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
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)
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
07 May 45	Hurricane IID	HW725	Plt Offr S Kumar	151OTU	Ac taxied into petrol bowser. Port mainplane damag
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	Spitfire VIII	MT558	Plt Offr J J Bouche	151OTU	pulled out violently during dogfight, wrinkled fus
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
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
28 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LE127	Plt Offr Allex Paul DANIELL	151OTU	Pilot on range firing near peshawar, flew too clos
02 Jun 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr V Y Korgaokar	151OTU	hit a tree during practice dive bombing damage to
06 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LE958	Fg Offr Victor Srihari	151OTU	ac caught fire at 9000ft, pilot baled out at 3000f
12 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	HL865	Plt Offr C T Mutayah	151OTU	Peshawar, aircraft blown off the runway by strong
14 Jun 45	Hurricane	LD433	Plt Offr H S Gill	151OTU	U/C Extended due to pull out. did a wheels down la
14 Jun 45	Hurricane IID	HW725	Plt Offr D Neves	151OTU	failure of brake. aircraft swung. aircraft dam Cat
03 Jul 45	Hurricane IIC	LF158	Plt Offr S F Pedder	151OTU	Pilot undertook a successful landing after brakes
10 Jul 45	Hurricane IIC	LD945	Fg Offr M A Rabbani	151OTU	Aileron jammed. force landed. aircraft completely
31 Jul 45	Hurricane IIC	LE917	Plt Offr V Y Korgaokar	151OTU	Risalpur - FL after eng failure after take off.
09 Aug 45	Hurricane IID	KW865	Plt Offr M A Irani	151OTU	Lachi - pilot lost, BL after fuel ran out.
28 Aug 45	Hurricane IIC	LB589	Plt Offr P S Pendse	151OTU	34.18N 71.41E aircraft BL after eng fail. Air lock
03 Sep 45	Hurricane IIC	HW535	Plt Offr C G Bush	151OTU	Fatehjang - aircraft BL after eng fail at 2000' du
04 Sep 45	Hurricane IID	HW669	Plt Offr Brar	151OTU	33.58n 71.58 E aircraft BL after eng failure durin
10 Sep 45	Hurricane IIC	LE140	Plt Offr Fernandes	151OTU	lost between Gorla and Attock and made a BL . airc
11 Sep 45	Spitfire VIII	MT908	Plt Offr Stuart	151OTU	Bird Hit, Damage to radiator and underside of fuse
25 Sep 45	Spitfire VIII	MV415	Plt Offr Bhaskar DUTT +	151OTU	Mid air collision with MV415 during cross over. at
25 Sep 45	Spitfire VIII	MD326	Plt Offr Stuart +	151OTU	Mid air collision with MV415 during cross over. at
29 Oct 45	Hurricane IIC	BN188	Fg Offr N Ker	151OTU	Peshawar uc leg collapse swung off runway. faulty
29 Oct 45	Spitfire VIII	MT732	Plt Offr S K Kaul	151OTU	Peshawar - aircraft bl after emergency landing. Pi
13 Nov 45	Hurricane IID	KX249	Fg Offr Pagnis	151OTU	Akora LG Lost ht on LL navex and hit ground. Pilot
23 Nov 45	Spitfire VIII	JG320	Plt Offr Siddique	151OTU	Peshawar bounced on landing lost tyre uc collapse
27 Nov 45	Hurricane IIC	LD449	Plt Offr J M Bose	151OTU	Peshawar - MAC during practice interception - init
27 Nov 45	Hurricane IIC	LD254	Plt Offr Fernandes	151OTU	Peshawar - MAC during practice interception. aircr
24 Jan 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JF764	Flt Lt D A Shah +	151OTU	Fatal dive bombing sortie at bombing range. aircra
07 Feb 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JG654	Plt Offr G C Walker +	151OTU	Fatal accident over Nowshera. aircraft went into s
22 Aug 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JF789		151OTU	engine failed, belly landed peshawar, caught fire.

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