IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1941 : 13

1942 : 31

1943 : 16

1944 : 23

1945 : 28

1946 : 16

1947 : 4

A total of 131 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
19 May 45	Hurricane IV	LD236	A/Plt Offr R L Sayce	1SFTS	Ambala - Pilot made heavy landig causing port unde
22 May 45	Hurricane IID	KW879	A/Plt Offr P K Ghosh	1SFTS	Engine failed at height of 7000 feet. Pilot landed
24 May 45	Hurricane IIB	HW668	A/Plt Offr A J Nathan	1SFTS	Karnal - pilot made a precautionary landing after
16 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LB892	A/Plt Offr N Lalkaka	1SFTS	FL at Narwana 55m w of ambala - fuel starvation at
14 Jul 45	Harvard IIB	FE484	Fg Offr G Saunder	1SFTS	Abandoned in Spin, 5m SE of Patiala
17 Jul 45	Hurricane IIC	LD827	Flt Lt P L Khurana	1SFTS	1430 Hrs, Aircraft bounced on landing and balloone
18 Jul 45	Hurricane IV	LD609	A/Plt Offr P K Mondol	1SFTS	1530 Hrs Kaithal 2948N 7623E- pilot forgot to ref
15 Sep 45	Hurricane IID	KW794	A/Plt Offr Hidayat Ali Raja +	1SFTS	Crashed after repeated carrying out low turns and
11 Oct 45	Hurricane IID	HW781	A/Plt Offr L Rondeau	1SFTS	Forcelanded damaging his aircraft - Cat B. Cause o
18 Oct 45	Hurricane IID	LE302	A/Plt Offr L A Boileau	1SFTS	Forcelanded owing to engine cut.
22 Oct 45	Hurricane IId	KW873	A/Plt Offr L Rondeau	1SFTS	Eng lost power on TO overturned. Insufficient air
29 Mar 46	Hurricane IV	KZ676	A/Plt Offr Zafar Ali Syed +	1SFTS	Ambala - eng fail onTO pilot turned around to FL
11 Apr 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ167	Plt Offr C Shortlands	1SFTS	engine failed, crashed BL in field 1 m NW of Thane
23 Apr 46	Harvard IIB	FE603	Flt Lt Kelvington A/Plt Offr G D Clarke	1SFTS	Abandoned after engine failure Ambala
04 May 46	Spitfire XIVe	TX976	Plt Offr S Jena	1SFTS	stalled on landing, uc collapse at ambala
06 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD347	Plt Offr W H Walmsley	1SFTS	heavylanding in low cloud, BL at Bhopal, Recat E
13 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE471	Fg Offr Frank Anthony Micetech +	1SFTS	Crashed on overshoot during practice forced landin
13 May 46	Spitfire XIVe	RM786	Plt Offr S D Singh	1SFTS	lost in bad weather, ran out of fuel, BL 1m S of K
18 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MT728	Plt Offr G Haider	1SFTS	forgot to lower U/C at Bhopal Re-Cat E
30 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE424	A/Plt Offr J C Plomer A/Plt Offr M D Rathan	1SFTS	Ambala pilot hit FE 712 during Taxi
30 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE712	- -	1SFTS	Hit on ground by FE424 while parked
30 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE432		1SFTS	Crashed on overshoot. Aircraft bounced on landing
19 Jun 46	Harvard IIB	FE719	Plt Offr Sarwan Singh +	1SFTS	AC hit ground 15 M NE of Jalandhar
02 Aug 46	Spitfire XIVe	NH786		1SFTS	engine cut, BL, fuselage broke off 30.25N 76.54E 1
05 Sep 46	Harvard IIB	FE958		1SFTS	Crashed on landing. Ambala ac swung on ldg damagin
12 Oct 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MT873	Plt Offr F D Irani	1SFTS	trying to avoid parked ac after landing ran into f
06 Nov 46	Harvard IIB	FE546	Fg Offr Bakshi /Bakhshi	1SFTS	Engine failure, badly damaged Cat ES awaiting STri
06 Jan 47	Harvard IIB	FE371		1SFTS	crew lost in poor weather and BO 12m w of Belar
19 Mar 47	Harvard IIB	FE380		1SFTS	Ambala - ac failed to TO during touch and go - pro
16 Jul 47	Spitfire VIIIc	MT912	Plt Offr G S Guran +	1SFTS	dived on low level flight at Gara Village 3m S of
18 Jul 47	Harvard IIB	FE971	Plt Offr Robert Williams Traise +	1SFTS	Aircraft struck ground with full power Cat E struc

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