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| 1945 : 94 |
A total of 94 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIc | Sqn Ldr Prithpal Singh* |  | 3 | Dived into ground at Kohat durnig trng flt | |
| 07 Jan 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | LV663 | Fg Offr Kuldip Singh Thandi | 8 | hit by MD332 while taxying after landing Cat E | |
| 11 Jan 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | LV646 | Flt Lt D E Colebroke RAF | 8 | Inadvertant wheels up landing at 'George' Nidanai | |
| 11 Jan 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD343 | Plt Offr E Artus RAF | 8 | heavy landing downwind at George Airstrip, Nidania | |
| 13 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Jagjit Singh* | IAF Disp F | Mid air collision. | ||
| 13 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Ishwar Dass* | IAF Disp F | Mid air collision. | ||
| 15 Jan 45 | Spitfire Vc | MA364 | Flt Lt Hrushikesh Moolgavkar |  | 4 | engine failed onTO from beach strip, landed wheels |
| 17 Feb 45 | Hurricane IIc | Wg Cdr Karun Krishna Majumdar DFC* * |  | IAF Disp F | Dived into Ground | |
| 26 Feb 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Cecil Owen St Vincent Norris* | 1 | Pt FL aircraft, died of wounds on 27th | ||
| 01 Mar 45 | Hurricane II | 3 | Cr on Elizabeth island between Ramree and Akyab. | |||
| 01 Mar 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JF778 | | 8 | engine cut, undershot runway, forced landing. acwo | |
| 06 Mar 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT967 | | Crashed unk unit | ||
| 25 Mar 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JF625 | Plt Offr S Banerji |  | 8 | engine failure at 8000 feet, forcelanding in openc |
| 01 Apr 45 | Spitfire XIVe | Fg Offr S M Zahid* | 8 | missing from ops in Kyaukpyu area | ||
| 03 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Prem Sagar Gupta DFC* |  | 1 | Cr near Kumbhirgham | |
| 14 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Jagdish Singh Kochar* | 7 | Cr at XXX III Corps HQ at Pagan | ||
| 28 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Bola Ramesh Rao* |  | 7 | Ran into wiretrap over Irrawadi. | |
| 30 Apr 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Narayan Shamu Prasad* |  | 7 | SD by GF at Allanmyo, Cr in Irrawady | |
| 03 May 45 | Hurricane Iic | Plt Offr David Smith Greenhorn | 151OTU | Cr at Peshawar - Spun in during Air To Air sortie | ||
| 11 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | HV301 | | 1SFTS | Student pilot forgot to lower undercarraige by mis | |
| 15 May 45 | Hurricane IIc | Fg Offr Dorab Maneckshaw Engineer* | 7 | Dam by GF at Henzada, Cr while BL | ||
| 15 May 45 | Spitfire Vc | JL768 | | 22AACU | DrighRoad, ac caught fire during engine test run o | |
| 16 May 45 | Hurricane IID | KW881 | | Pilot on Aerobatics sortie, went into spin , bo | ||
| 19 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE994 | | 9 | Ranchi - Roof of hangar collapsed in storm, dam a | |
| 19 May 45 | Hurricane IV | LD236 | | Ambala - Pilot made heavy landig u/c collapse | ||
| 20 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD680 | | FTR from sortie, Pilot was rescued by sampan | ||
| 21 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | HV796 | P/O Masum Ali Vazir* | FTR from Tactical Recce Sortie over Burma | ||
| 22 May 45 | Tigermoth II | DG455 | Plt Offr D C Owens RAF | 1EFTS | Cr near Golconda 6 m SW of Begumpet | |
| 23 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE503 | P/O Aubrey Archibald Martinnant* |  | 151OTU | ac went into high speed stall and mushed into grou |
| 24 May 45 | Hurricane IIB | HW668 | | Karnal - pilot made a precautionary landing after | ||
| 27 May 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG478 | Flt Lt D M Finn RAF | 4 | Night flying, unable to locate a/f , landed on roa | |
| 28 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE127 | P/O Alex Paul Daniell* |  | 151OTU | Pilot on range fireing near peshawar, flew too clo |
| 28 May 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT966 | | 4 | Crashed | |
| 31 May 45 | Vengeance II | AN921 | | 22AACU | Drigh Road - ac did not take off pilot retracted u | |
| 02 Jun 45 | Hurricane IIC | LB800 | | 3RIAF | St Thomas Mount - Pilot told to go around during l | |
| 04 Jun 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD414 | F/O Khemendra Nath Kak* |  | 1 | Crashed during auth aerobatic sortie - during slow |
| 06 Jun 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE958 | F/O V Srihari |  | 151OTU | ac caught fire at 9000ft, pilot baled out at 3000f |
| 10 Jun 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG171 | Plt Offr John Jasper Bouche |  | 8 | Overshot landing without flaps, ran into ditch, uc |
| 11 Jun 45 | Hurricane IIC | HL865 | | 151OTU | Peshawar, ac blown off the rundwway by strong gust | |
| 11 Jun 45 | Spitfire VIII | MT840 | | Ranchi - ac FL affter engine failed at 5000 ft | ||
| 15 Jun 45 | Spitfire VIII | MT740 | | 9 | Hmawbi - forclanded in bad weather | |
| 16 Jun 45 | Hurricane IIC | LB892 | | 55m w of ambala - fuel starvation at low level dur | ||
| 18 Jun 45 | Spitfire VIII | MD331 | P/O Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey |  | Yelahanka - eng failure on takeoff pilot crashland | |
| 22 Jun 45 | Hurricane Iic | LE461 | WO L F A Closs* RAF | 22AACU | 40m SE of Poona - ac stuck ground during unauth ae | |
| 25 Jun 45 | Hurricane IIC | BN563 | | St Thomas Mount - Stbd tyr burst, wheels up landin | ||
| 28 Jun 45 | Spitfire XIVe | ?? | Plt Offr Rodney Godfrey Buchanan* | 4 | Cr in Air to ground firing range | |
| 30 Jun 45 | Defiant TT II | AA398 | | 22AACU | Ambala - port tyre burst on TO , uc collapse | |
| 03 Jul 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF158 | | 151OTU | Peshawar, Pilot undertook a sucessful landing afte | |
| 09 Jul 45 | Spitfire VIIIc | JF764 | Plt Offr S K Kaul | 151OTU | retd RAF Crashed | |
| 10 Jul 45 | Hurricane IIC | LD945 | | 151OTU | Peshawar - Pilot stuck tree during diving attack a |
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Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.