IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1947 : 73

A total of 73 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
06 Jan 47	Harvard IIB	FE371		1SFTS	crew lost in poor weather and BO 12m w of Belar
07 Jan 47	Spitfire XIVe	NH929	Fg Offr N Haider Mirza	9 Sqn	Accident - Uninjured
10 Jan 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MD384	Plt Offr U A Vaz	AFS(I)	engine cut on approach, belly landed at Ambala, Pi
14 Jan 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT828	Plt Offr M U Ducase	2 Sqn	Kohat - tyre Burst on TO and ac BL in airfield
16 Jan 47	Spitfire XIVe	NH873	Plt Offr R H Beaupert	AFS(I)	Tyre burst on TO, BL at Ambala
29 Jan 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT841	Plt Offr P Callaghan	2 Sqn	Kohat ac FL after engine caught fire - Pt injured
12 Feb 47	Spitfire XIVe	MV371	Fg Offr M Hosain	AFS(I)	engine cut, BL, damaged fuselage 8 m NW of Ambala
14 Feb 47	Spitfire PR.XI	PL997	Plt Offr Durney	7 Sqn	Engine cut on take of, FL at Kohat, Burnt out
14 Feb 47	Spitfire VIIIc	NH651	Plt Offr G E Wilkes	7 Sqn	Miranshah - ac tipped up after Tyre burst on TO
19 Feb 47	Spitfire XIVe	TX988	Fg Offr S Srinivasan	9 Sqn	engine cut on cross country flt, BL near Ichawara
20 Feb 47	Spitfire XIVe	NH803	Fg Offr Jafar Zaheer	9 Sqn	BL at Nagpur
21 Feb 47	Tempest II	PR532	Fg Offr Khan ?	3 Sqn	eng failure 4m E of Lhoardanga - ac BL and was ran
21 Feb 47	Spitfire XIVe	RN199	Plt Offr T N Ahmed +	7 Sqn	hit mudwall at end of runway on low approach crash
21 Feb 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MV430	Plt Offr H V Smith +	AFS(I)	pilot blacked out while pulling out of dive, loope
27 Feb 47	Spitfire XIVe	NH788		6 Sqn	lost on Navex, Overshot into Ditch at Chanbad, Dha
04 Mar 47	Spitfire XIVe	TP256	Plt Offr H Storey	AFS(I)	prop blade broke off in flight, engine smoked, air
06 Mar 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT725	Plt Offr A S Bakshi	AFS(I)	flapless landing, UC Collapse Ambala
15 Mar 47	Spitfire XIVe	TX991	Fg Offr A K Sehgal +	9 Sqn	ferry to No.9, engine cut, FL, crashed 30M NW of s
18 Mar 47	Spitfire XIVe	TZ104	Plt Offr R H Beaupert +	6 Sqn	Engine cut on recce, pilot struck wing Baling out,
19 Mar 47	Harvard IIB	FE380		1SFTS	Ambala - ac failed to TO during touch and go - pro
26 Mar 47	Tigermoth II	DD666		2EFTS	Salpur Port u/c collapse on TO and extensive Damag
01 Apr 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT662	Fg Offr W H Walmsley	1 Sqn	tyre burst on heavy night landing, BL at yelahanka
12 Apr 47	Tigermoth II	DG545	Fg Offr E G Hall Cdt Harrision	2EFTS	6m SE of Jodhpur eng failure FL Pilot and Cadet Ha
15 Apr 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MV118	Fg Offr N B Menon	6 Sqn	while turning at end of runway run into by MT520
15 Apr 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT520	Fg Offr J L Payne	6 Sqn	ferry flt, Fast landing to avoid MV118 but hit air
15 Apr 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT832	Plt Offr U G Wright	AFS(I)	Ambala - engine stalled short of runway ac crl and
19 Apr 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT881	Fg Offr D B Pigott	2 Sqn	short of fuel on cross country flight, FL wheels d
26 Apr 47	Spitfire XIVe	RN178	Flt Lt M B Naik	6 Sqn	engine lost power on cross country flight, BL in f
27 Apr 47	Spitfire XIVe	RN192	Fg Offr J Zaheer	9 Sqn	engine cut on ferryflt BL in field near Kunkurali,
01 May 47	Spitfire VIIIc		A/Plt Offr Venner	AFS(I)	DNE Forcelanded in a Hurricane - No date
05 May 47	Harvard IIB	KF114	Sqn Ldr Dilip Kumar Bose +	Kohat CF	Kohat stn flt - AC stalled on turn after TO,
07 May 47	Spitfire XIVe	MV305	Fg Offr N K Mukherjee	6 Sqn	Starboard tyre burst on TO at Ranchi, BL. NK or MK
14 May 47	Tempest II	PR836	Sqn Ldr Madan Lal Mishra	3 Sqn	Pilot of No.7 Sqdn undergoing training with 3 Sqdn
14 May 47	Spitfire XIVe	RN157	Fg Offr C T Rhenius	8 Sqn	engine cut on airtest, belly landed on kolar airfi
14 May 47	Spitfire XIVe	NH837	Plt Offr Ashraff	AFS(I)	lost pW/Oer in circuit, fast appraoch, BL Ambala.
22 May 47	Spitfire XIVe	RN220	Fg Offr Hoshang K Patel	7 Sqn	lost way on ferry flight, short of fuel, BL at Shi
23 May 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MV459	Plt Offr U A D'Cruz	AFS(I)	engine cutt, BL in river bed at Mullana village, 1
05 Jun 47	Tigermoth II	DG596		2EFTS	Jodhpur - ac stalled on appraoch made heavy landin
11 Jun 47	Tempest II	PR646	Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit	5 Sqdn RAF	5 RAF ac uc collapse on ldg - caught fire and burn
11 Jun 47	Spitfire XIVe	TX979	Fg Offr G S Sekhon +	4 Sqn	flew into mountain ag Okyama Japan, followed by No
11 Jun 47	Spitfire XIVe	SM925	Fg Offr J A Martin +	4 Sqn	flew into mountain at Okayama Japan while followin
12 Jun 47	Tigermoth II	EM847		2EFTS	Jodhpur - student pilot made bad ldg and cr - inst
18 Jun 47	Tempest II	PR596	Flt Lt Randhir Singh	3 Sqn	Miranshah - ac ran off runway and into ditch after
20 Jun 47	Tempest II	PR855	Flt Lt Randhir Singh	3 Sqn	Pilot of No.7 Sqdn undergoing training with 3 Sqdn
20 Jun 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MV406		AFS(I)	ran short of fuel during aerobatics, belly landed
26 Jun 47	Tempest II	PR804	Plt Offr S R Bose	AFS(I)	Kolar eng failed inflight ac BL and dam to fuselag
06 Jul 47	Tempest II	PR586	Fg Offr George Henry King	AFS(I)	ac swung to port at Miransha and tipped over.
15 Jul 47	Tigermoth II	DP262		2EFTS	Flying Accident at Jodhpur
15 Jul 47	Tigermoth II	DP262		2EFTS	Banar Landing ground in rajputana - ac stalled pri
16 Jul 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT912	Plt Offr G S Guran +	1SFTS	dived on low level flight at Gara Village 3m S of

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