LIST OF INDIAN PILOTS - KILLED, POW OR EJECTED SAFELY
Note: ES - Ejected Safely, POW - Prisoner of War
| Rank & Pilot's Name | Sqn No. | Date | Aircraft & Cause | Status |
Sqn. Ldr. M.J. Marston |
10 | 10 Sept | Vampire, shot up on ground | Killed |
Sqn. Ldr. O.N. Kacker |
27 | 07 Sept | Hunter, shot down | POW |
Sqn. Ldr. A.B. Devayya |
1 | 07 Sept | Mystere, shot down by F-104 | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. R.K. Uppal | 1 | 11 Sept | Mystere, shot down by anti-aircraft | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. N.K. Malik | 2 | 14 Sept | Gnat, died of wounds after aircraft landed | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. Jasbir Singh | 3 | 07 Sept | Mystere, shot down by anti-aircraft | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. A.K. Rawlley | 7 | 06 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. S.B. Bhagwat | 7 | 07 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. D.P. Chatterjee | 7 | 20 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Sqn. Ldr. B.S. Sikand | 2 | 03 Sept | Gnat, force landed in Pak territory | POW |
| Flt. Lt. P.S. Pingale | 7 | 06 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | ES |
| Flt. Lt. S.K. Sharma | 7 | 20 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | ES |
| Flt. Lt. G.S. Ahuja | 27 | 09 Sept | Hunter, shot down by anti-aircraft | Killed |
| Flt. Lt. A.N.Kale | 2 | 13 Sept | Gnat, ejected after damage by Sabre | ES |
| Flt. Lt. T.K. Chaudhary | 27 | 15 Sept | Hunter, shot down by anti-aircraft | Killed |
| Flt. Lt. V.M. Joshi | 220 | 01 Sept | Vampire, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Flt. Lt. Babul Guha | 1 | 07 Sept | Mystere, lost over Sargodha | Killed |
| Flt. Lt. K.C. Cariappa | 20 | 22 Sept | Hunter, lost to anti-aircraft fire | POW |
| Flt. Lt. T.S. Sethi | 31 | 13 Sept | Mystere, Shot down by AA Fire | Killed |
| Flt. Lt. M.M. Lowe | 5 | 21 Sept | Canberra, shot down by F-104 | POW |
| Flt. Lt. L. Sadarangani | 8 | 13 Sept | Mystere, Shot down by anti-aircraft | POW |
| Flt. Lt. V.M. Mayadev | 9 | 19 Sept | Gnat, shot down by F-86 | POW |
| Fg. Off. A.R. Gandhi | 7 | 06 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | ES |
| Fg. Off. J.S. Brar | 7 | 07 Sept | Hunter, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Fg. Off. P.R. Ramchandani | 3 | 26 Sept | ?, died after the war | Killed |
| Fg. Off. K.K. Kapur | 5 | 21 Sept | Navigator to M.M. Lowe's Canberra | Killed |
| Fg. Off. F.D. Bunsha | 7 | 16 Sept | Hunter, shot down | Killed |
| Fg. Off. S. Bharadwaj | 45 | 01 Sept | Vampire, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Fg. Off. A.K.Bhagwagar | 45 | 01 Sept | Vampire, shot down by F-86 | Killed |
| Fg. Off. S.V.Pathak | 220 | 01 Sept | Vampire, shot down by F-86 | ES |
| Fg. Off. D.P. Chinoy | ? | 10 Sept | Mystere, shot down by anti-aircraft | ES |
| Fg. Off. M.V. Singh | 7 | 8 Sept | Hunter, shot down by anti-aircraft | POW |
SUMMARY:
| No. of pilots taken POW | 7 |
| No. of pilots ejected safely | 6 |
| No. of pilots killed involving loss of aircraft | 17 |
| Aircrew killed | 1 |
| Pilots killed not involving aircraft loss | 1 |
| TOTAL AIRCREW KILLED AND POW | 26 |
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