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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1941 : 6 1942 : 9 1943 : 66 1944 : 179 1945 : 136 1946 : 5

A total of 401 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
11 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB HV421 Fg Offr Jagjit Singh
 6 Sqn Shot up by enemy ac. Forcelands and set aircraft o
12 Feb 44 Hurricane IIC LD256 Plt Offr Harbhajan Singh
 9 Sqn Dived into ground after roll Thuma ranges. First c
12 Feb 44 Hurricane BN906 Plt Offr M D Rosario
 Click to View Record 151OTU Engine cut, FL wheels up 1 m N of Risalpur
15 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB HW428 Fg Offr Bhattacharjea
 6 Sqn SD by Oscars over Taung Bazar
15 Feb 44 Hurricane AG193 Plt Offr Murlidhar +
 151OTU Cr 4m SE of Mardan near Toru.
16 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB HV782 Plt Offr A H Khan
 6 Sqn Forcelands in Ngkaydauk Area. 1240 Hours Hit trees
19 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB HV489 Fg Offr M Ramunny
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn 1210 Hrs U/C collapsed on landing
19 Feb 44 Hurricane JS380 Plt Offr Dewan Balwant Rai
 2 Sqn Returning from sortie to Datta Khel Post. Engine f
19 Feb 44 Hurricane I W9202 Plt Offr Mashi
 151OTU FL 12m W of Risalpur
24 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB BN317 Plt Offr H K Patel
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn 1125 Hrs Engine cut, crashed on landing at aerodro
25 Feb 44 Hurricane IIC LD287 Fg Offr J N Lala +
 4 Sqn Flying Accident - Fatal - Flew into ground during
25 Feb 44 Hurricane AG143 Plt Offr Khan
 151OTU Collided with BN477 during tail chase. Crashed whi
28 Feb 44 Hurricane 808 Plt Offr Dewan Balwant Rai
 2 Sqn TW/O ac mission to Shaktu. Hit by bullet in coolan
01 Mar 44 Hurricane P2989
151OTU Hvy Lndg , uc wrenched
03 Mar 44 Hurricane Z4497 Plt Offr Shukla
 151OTU BL after forgetting to lower Uc
03 Mar 44 Hurricane IIB AG331
6 Sqn Engine cut after TO, BL 4m NNW of Miranshah
03 Mar 44 Hurricane IIB BG801
6 Sqn Ovreshot landing and hit earth mound at Ratnap
07 Mar 44 Hurricane IIC Plt Offr L S Grewal
 Click to View Record 9 Sqn Formation flight with Fg Offr McDonald and Plt Off
08 Mar 44 Hurricane II B BG739 Fg Offr Mohammed Nawaz Kasrani +
 1 Sqn Caught fire due to possible Glycol Leak Cr Killing
14 Mar 44 Hurricane HW598 Plt Offr King
 Click to View Record 151OTU FL after engine cut. aircraft recovered - slightly
16 Mar 44 Hurricane I Z4715 Fg Offr Eduljee
 Click to View Record 151OTU Cr Landed during Air Test after repair
16 Mar 44 Hurricane V7749 Plt Offr Chater
 151OTU engine cut due to rich fuel mixture. FL
16 Mar 44 Hurricane Z4715 Plt Offr Shukla
 151OTU uc failed to lock down . aircraft BL aircraft sli
21 Mar 44 Hurricane II B HM139 Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn Tyre Burst on TO. Belly Landed at Tulihal
23 Mar 44 Hurricane I Z4089 Plt Offr Shitoley
 Click to View Record 151OTU swung on ldg, port and starboard mainplane, rad, a
25 Mar 44 Hurricane HV432 Plt Offr Egbert Joseph D'SOUZA
2 Sqn Engine failure during Road Recce. FL near Khajuri
04 Apr 44 Hurricane II B HM153 Fg Offr Noel Ruxton Clarke Murcott +
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn SD attacking GroundTargets at Tamu Road
04 Apr 44 Hurricane Z5603 Plt Offr M M Seth +
 Click to View Record 2 Sqn Road Recce at 0900Hrs. Engine failure - Crashed fo
06 Apr 44 Hurricane Plt Offr Bhimrao
 Click to View Record 151OTU FL after fuel cut
06 Apr 44 Hurricane I Z4858 Plt Offr AMAR NATH BANERJEE +
 Click to View Record 151OTU Dived into Ground
08 Apr 44 Hurricane IIC LD289
4 Sqn Engine cut, FL 2m SW of Parshuram
09 Apr 44 Hurricane AG252 Plt Offr Blake
 Click to View Record 151OTU Cr L after failing to switch fuel tanks, Chaklala
10 Apr 44 Hurricane IIB HM126? Plt Offr Neelkantan
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn Forcelanded at Chota Maung
12 Apr 44 Hurricane AG135 Plt Offr Masih
 151OTU swung off runway and hit truck
13 Apr 44 Hurricane IIC LA128 Fg Offr P Lall Singh +
 Click to View Record 3 Sqn Returning from bombing raid on villages in NWF, Co
13 Apr 44 Hurricane IIC LD371 Fg Offr M E D'Eca
 3 Sqn Collided with LA128. Baled out and rescued by Toch
13 Apr 44 Hurricane I P3515 Plt Offr SREEDHAR PADUKONE +
 Click to View Record 151OTU Cr during LL flight
17 Apr 44 Hurricane IIB JS405 Fg Offr Harbans Singh Thapar +
 6 Sqn Hurricane collided with other aircraft over our te
17 Apr 44 Hurricane IIB JS408 Fg Offr G C S Babra +
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn Hurricane collided with other aircraft . Not recov
19 Apr 44 Hurricane BG995 Plt Offr Khan
 151OTU failed to switch tanks - Force Landed Wheels Up, B
20 Apr 44 Hurricane V6882 Fg Offr Misra
 Click to View Record 151OTU failed to switch tanks BL
20 Apr 44 Hurricane IIC LD398
4 Sqn Swung on landing and UC Collapsed
24 Apr 44 Hurricane AF996 Fg Offr Poonen
 151OTU BL after forgetting to lower Uc
27 Apr 44 Hurricane II B Plt Offr Arun Roy +
 1 Sqn Shot down over Ukhrul
27 Apr 44 Hurricane AG247 Plt Offr Sen
 Click to View Record 151OTU Swung on landing, UC Collapsed
29 Apr 44 Hurricane IIC LD829 Plt Offr Harold Mervyn BROWN +
 9 Sqn Engine cut in circuit, BL Patharkundi. Operational
29 Apr 44 Hurricane AG137 Plt Offr Sen
 Click to View Record 151OTU Swung off runway, heavy damage after UC collapsed
04 May 44 Hurricane IIC JS449 Fg Offr Mahavir Singh Rathi +
 9 Sqn Stalled on Approach to Kalaura. Crashed south end
05 May 44 Hurricane IIC LB606 Fg Offr Randhir Singh
 Click to View Record 3 Sqn Tyre Burst on take off, BL at Risalpur on instruct
05 May 44 Hurricane IIC BN208
1 Sqn Engine cut on take off

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