IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1941 : 2

1942 : 16

1943 : 8

1944 : 9

1945 : 1

1946 : 1

1947 : 7

1949 : 3

1950 : 1

1951 : 1

1952 : 3

1953 : 2

A total of 54 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
14 Jun 41	Tigermoth II	T1782		1SFTS	While taking off from a field near Saharanpur, col
05 Nov 41	Tigermoth II	DG530	Instr S Bhuyan + Offr Cdt Sawaranjit Singh +	1EFTS	VT-APR Pilot tried to loop at 1000 ft AGL without
09 Feb 42	Tigermoth II	R5121	Plt Offr M J Mangalraj Plt Offr A S P Jaipal	1SFTS	spun in from 600ft. Pilots injured but safe. 1 gir
11 Feb 42	Tigermoth	VT-AQT	Offr Cdt Redi	1EFTS	damaged ac struck tree middle of secunderabad. Off
10 Mar 42	Tigermoth II	VT-ANC	Offr Cdt Goharbans Singh	1EFTS	Stalled and crashed during turning at Begumpet
16 Mar 42	Tigermoth DH82	VT-ANF	Flt Cdt Ronald Eian MacKenzie + Fg Offr Dennis John Alsen FLETCHER +	1EFTS	Broken Prop caused engine failure 1 m N of Libkagu
19 Mar 42	Tigermoth DH82	VT-AMQ	Plt Offr Raza Ullah Khan + Offr Cdt S A Aziz	1EFTS	collided with VT-ANA over Yarragadda at Begumpet C
09 Apr 42	Tigermoth DH82	VT-AND	Offr Cdt Gopalkrishna	1EFTS	tried to avoid boundary fence at begumpet, and fai
21 Apr 42	Tigermoth DH82	VT-AMT		1EFTS	undershot runway at Begumpet and cr into fence. La
07 May 42	Tigermoth II	VT-AMN	Offr Cdt Shyam Sunder Nath Dar + Plt Offr Dara Phirozshah Majoo +	1EFTS	Struck palm tree 1 mile N of Begumpet during LL Fl
04 Aug 42	Tigermoth II	DG507		1 CDF	FL 5m W of Bamrauli due to Engine failure . Ac fat
19 Oct 42	Tigermoth II	DG483		2EFTS	Pilot overshot landing area, aircraft overturned a
20 Oct 42	Tigermoth	VT-APN	Offr Cdt U K Nair	1EFTS
23 Oct 42	Tigermoth II	VT-AMR	Offr Cdt Jaganathan	1EFTS	swung after landing and crashed into VT-AOC damagi
23 Oct 42	Tigermoth II	VT-ALC	Offr Cdt Faruki	1EFTS	heavy landing at Begumpet, uc collapse and ac turn
23 Oct 42	Tigermoth DH82	VT-AOC		1EFTS	struck by VT AMR which swung on landing AC W/O Beg
28 Oct 42	Tigermoth II	VT-APN	Offr Cdt W R Meneziz +	1EFTS	Crashed out of control near ground at Begumpet - D
02 Dec 42	Tigermoth II	VT-AQI	Plt Offr B K Dass Offr Cdt John	2EFTS	engine cut after LL aero from 500ft. Overturned on
23 Jan 43	Tigermoth II	AX798		1SFTS	VT-AIF eng failure on TO from George strip FL SOC
03 Feb 43	Tigermoth	VT-ALH	Offr Cdt Kolhatkar	1EFTS
04 Feb 43	Tigermoth DH82	VT-ANB	Offr Cdt W/Ood	1EFTS	Cr at hakimpet ALG during LL aerobatics SOC Cat E2
17 Mar 43	Tigermoth DH82	VT-AGR	Plt Offr Purushottam	1EFTS	While flying low at Medchal VT-AGR struck tW/O ped
21 Jun 43	Tigermoth	LR228	Flt Lt Houston Fg Offr Aziz	22AACU	Crashed at Poonia nr Katni, both injured Aziz seri
19 Jul 43	Tigermoth II	HK812	Plt Offr J W G Marley	2EFTS	Stalled and Crashed at Mellana AF, Jodhpur, uc col
04 Sep 43	Tigermoth II	DG512	Fg Offr Reginald Ernest RYAN+ Fg Offr K B Joshi	2EFTS	Dived into ground after stalling at 1000 feet near
11 Sep 43	Tigermoth II	DG515	Offr Cdt A J Clarke	2EFTS	Spun into trees after stalling in a climbing turn
24 Mar 44	Tigermoth II		Fg Offr S A Hussain Offr Cdt M M Mansoor	2EFTS	pupil damaged u/c. Ac had to 'Crash Land' after go
17 May 44	Tigermoth	NL748		1EFTS	Flying accident 1100hrs 3 m N of Begumpet. Pilot u
05 Jun 44	Tigermoth	NL723	W/O Kay	22AACU	Cr at Cholavaram after pilot tried to go around
28 Jun 44	Tigermoth II	DG462		1EFTS	heavy landing at Begumpet, uc collapse
07 Nov 44	Tigermoth II	DP260		1EFTS	Flying Accident at Begumpet
28 Nov 44	Tigermoth		Lt N R Ker	1EFTS	From IA, Crashed after bad landing, AC W/O
30 Nov 44	Tigermoth		Fg Offr J B Dordi	1EFTS	Crashed after Bad landing , AC W/O
06 Dec 44	Tigermoth II	DG492		1EFTS	Struck Telegraph pole coming into FL 1 M N of Begu
15 Dec 44	Tigermoth		Lt N R Ker	1EFTS	Forced Landing, AC caught fire and burnt out
03 Mar 45	Tigermoth	T6921	Fg Offr S B Noronha	IAFDF	Accident while landing . lower part compression le
17 Dec 46	Tigermoth II	DG524		2EFTS	Zabeli - instr distracted during touch and go prac
26 Mar 47	Tigermoth II	DD666		2EFTS	Salpur Port u/c collapse on TO and extensive Damag
12 Apr 47	Tigermoth II	DG545	Fg Offr E G Hall Cdt Harrision	2EFTS	6m SE of Jodhpur eng failure FL Pilot and Cadet Ha
05 Jun 47	Tigermoth II	DG596		2EFTS	Jodhpur - ac stalled on appraoch made heavy landin
12 Jun 47	Tigermoth II	EM847		2EFTS	Jodhpur - student pilot made bad ldg and cr - inst
15 Jul 47	Tigermoth II	DP262		2EFTS	Flying Accident at Jodhpur
15 Jul 47	Tigermoth II	DP262		2EFTS	Banar Landing ground in rajputana - ac stalled pri
10 Oct 47	Tigermoth DH-82		Flt Cdt Arjun Singh Negi +
07 Apr 49	Tigermoth DH-82		Flt Lt Trilok Nath Bhanot +	FIS	Crashed as aircraft did not recover from spin
11 Nov 49	Tigermoth DH-82		Flt Cdt Gurdev Singh +	2 AFA	In Memoriam
21 Dec 49	Tigermoth DH-82		Flt Cdt Kitto +	2 AFA	In Memoriam
19 Apr 50	Tigermoth DH-82		Fg Offr Mahendra Singh +	1 AFA	In Memoriam
01 Dec 51	Tigermoth DH-82		Flt Lt Gerald Bertram Cabral + Flt Cdt S D Ghaisad +	1 AFA	Cr at Glass Factory Begumpet
13 Jun 52	Tigermoth DH-82		Flt Cdt Yagdutt Sally +	2 AFA	In Memoriam

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