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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
08 May 44 Hurricane II B Fg Offr Theodore Alex Manuel Andrade +
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn SD in flames near Homalin
11 May 44 Hurricane I L1848 Plt Offr Sen
 Click to View Record 151OTU failed to switch tanks FL Abazai, mainplanes, Radi
13 May 44 Hurricane I Z4229 Plt Offr James Douglas Stanley FERNANDEZ +
 151OTU Collision with AG136 2m W of Peshawar
13 May 44 Hurricane I AG136 Plt Offr Alwyn Joseph CLARKE +
 151OTU Collision with Z4229 2m W of Peshawar
13 May 44 Hurricane IIC LD314 Fg Offr D M Finn (RAF)
 4 Sqn Baled out during escort flight to DC aircraft. Par
14 May 44 Hurricane IIC Plt Offr K N Bulsara
 Click to View Record 9 Sqn Belly landed hurricane on runway at Kumbhirgram. F
17 May 44 Hurricane IIC KZ877 Plt Offr E S D N Sparkes RAF
 10 Sqn Bounced on landing at night and UC Collapse after
18 May 44 Hurricane IIC HW171 Plt Offr Shroff
 Click to View Record 151OTU overshot on landing at risalpur - dam to port main
18 May 44 Hurricane IIC LD309
4 Sqn Hit by LF357 taking off at Feni
18 May 44 Hurricane IIC LF357
4 Sqn Hit LD309 taking off at Feni, reported as LE357
20 May 44 Hurricane II B HW806 Fg Offr P N Sanyal
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn Spitfire landed on Hurri on ground. Badly Injured.
21 May 44 Hurricane II B Fg Offr N S Masih +
 1 Sqn SD by Oscars over Bishenpur Area
23 May 44 Hurricane IIC LB783 Fg Offr Roy
 10 Sqn Swung to avoid another aircraft onlanding, hit dit
25 May 44 Hurricane I AG103
151OTU swung on landing , uc collapse
28 May 44 Hurricane IIC LB617
9 Sqn Tyre burst on landing, swung and tipped up. Not in
31 May 44 Hurricane IIC JS419 Plt Offr Dutta
 Click to View Record 151OTU taxied aircraft off runway (18pc?)
01 Jun 44 Hurricane IIC LB549 Sgt Trevor CARR (RAF)
 4 Sqn Failed to return, entered cloud during a 8 ac esco
01 Jun 44 Hurricane IIC LD380 Sqn Ldr G S Sharp (RAF)
 4 Sqn Failed to return, entered cloud during a 8 ac esco
02 Jun 44 Hurricane IIB BN176 Fg Offr Ghosh
 151OTU swung during taxy, damaged to mainplane, uc prop
06 Jun 44 Hurricane HW309 Plt Offr J H V Smith +
 2 Sqn Hit telegraph wires and crashed into ground. Moved
15 Jun 44 Hurricane IIC LB720 Fg Offr A R David
 3 Sqn While taking off for road recce sortie, retracted
21 Jun 44 Hurricane IIC BN135 Plt Offr K Singh
 151OTU swung taking off extensive damage
23 Jun 44 Hurricane I Z4692 Plt Offr Eapen
 151OTU Bird hit, (21PC?)
24 Jun 44 Hurricane Plt Offr S V Hyder
 2 Sqn While coming in to land, touched too far down the
27 Jun 44 Hurricane IIC LD345 Flt Sgt W/Ood
 9 Sqn UC Collapse while taxying . Burst tail wheel resul
05 Jul 44 Hurricane I AG226 Plt Offr Bedi
 151OTU damaged due heavy landing carelessness of pilot. B
12 Jul 44 Hurricane IIB AM293 Fg Offr J I S Bir
 151OTU FL at Fort Jobindargh, Amritsar. No injuries
13 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LE346 Fg Offr A S M Bhavnani
 Click to View Record 3 Sqn Returning from Canwpore, landed at Ambala, but on
17 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LD401 Fg Offr C A Starr +
 Click to View Record 9 Sqn Engine cut, stalled in FL near Agartala while esco
22 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LE248
4 Sqn Swung on landing in heavy rain and overturned
24 Jul 44 Hurricane I AG285 Plt Offr A K S Ahmed
 Click to View Record 151OTU FL due to failure to change main tanks from reserv
27 Jul 44 Hurricane IIB BG903 Plt Offr Chackrabutty
 151OTU Crash landed, engine failure. Badly damaged aircra
27 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LD949 F Sgt J Debosschere (RAF) +
 4 Sqn Force landed behind enemy lines - last seen waviin
29 Jul 44 Hurricane IIc LD897 Fg Offr Abdul Hafeez +
 1 Sqn FTR from Tamu/Sittaung Area. Lst seen cloud flying
29 Jul 44 Hurricane IIc LD651 Fg Offr Antonil Chuyil Prabhakaran +
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn FTR from Tamu/Sittaung Area. Lst seen cloud flying
29 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC Fg Offr Billimoria +
 9 Sqn Attempted to FL in open country in a Hurricane wit
29 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LE248 F Sgt Carney (RAF)
 4 Sqn Crashed on landing in difficult weather conditions
30 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LD344 Fg Offr P S Gill
 Click to View Record 4 Sqn FL in Tamru in paddy filed, overturned , injured.
30 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LE208 F Sgt James Cutler
 9 Sqn Landed wheels up due to carelessness
30 Jul 44 Hurricane IIC LE700 Flt Lt L A Thorgood
 9 Sqn Abandoned in spin in cloud on an escort mission. B
01 Aug 44 Hurricane I AG266 Fg Offr Khan
 151OTU Cr Kabul River E of Peshawar , injuries. 4m N of P
02 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LD117 Fg Offr Z A Shah
 Click to View Record 9 Sqn Engine caught fire escorting Dakotas, abandoned ne
03 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LD452
4 Sqn Tyre burst on Take off, swung and overturned
04 Aug 44 Hurricane IIB JS338 Fg Offr J I S Bir
 151OTU soft ground taxi, uc collapse
04 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC HV419 Fg Offr H K Bose
 Click to View Record 2 Sqn Taxied into a stationary HV419 . Ac left behind la
04 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LD956 Fg Offr Sundaram Jayaram +
 9 Sqn Last reported position, between Akyab and Chittago
04 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC HL772 Flt Lt H S Ratnagar
 2 Sqn Ac badly damaged when HV419 flown byFg Offr H K Bo
04 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LD373
4 Sqn Lost on Operations
05 Aug 44 Hurricane Plt Offr Egbert Joseph D'SOUZA
2 Sqn Forcelanded at Thana due to not switching from lon
08 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LE163
4 Sqn DBR in accident

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