Indian Air Force Combat Kills Indo Pakistan War1965
AIR TO AIR
Date |
Aircraft |
Name of the Pilot |
Aircraft | Sqn | Remarks |
| 03 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Sqn Ldr TJ Keelor | Gnat | 23 | Over Chamb . |
| 04 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt VS Pathania | Gnat | 23 | Over Chamb . F/L N Butt |
| 06 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Fg Off AR Ghandhi | Hunter | 7 | Halwara |
| 06 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt DN Rathore | Hunter | 27 | Halwara S/L S A Rafiqui |
| 06 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Fg Off VK Neb | Hunter | 27 | Halwara F/L M Yunus |
| 07 Sept 65 | F-104 Starfighter | Sqn Ldr AB Devayya | Mystere | 1 | Sargodha F/L A Hussain |
| 07 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt AT Cooke | Hunter | 14 | Kalaikunda |
| 07 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Fg Off SC Mamgain | Hunter | 14 | Kalaikunda |
| 14 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Wg Cdr Bharat Singh | Gnat | 2 | Aircombat over Halwara |
| 15 Sept 65 | Cessna O-1 | Wg Cdr S Bhattacharya | Mystere | 3 | by Rockets. Capt Hidayatullah |
| 16 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Fg Off PS Pingale | Hunter | 7 | Halwara , Confirmed as F/O M I Shaukat |
| 18 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Sqn Ldr AS Sandhu | Gnat | 23 | Lahore |
| 19 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Sqn Ldr D Keelor | Gnat | 9 | Kasur, Confirmed as F/L S M Ahmad |
| 19 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt V Kapila | Gnat | 9 | Kasur |
| 20 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt AK Mazumdar | Gnat | 2 | Lahore. Confirmed as F/L A H Haq |
| 16 Dec 65 | Cessna O-1 | Sqn Ldr TJ Keelor | Gnat | 23 | Shot down near Boparai Village. ?? |
TOTAL AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AIR TO AIR COMBAT: 16
AIR TO GROUND
Date |
Aircraft |
Name of the Pilot |
Aircraft | Sqn | Remarks |
| 07 Sept 65 | C-130 Hercules | Wg Cdr OP Taneja | Mystere | 1 | Dawn Strike on Sargodha 0555 Hrs |
| 07 Sept 65 | F-104 Starfighter | -NA- | Mystere | 1 | Dawn Strike on Sargodha 0555 Hrs |
| 07 Sept 65 | 2 x F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt DN Rathore | Hunter | 27 | Attack on Sargodha 0610 Hrs. N/C |
| 07 Sept 65 | F-86 Sabre | Sqn Ldr S Handa | Mystere | 1 | Attack on Sargodha at 1000 Hrs |
| 07 Sept 65 | 2 x F-86 Sabre | Flt Lt DMS Kahai | Mystere | 1 | Attack on Sargodha at 1000 Hrs |
| F-104 Starfighter |
TOTAL AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AIR TO GROUND ATTACKS: 8
Notes:
1. Entries marked with "?" in the remarks column
are not confirmed by secondary sources.
2. The abandoned aircraft were later returned by the Chinese as a gesture of
"goodwill".
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