IAF Claims vs. Official List of PAF Losses

IAF CLAIMS VS. OFFICIAL LIST OF PAF LOSSES

Pakistan admits the loss of about 19 of its aircraft belonging to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). These are broken up into 13 F-86s, two F-104 Starfighters and four B-57 Canberras. There were losses from other wings, of which positive proof in terms of wreckage was recovered.

These include a Bell Helicopter and an Auster AOP aircraft of the Pakistan Army Aviation. This list is from John Fricker's Battle for Pakistan, Ian Allan. Thanks to Rakesh Koshy for sending this list.

Table A: Indian Air Force Claims in the Air

Note: W/C - Wing Commander, S/L - Squadron Leader, F/L - Flight Lieutenant, F/O - Flying Officer

Date	Aircraft Type	Pilot	Aircraft & Sqn.	Location
03-Sep	F-86 Sabre	S/L Trevor Keelor	Gnat - No.23 Sqn	Over Chamb
04-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/L V.S. Pathania	Gnat - No.23 Sqn	Over Chamb
06-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/O A.R. Gandhi	Hunter - No. 7 Sqn	Halwara
06-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/L D.N. Rathore	Hunter - No.27 Sqn	Halwara
06-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/O V.K. Neb	Hunter - No.27 Sqn	Halwara
07-Sep	F-104 Starfighter	S/L A.B. Devayya	Mystere - No.1 Sqn	Sargodha
07-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/L A.T. Cooke	Hunter - No.14 Sqn	Kalaikonda
07-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/O S.C. Mamgain	Hunter - No.14 Sqn	Kalaikonda
14-Sep	F-86 Sabre	W/C Bharat Singh	Gnat - No.2 Sqn	Lahore
16-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/O P.S. Pingale	Hunter - No. 7 Sqn	Khem Karan
18-Sep	F-86 Sabre	S/L A.S. Sandhu	Gnat - No.23 Sqn	Lahore
19-Sep	F-86 Sabre	S/L Denzil Keelor	Gnat - No.9 Sqn	Sialkot
19-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/O Vinay Kapila	Gnat - No.9 Sqn	Sialkot
20-Sep	F-86 Sabre	F/O A.K. Mazumdar	Gnat - No.2 Sqn	Kasur

Table B: Official List of Pakistani Losses

Note: W/C - Wing Commander, S/L - Squadron Leader, F/L - Flight Lieutenant, F/O - Flying Officer

Date	Rank and Name of PAF Pilot, with Aircraft Type	Cause	Status	Target
4-Sep	F/O N.M. Butt - F-86	Shot down by F/L Pathania, piloting a Gnat	BO	Chamb
6-Sep	S/L S.A. Rafique - F-86	Shot down by F/O Gandhi, piloting a Hunter	Killed	Halwara
6-Sep	F/L A.T.M. Aziz - F-86	Crashed during night T-O	Killed	Tejgaon
6-Sep	F/O Yunus Hussain - F-86	Shot down by F/O V.K. Neb, piloting a Hunter	Killed	Halwara
6-Sep	S/L S.A. Siddique and S/L A. Qureshi - B-57	Anti-Aircraft Fire	Killed	Jamnagar
7-Sep	F/L Amjad Hussain - F-104	Shot down by S/L Devayya, piloting a Mystere	BO	Sargodha
7-Sep	None - F-86 Sabre	Destroyed on ground	---	Sargodha
7-Sep	F/L Sikander Azam - F-86	Crashed during night landing	Killed	Lahore
7-Sep	F/L Afzal Khan - F-86	Shot down by F/L A.T. Cooke, piloting a Hunter	Killed	Kalaikonda
8-Sep	F/L Sadruddin - F-86	Anti-Aircraft Fire	Ejected	Amritsar
11-Sep	S/L M. Ahmed - F-86	Anti-Aircraft Fire	Killed	Amritsar
11-Sep	S/L Mohd Iqbal and F/L Saifuddin Lodhi - RB-57	Own Anti-Aircraft Fire	Killed	Amritsar
13-Sep	S/L A.U. Ahmed - F-86	Damaged in Train Blast	Killed	Ferozepur
14-Sep	F/L Sheik and F/L B.A. Choudary - B-57	Anti-Aircraft Fire	POW	Adampur
16-Sep	F/O Shaukat - F-86	Shot down by F/O Pingale, piloting a Hunter	POW	Halwara
17-Sep	F/L. M.A. Butt and F/O K. U. Zaman - B-57	?	Killed	Risalpur
17-Sep	F/O G.O. Abbassi - F-104	Undershot runway and then crashed	Ejected	Sargodha
19-Sep	F/L S.M. Ahmed - F-86	Crashed after damage in air combat with S/L Trevor Keelor and F/O Kapila, piloting Gnats	Ejected	Sargodha
20-Sep	F/L A.H. Malik - F-86	Shot down by F/O Mazumdar, piloting a Gnat	Ejected	Khem Karan

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