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
10 Jun 45	Spitfire VIIIc	JG171	Plt Offr John Jasper Bouche	8 Sqn	Overshot landing without flaps, ran into ditch, uc
11 Jun 45	Spitfire VIII	MT840	Fg Offr J Afridi	9 Sqn	Engine fialure, force landed Cat ES, pilot serious
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
16 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LB892	A/Plt Offr N Lalkaka	1SFTS	FL at Narwana 55m w of ambala - fuel starvation at
18 Jun 45	Spitfire VIIIc	MT966?	Plt Offr Y R Agte	4 Sqn	FL half a mile from airfield on first conersion fl
18 Jun 45	Spitfire VIII	MD331	Plt Offr Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey	4 Sqn	Yelahanka - eng failure on takeoff pilot crashland
22 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LE461	W/O Leonard Francis Andrew CLOSS +	22AACU	flew into Hill near Poona aerobatics at low level.
25 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	BN563	Fg Offr E S Khan	3 Sqn	Belly landed after tyre burst on take off. Ac Cat
28 Jun 45	Spitfire XIVe	??	Plt Offr Rodney Godfrey Buchanan +	4 Sqn	Cr in Air to ground firing range at Hollanvalli.
30 Jun 45	Defiant TT II	AA396	Sgt G C Barclay	22AACU	Port tyre burst on TO from Ambala, aircraft uc col
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
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
21 Jul 45	Spitfire VIIIc	JG620	Fg Offr Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey	4 Sqn	tail chasing, stuck tail of JF883 (Fg Offr TN Ghad
21 Jul 45	Vengeance	AP127	W/O G E HAYLE	22AACU	Taxying accident Digri DAM TO prop tips, engine sh
25 Jul 45	Vengeance	EZ807		22AACU	U/c failure on stbd. Accident digri. Cat B.
31 Jul 45	Hurricane IIC	LE917	Plt Offr V Y Korgaokar	151OTU	Risalpur - FL after eng failure after take off.
01 Aug 45	Spitfire VIII	MT999	Fg Offr Sardar Shah Muhammad Zahid +	8 Sqn	Baled out ona supply drop E of sittang river due t
03 Aug 45	Spitfire VIII		Fg Offr R S Kalyaniwala	8 Sqn	1030 Hours Crashed at end of E-W Runway. No injuri
04 Aug 45	Spitfire VIIIc	MT557	Fg Offr R S Shipurkar	8 Sqn	overshot landing after Ops, went into ditch after
09 Aug 45	Hurricane IID	KW865	Plt Offr M A Irani	151OTU	Lachi - pilot lost, BL after fuel ran out.
13 Aug 45	Hurricane Iic	LE763	Fg Offr Hall	2 Sqn	Leader became lost. BL Dera Ghazi Khan - alloted t
13 Aug 45	Hurricane Iic	LE166	Fg Offr W V A Lloyd	2 Sqn	BL Dera Ghazi Khan - alloted to 114RSU. Ran short
28 Aug 45	Hurricane IIC	PJ672	Fg Offr Ashok Katju	3 Sqn	FL near Mardan due to engine failure. Pilot Unhurt
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
06 Sep 45	Beaufighter	T5214	Flt Lt T H Thomas	22AACU	FL Cornfield due to stbd eng failure.
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
15 Sep 45	Hurricane IID	KW794	A/Plt Offr Hidayat Ali Raja +	1SFTS	Crashed after repeated carrying out low turns and
17 Sep 45	Spitfire VIIIc	LV646	Plt Offr Gladstone Herbert Snell +	8 Sqn	No.2 in formation. Missing in Clouds - failed to r
19 Sep 45	Hurricane IID	KZ861	Plt Offr Ashok Katju +	3 Sqn	Tyre Burst on ldg overturned. Pilot fractured skul
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
28 Sep 45	Spitfire VIII	MD386	Fg Offr Ahmed?	8 Sqn	Engine cut bellylanded nr Mingladon . While on a s
29 Sep 45	Hurricane IIc	BP668		1 Sqn	Took off from Miransha, Burst Tyre. BL at Risalpur
02 Oct 45	Hurricane IIc	HW136	Fg Offr D M Oka	2 Sqn	Pilot took off with pitot head covered. abandoned
05 Oct 45	Spitfire VIIIc	MV231	Fg Offr J S Ingle	9 Sqn	BL at Jhagpani, Bihar
08 Oct 45	Spitfire VIII	MT837	Fg Offr A K S Ahmed	9 Sqn	LLflying at 50 feet 75m W of Ranchi damaged by exp
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
26 Oct 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ859	Fg Offr J D Acquino	6 Sqn	0.5m N of Baliakeri near punjab BL after fuel floo
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

Pages 1 2 3 4 5

Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.

Nav view search

Navigation

Search

IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database