flew into mountain ag Okyama Japan, followed by No |
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