IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1942 : 6

1943 : 44

1944 : 78

1945 : 58

1946 : 3

A total of 189 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
01 Aug 44	Hurricane I	AG266	Fg Offr Khan	151OTU	Cr Kabul River E of Peshawar , injuries. 4m N of P
04 Aug 44	Hurricane IIB	JS338	Fg Offr J I S Bir	151OTU	soft ground taxi, uc collapse
15 Aug 44	Hurricane IIB	HL995	Plt Offr W J Fernandez	151OTU	FL 2 miles E of Risalpur after failing to switch t
18 Aug 44	Hurricane IIB	BX134	Plt Offr Edminston	151OTU	FL due to broken line in oil system. aircraft dama
19 Aug 44	Hurricane IIB	BG674	Fg Offr A L Maitra	151OTU	BL - aircraft damaged could not move selector leve
19 Aug 44	Hurricane IIB	HV434	Plt Offr Juvekar	151OTU	ran off runway in swing, collapse of left leg 2nd
21 Aug 44	Hurricane IIB	HL793	Fg Offr A L Maitra	151OTU	similar accident, UC Jammed, Belly Landed
25 Aug 44	Harvard IIB	FS780	Plt Offr C M Dean A/Plt Offr J Eapen	151OTU	ac swung , port u/c collapsed (21 pc)
30 Aug 44	Hurricane IIC	LB618	Plt Offr F Fernandez	151OTU	got lost, ran out of fuel, force landed (21 PC)
01 Sep 44	Hurricane IIB	LF281	Plt Offr M A Kureshy +	151OTU	MAC (19pc)
01 Sep 44	Hurricane IIC	KW913	Plt Offr K Joseph EAPEN +	151OTU	MAC Body not recovered. Hit LF281
06 Sep 44	Hurricane IIC	LD855	A/Plt Offr D B Ghorpade	151OTU	uc collapse after landing and taxy (20pc)
07 Sep 44	Hurricane IIC	BN681	Plt Offr A L Maitra	151OTU	swung on ldg, dam ac
08 Sep 44	Hurricane IIC	JS464	Fg Offr K M Kirkpatrick	151OTU	port oleo dam on landing aircraft swung off runway
16 Sep 44	Hurricane IIC	LE958	Plt Offr HCF Mayadas	151OTU	taxied off runway, dam prop, carelessness (23pc)
18 Sep 44	Hurricane IIC	LE300	Plt Offr G D Sen Gupta +	151OTU	Cr 8 m NE of Kohat, Stalled off turn. Wrong name f
07 Oct 44	Hurricane IIB	LE852	Plt Offr P K Senapati	151OTU	dam to prop after ran into ditch (24PC)
11 Oct 44	Hurricane IIC	PJ685	Plt Offr N K Mukerjee	151OTU	belly landing, after tyre burst on first landing a
04 Nov 44	Hurricane IIC	LE211	Plt Offr C A Hall	151OTU	BL Risalpur on TO (24pc)
07 Nov 44	Hurricane IIC	LF204	Plt Offr P C Pavri +	151OTU	Cr at Nowshera swampy ground. Killed
09 Nov 44	Hurricane IIC	LD853	Flt Lt J M Engineer	151OTU	Minimum skin damage to starboard main plane after
22 Nov 44	Hurricane IIB	LE852	Plt Offr T K Ghosh +	151OTU	Cr in River Kabul 2 miles N of Nowshera killing pi
27 Nov 44	Harvard IIB	FS781	Plt Offr P K Senapati Fg Offr Z Ahmed	151OTU	nosed over after night flight landing at Peshawar
06 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LE171	Plt Offr F V Scudder	151OTU	FL Sambrial 16 m E of Wazirabad. Ran out of fuel a
09 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	JS416	Plt Offr Suhas Biswas	151OTU	fl 3 miles SW of Risalpur - eng failure due to fla
12 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LE993	Plt Offr C Ray	151OTU	swugn on TO , went into ditch (23PC)
16 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD834	Plt Offr S Banerji	151OTU	BL aircraft at Shagi Police post, 10 min after TO
18 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD408	Flt Lt H C Dewan	151OTU	Port uc leg collapse after failure to lock down.
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF101	Plt Offr Chunnilal Ray +	151OTU	Cr Hanzakot Lat 34.25 Long 72.15 dived into ground
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF128	Plt Offr J R Bankapur	151OTU	BL at Peshawar after suspecting u/c didn’t lock
30 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE459	Plt Offr Muthuveera Veerasamy Sheeta Raman +	151OTU	cr at bombing range due to dive bombing at range
13 Feb 45	Harvard IIB	FE483	Flt Lt J W Rutherford RAF	151OTU	Strong wind on landing , leg sheared off after bra
14 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LD986	A/Plt Offr R S Randhawa	151OTU	ac turned over into culvert after hitting wall dur
20 Feb 45	Spitfire VIII	JF743	A/Plt Offr B B Singha +	151OTU	Cr on bombing range - destroyed killed. Lost contr
22 Feb 45	Spitfire VIII	JG679	A/Plt Offr V Clowsley	151OTU	Taxying accident - engine shock loaded. Cat A(R)
24 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC		A/Plt Offr J A Martin	151OTU	Swugn during taxying, u/c sheared off. Cat (Ac)
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LF454	Fg Offr Jagbir Singh	151OTU	BL after fuel exhaustion. Failed to switch to main
27 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr H C Mayadas	151OTU	Late pull out - aircraft damaged after port wing h
27 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LD790	Plt Offr Salahuddin	151OTU	FL at Risalpur after u/c unlocked during dive and
02 Mar 45	Hurricane IV	LF433	Plt Offr S J Hassan	151OTU	Landed close to leader, hit by slipstream, prop bl
05 Mar 45	Harvard IIB	FS807	Plt Offr N B Menon	151OTU	Swung on landing and hit concrete post on perimete
14 Mar 45	Hurricane	LD968		151OTU	Ran into wall taxying and uc collapsed. overturned
15 Mar 45	Hurricane IID	HW442	Plt Offr F S Hussain	151OTU	Unauth low aerobatics - aircraft hit tree causing
20 Mar 45	Hurricane IV	LD609	Fg Offr S S Jaspal	151OTU	landed at Lahore. after 200 yards of landing ru, u
23 Mar 45	Hurricane IIC	HW131	Plt Offr T Zacharaiah	151OTU	Landed with missing tailwheel. damage to rudder an
29 Mar 45	Hurricane IV	LF467	Plt Offr Khan	151OTU	took off from Basal af to Peshawar. engine cut aft
13 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	LF228	Plt Offr H R Chitnis	151OTU	AC bounced on landing.. pilot went around. engine
13 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	BN879	Plt Offr C H L Digby	151OTU	AC ran off taxy track hit brick wall.u/c collapsed
18 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	LB556	Plt Offr I S Brara	151OTU	engine overheated. forced landing. Aircraft undama
21 Apr 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr H S Gill	151OTU	Failed to lower u/C aircraft belly landed. Cat A(R

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