Indian Air Force Combat Kills Indo Pakistan War1971

It should be noted that the claims and admissions of opposing airforces do not match, especially in terms of aircraft destroyed on ground at PAF airbases. For example, IAF claims atleast three F-86 destroyed at Tezgaon. There is no way to confirm if these aircraft were destroyed by the PAF themselves or destroyed in the air offensive. Other admissions like the USAF Beech Queen Air and the RCAF Twin Otter too cannot be attributed.

AIR TO AIR

Date

Aircraft

Name of the    Pilot

 Aircraft Sqn Remarks
22 Nov 71 F-86 Sabre Flt Lt R A Massey Gnat 22 Boyra, Eastern Sector.
22 Nov 71 F-86 Sabre Flt Lt M A Ganapathy Gnat 22 Boyra, Eastern Sector. F/O Khalil Ahmed
22 Nov 71 F-86 Sabre Fg Off D Lazarus Gnat 22 Boyra, Eastern Sector. F/L Pervez Quereshi
04 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Wg Cdr C V Parker Hunter 20 Probable - Not confirmed
04 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Wg Cdr N Chatrat Hunter 17 Dacca
04 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Flt Lt V K Neb Hunter 17 Dacca
04 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Wg Cdr R Sundaresan Hunter 14 Dacca S/L Dilawar
04 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Fg Off H Masand Hunter 37 Dacca
04 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Fg Off S Jayendra Hunter ?? Dacca
04 Dec 71 U/I (Mirage III) Fg Off Sudhir Tyagi Hunter 27 Murid Air Base
05 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Sqn Ldr K K Bakshi HF-24 220 Hyderabad , Sind
10 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Sqn Ldr R N Bharadwaj Hunter 20 From raid on Chamb
12 Dec 71 F-6 Flt Lt M S Malhotra Su-7 32 Mianwalli AFB
12 Dec 71 F-104 Starfighter Flt Lt B B Soni MiG-21 47 Jamnagar
13 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Flt Lt K S Suresh Hunter OCU Talhar
13 Dec 71 F-86 Sabre Sqn Ldr F J Mehta Hunter OCU Talhar
16 Dec 71 F-6 Flt Lt S B Shah MiG-21 29 Nayachor
17 Dec 71 F-104 Starfighter Sqn Ldr I S Bindra MiG-21 29 Uttarlai
17 Dec 71 F-104 Starfighter Flt Lt Niraj Kukreja MiG-21 29 Nayachor
17 Dec 71 F-104 Starfighter Flt Lt A K Datta MiG-21 29 Nayachor

TOTAL AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AIR TO AIR COMBAT:   20

AIR TO GROUND

Date

Aircraft

Strike Leader

 Aircraft Sqn Remarks
04 Dec 71 3 x F-86 Sabre - Su-7 221 Dest on Ground at Tejgaon Dacca
04 Dec 71 3 x Light Aircraft Wg Cdr B K Bishnoi MiG-21 28 Dest on Ground at Tejgaon Dacca
04 Dec 71 DHC6 Twin Otter Wg Cdr B K Bishnoi MiG-21 28 Dest on Ground at Tejgaon Dacca
04 Dec 71 2 x F-86 Sabre Wg Cdr C V Parker Hunter 20 Strafed on ORP at Peshawar
04 Dec 71 2 x F-86 Sabre Sqn Ldr V K Bhatia Su-7 32 Shorkot
04 Dec 71 1 RB-57 Fg Off A V Sathaye Su-7 32 Shorkot
04 Dec 71 C-130 Hercules Lt Arun Prakash Hunter 20 Chaklala
04 Dec 71 F-104 Sqn Ldr A A Rozario Hunter 20 Murid
04 Dec 71 3 x B-57 Wg Cdr D M Conquest Hunter OCU Masroor
05 Dec 71 1 EB-57 Wg Cdr K K Badhwar Canberra 35 Masroor
05 Dec 71 C-130 Hercules Sqn Ldr R N Bharadwaj Hunter 20 Chaklala
05 Dec 71 DHC-6  Flt Lt Gahlaut Hunter 20 Chaklala
05 Dec 71 C-130 Hercules Lt Arun Prakash Hunter 20 Mianwali
08 Dec 71 2 x F-6 . Hunter 20 Murid
. . . . . .

TOTAL AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AIR TO GROUND ATTACKS:   23

 

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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