IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1947 : 13 1948 : 20 1949 : 9 1950 : 3 1951 : 4 1952 : 40 1953 : 5 1954 : 8

A total of 102 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
21 Feb 47 Tempest II PR532 Fg Offr Khan ?
Click to View Record 3 Sqn eng failure 4m E of Lhoardanga - ac BL and was ran
14 May 47 Tempest II PR836 Sqn Ldr Madan Lal Mishra
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Pilot of No.7 Sqdn undergoing training with 3 Sqdn
11 Jun 47 Tempest II PR646 Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit
Click to View Record 5 Sqdn RAF 5 RAF ac uc collapse on ldg - caught fire and burn
18 Jun 47 Tempest II PR596 Flt Lt Randhir Singh
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Miranshah - ac ran off runway and into ditch after
20 Jun 47 Tempest II PR855 Flt Lt Randhir Singh
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Pilot of No.7 Sqdn undergoing training with 3 Sqdn
26 Jun 47 Tempest II PR804 Plt Offr S R Bose
Click to View Record AFS(I) Kolar eng failed inflight ac BL and dam to fuselag
06 Jul 47 Tempest II PR586 Fg Offr George Henry King
Click to View Record AFS(I) ac swung to port at Miransha and tipped over.
24 Jul 47 Tempest II PR548 Plt Offr H S Bedi
Click to View Record 2 Sqn ac tyre burst on ldg - ran over runway and nosed o
26 Jul 47 Tempest II PR534 Flt Lt Dewan Balwant Rai +
2 Sqn flew into blind valley - struck gorund in bad weat
28 Aug 47 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Mohan Dev Suri +
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Crash in bad weather on ferry flight Bom to Pune
12 Oct 47 Tempest II
7 Sqn Pilot Ejected
11 Nov 47 Tempest II PR836 Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Injured in Crash at Pune
10 Dec 47 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Sidney Basil Noronha
Click to View Record 7 Sqn Baled out after damage by ground fire
28 Jan 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Tilak Raj Behal
3 Sqn Crashed on Forced Landing
29 Jan 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Amit Singh Bakhshi
8 Sqn ac crashed landing at jammu caught fire
15 Mar 48 Tempest II PR749 Fg Offr Donald George Michael
Click to View Record 8 Sqn Battle Damage, Ac Cr and overturned Jammu
16 Mar 48 Tempest II PR597 Fg Offr Balwant Singh +
Click to View Record 8 Sqn Shot Down by Anti-Aircraft fire
22 Mar 48 Tempest II PR660 Flt Lt Saradindu Das Gupta +
10 Sqn Crashed during an operational sortie in Kashmir
05 Apr 48 Tempest II
7 Sqn Pilot Ejected
12 May 48 Tempest II PR601 Fg Offr Derek Austin O Brien +
8 Sqn Crashed due to stuck throttle on landing at Jammu
14 May 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Dilip Kumar Sen +
4 Sqn
01 Jul 48 Tempest II PR621 Plt Offr Vijendra Nath Bhargava +
4 Sqn Aircraft overturned after landing.
04 Jul 48 Tempest II HA-443 Plt Offr Leonard Dewin Coello +
3 Sqn
01 Aug 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Jesse Walter Davidson +
3 Sqn
08 Aug 48 Tempest II HA-431 Flt Lt Aloysius William Barrette +
Click to View Record 8 Sqn Crashed on Take-off during airtest. 1320 Hours
12 Sep 48 Tempest II HA-411 Fg Offr Donald George Baptiste +
7 Sqn Shot Down by Anti-Aircraft fire at Kishen Ganga Va
14 Sep 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Melville Vivian Ducasse
3 Sqn Hyd Ops Sortie to Hospet ac CrL at Sholapur
14 Sep 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Tilak Raj Behal
3 Sqn Hyd Ops Sortie to Hospet ran out fuel Plt BO Bagal
03 Oct 48 Tempest II HA-363 Fg Offr Urmston George Wright
7 Sqn SD by our own AA over Kishenganga, Baled Out.
05 Nov 48 Tempest II HA-416 Plt Offr Ivor Patrick Carrapiett +
10 Sqn
09 Dec 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Terence Roy Frantz +
4 Sqn
09 Dec 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Sigamany Lokanathan +
4 Sqn
21 Dec 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Nevile Charles Isacke +
4 Sqn
03 May 49 Tempest II Flt Lt Arthur Srihari +
Click to View Record 7 Sqn Crash 7 miles from Rohtak
29 Jul 49 Tempest II HA-536 Plt Offr Geoffrey Derek Gannon +
3 Sqn Cr 18m from Dhond Source: http://pibarchive.nic.i
26 Oct 49 Tempest II HA-444 Fg Offr Percy Edward Harrington
Click to View Record 1 BRD Possibly Repaired Belly landed - Undercarraige collapse
01 Nov 49 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Ramchandra Vasudeo Ghisad +
4 Sqn failed to pull out of dive - Hyd FPD
03 Nov 49 Tempest II HA-575 Flt Lt Potula Venkata Sobhan Ram
Click to View Record 1 AFA Baled out after colliding with Tempest - Second ba
03 Nov 49 Tempest II Plt Offr Kapal Dev Khanna +
1 AFA Collided with Tempest flown by PVS Ram - killed
16 Nov 49 Tempest II Flt Lt Baldev Singh Dogra
Click to View Record 10 Sqn collided with above - Plt BO
16 Nov 49 Tempest II Fg Offr Neville Wyse Harrison +
10 Sqn Bird hit and MAC with wingman over Cal 11k in all
29 Dec 49 Tempest II Fg Offr Madan Lal Jhingan +
8 Sqn In Memoriam
04 Apr 50 Tempest II Plt Offr Reginald John Manual Upot
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Baled out
28 Apr 50 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Kenneth Merals David +
Click to View Record 3 Sqn Cr ferrying a snagged aircraft to Pune
15 May 50 Tempest II Fg Offr Yogesh Datt
3 Sqn BO at 1000 feet when aircraft caught fire Pune
07 Feb 51 Tempest II Plt Offr Stephen Patrick Michael +
4 Sqn Prop detached, BO over Western Ghats
05 Apr 51 Tempest II HA-578 Plt Offr Kishin Advani
Click to View Record CTU Ambala Wheel came off during ldg, nosed over
31 May 51 Tempest II Plt Offr Norman Eduljee +
4 Sqn In Memoriam
24 Nov 51 Tempest II Fg Offr Hugo Pachero Gracias +
3 Sqn flew into tree during LL flying Halwara
02 Jan 52 Tempest II Fg Offr Walter Harold Walmsley
Possibly Repaired Pilot OK

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