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1957 : 14

A total of 14 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
08 Feb 57 Dakota C-47 IJ-821 Flt Lt Mohinder Kumar Dhawan +
Fg Offr Coimbatore Seshaiyengar Srinivasan +		 11 Sqn cr Nagaland. Fg Offr RLC Richards 4395 killed
13 Feb 57 Ouragan Plt Offr Om Prakash Chopra +
 Click to View Record 3 Sqn K in Crash, TO from Ambala
27 Mar 57 Vampire T55 Flt Lt Kaikhushro Kershasp Dastoor +
 7 Sqn MAC with Vamp flown by Balachandani Jamnagar
09 Apr 57 Ouragan Fg Offr Maharaj Krishan Mehta +
 2 Sqn
12 Apr 57 Vampire FB52 IB-795 Plt Offr Mohan Lal Suri +
 Click to View Record 23 Sqn Crashed near Khambaliya during a rejoin from a Clo
08 May 57 Dakota C-47 HJ-918 Fg Offr Baldev Raj Jain +
Fg Offr Jagdish Singh Sodhi +		 12 Sqn ac cr Pir Panjal in J& K. Nav Plt Offr OP Soni (50
25 Jun 57 Vampire FB52 Fg Offr Jagjit Singh Bassi +
 Click to View Record 27 Sqn In Memoriam
17 Jul 57 Ouragan Plt Offr Anant Kumar Mukherji +
 2 Sqn K in Crash, TO from Ambala
24 Jul 57 Canberra B 2 WE114 Flt Lt Seerala Hari Kumar Naidu +
Flt Lt Dwarika Prasad Pandey +		 Click to View Record 231 OCU Crashed during night approach at Bassingbourne, UK
12 Aug 57 Vampire FB52 Fg Offr Vishwa Nath Mehra +
 23 Sqn Mid Air collision with S D Shukla
12 Aug 57 Vampire FB52 Plt Offr Soma Datta Shukla +
 23 Sqn Mid air collision with V N Mehra
22 Aug 57 Vampire FB52 Plt Offr Bishambernath Purshotamlal Madan +
 Click to View Record 23 Sqn Killed during rejoin
12 Sep 57 Devon HW-524 Sqn Ldr Suhas Biswas +
Flt Lt William Avil Serrao +		 Click to View Record ac cr in niligiris. All the four members of the cr
29 Oct 57 Ouragan Fg Offr Surinder Singh +
 4 Sqn In Memoriam

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