IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1945 : 212

A total of 212 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
15 Apr 45	Hurricane		Plt Offr A K Sahgal	2 Sqn	Forcelanded East of Mybong due to engine trouble i
15 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	LB732	Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF	10 Sqn	Offensive recce over Irrawadi. Damaged by tripwire
18 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	LB556	Plt Offr I S Brara	151OTU	engine overheated. forced landing. Aircraft undama
18 Apr 45	Defiant TT II	AA503		22AACU	dam by storm at Katni
18 Apr 45	Defiant TT II	AA473		22AACU	fin and port elevator dam beyond repair in storm a
21 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ444	Fg Offr John Ivor McKenzie	3 Sqn	Squadron flight to St Thomas Mount. Crashed near A
21 Apr 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr H S Gill	151OTU	Failed to lower u/C aircraft belly landed. Cat A(R
21 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ444		1 Sqn	Engine cut, belly landed 12m SW of Egra
24 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	LE181	Sgt W L Griffiths	22AACU	BL at Katni Cat B. overshot and pilot retracted u/
24 Apr 45	Harvard IIB	FS949	W/O D N BOOTH	22AACU	Hit cables after doing low beat up at 200 feet. ai
25 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	HW492	Plt Offr Surinder Singh	151OTU	part of fuselage torn away during dive. tailplane
26 Apr 45	Hurricane IID	HW725	Plt Offr Carlton	151OTU	UC Collapse while taxying. Cat A(R)
28 Apr 45	Hurricane IIc		Fg Offr Bola Ramesh Rao +	7 Sqn	Ran into wiretrap over Irrawadi.
28 Apr 45	Defiant TT II	AA657	Flt Lt D L FERRRABY	22AACU	BL Drigh Road after flying in from Ahmedabad. U/C
30 Apr 45	Hurricane IIc		Fg Offr Narayan Shamu Prasad +	7 Sqn	SD by GF at Allanmyo, Cr in Irrawady
30 Apr 45	Hurricane IIC	LD831	Plt Offr R G Buchanan	151OTU	Belly Landed due to distorted u/c/ u/c damaged dur
03 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LD853	Plt Offr David Smith Greenhorn +	151OTU	Aircraft rolled into ground during target practice
04 May 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ619	Fg Offr M Sadiq +	1SFTS	1405 Hrs Apparent engine failure in circuit. Airc
05 May 45	Defiant TT II	AA567		22AACU	To Drigh Road and BL Beyond Economic Repair
07 May 45	Hurricane IID	HW725	Plt Offr S Kumar	151OTU	Ac taxied into petrol bowser. Port mainplane damag
11 May 45	Hurricane IIC	HV301	A/Plt Offr M R Irani	1SFTS	1125 Hrs Student pilot forgot to lower undercarria
11 May 45	Harvard IIB	FS781	W/O E B Bull	151OTU	AC Swung on landing, u/c collapsed. mainplane aile
12 May 45	Hurricane IID	KX244	Plt Offr K K Malhotra	151OTU	FL in bad country at Jhandra. Failure to switch ta
15 May 45	Hurricane IIc	PJ662	Fg Offr Dorab Maneckshaw Engineer +	7 Sqn	0530-0700 Last seen carrying out attack on a boat
15 May 45	Spitfire VIII	MT558	Plt Offr J J Bouche	151OTU	pulled out violently during dogfight, wrinkled fus
15 May 45	Beaufighter	JL768	Flt Lt P E DIGGIN	22AACU	CAUGHT FIRE AT DISPERSAL AFTER sortie at drigh roa
16 May 45	Hurricane IID	KW881	Plt Offr N R Ker	1SFTS	0945 Hrs. Pilot on Aerobatics sortie, went into sp
18 May 45	Spitfire VIII	MT725	Plt Offr J SELESKI	9 Sqn	Got lost on local flying practice, FL wheels up. C
19 May 45	Hurricane IV	LD236	A/Plt Offr R L Sayce	1SFTS	Ambala - Pilot made heavy landig causing port unde
19 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LE994	-	9 Sqn	Ranchi - Roof of hangar collapsed in storm, dam ac
20 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LD680	Fg Offr P J Mathews	7 Sqn	FTR from sortie, Pilot was rescued by sampan
21 May 45	Hurricane IIC	HV796	Plt Offr Masum Ali Vazir +	7 Sqn	FTR from Tactical Recce Sortie over Burma
22 May 45	Hurricane IID	KW879	A/Plt Offr P K Ghosh	1SFTS	Engine failed at height of 7000 feet. Pilot landed
23 May 45	Hurricane IIC	BN399	Plt Offr B B Marathey	151OTU	Hit by Spitfire MT709. Damage to port mainplane tr
23 May 45	Spitfire VIII	MT709	Plt Offr F S Hussain	151OTU	Taxied into Hurricane BN399 at excessive speed fro
23 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LE503	Plt Offr Aubrey Archibald MARTINNANT	151OTU	ac went into high speed stall and mushed into grou
24 May 45	Spitfire VIII	NH620	Plt Offr S Biswas	9 Sqn	Starboard tyre burst on landing . Damage to prop a
24 May 45	Hurricane IIB	HW668	A/Plt Offr A J Nathan	1SFTS	Karnal - pilot made a precautionary landing after
25 May 45	Spitfire VIII	MA696	Plt Offr R Khan	151OTU	Faulty lowering of u/c . Collapsed and aircraft da
25 May 45	Hurricane IIC	HL861	Plt Offr I S Brara	151OTU	FL at CAmpbellpore due to glycol leak. No damage t
27 May 45	Spitfire VIIIc	JG478	Flt Lt D M Finn RAF	4 Sqn	Night flying, unable to locate a/f , landed on roa
28 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LE127	Plt Offr Allex Paul DANIELL	151OTU	Pilot on range firing near peshawar, flew too clos
31 May 45	Vengeance	AN921	W/O BOOTH	22AACU	CR AT end of runway at drigh road after TO, premat
02 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LB800	Plt Offr R C Adams	3 Sqn	St Thomas Mount - Pilot told to go around during l
02 Jun 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr V Y Korgaokar	151OTU	hit a tree during practice dive bombing damage to
04 Jun 45	Spitfire VIII	NH623	Fg Offr K G Raman	9 Sqn	Port tyre burt on TO, became airborne, BL on airfi
04 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LD414	Fg Offr Khemendra Nath Kak +	1 Sqn	Crashed during auth aerobatic sortie - during slow
05 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LD957		7 Sqn	Ran out of fuel and BL at Okara, DBR
06 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LE958	Fg Offr Victor Srihari	151OTU	ac caught fire at 9000ft, pilot baled out at 3000f
06 Jun 45	Vengeance	FD314	W/O D N BOOTH	22AACU	Drigh Road, Premature Pull out during TO and hit g

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