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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1962 : 1 1965 : 3 1971 : 2 1972 : 1 1985 : 1 1987 : 1 1989 : 1 1993 : 1 1995 : 1 1999 : 1 2001 : 1

A total of 14 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
17 Jan 62 Vampire FB52 IB-823 Gp Capt Zafar Ahmed Shah +
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn Happened as part of the flypast practice for 1963
01 Sep 65 Vampire FB52 IB-1688 Flt Lt Aspi Kekobad Bhagwagar +
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn Shot Down by F-86 Sabre over Chamb
01 Sep 65 Vampire FB52 IB-875 Flt Lt Satish Bharadwaj +
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn Shot Down by F-86 Sabre over Chamb
01 Sep 65 Vampire FB52 BB-445 Fg Offr Shrlkrishna Vishnu Phatak
 45 Sqn Ground fire over Chamb. Pilot Baled out
08 Dec 71 MiG-21 FL Sqn Ldr Denzil Joseph Keelor
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn SD AAA
17 Dec 71 MiG-21 FL C-716 Flt Lt Tejwant Singh
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn SD by F-86 over Pasrur
30 Mar 72 MiG-21 FL Fg Offr Deepak Dugal +
 45 Sqn In Memoriam
24 May 85 MiG-21 Fg Offr Sanjeev Mohan Majumdar
 45 Sqn Raka Vill Fm Jamnagar AFB
13 Aug 87 MiG-21 Bis C-2132 Wg Cdr Jagdish Singh Grewal
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn 10 km W of Naliya,Fire, control loss ejected.
24 Oct 89 MiG-21 Fg Offr Ajay Srivastava +
 45 Sqn In Memoriam
30 Sep 93 MiG-21 Fg Offr Dilip Khurana +
 45 Sqn Cr near Nalia AFS Kutch due to disorientation
05 Sep 95 MiG-21 Fg Offr Ranbir Singh Riar +
 45 Sqn In Memoriam
16 Mar 99 MiG-21 Fg Offr Kuldeep Singh +
 45 Sqn Nalia AFB Cr Kotadi Mahadevpura Vill
10 Feb 01 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Amandeep Singh Gill Rana +
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn Cr TO

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