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.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
15 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD183	Fg Offr G H King	4 Sqn	Forcelanded at NIHLA due to engine trouble. Safe 0
16 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD834	Plt Offr S Banerji	151OTU	BL aircraft at Shagi Police post, 10 min after TO
18 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD408	Flt Lt H C Dewan	151OTU	Port uc leg collapse after failure to lock down.
18 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LE359	Fg Offr Keki Nadirshaw Gocal	7 Sqn	[151OTU] FL 4 m N of Shmshuther post no.23, stbd w
21 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC		W/O Bird RAF	10 Sqn	Landed aircraft E and wrote off undercarraige
25 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD335	Lieut R N Winstanley (SAAF)	4 Sqn	12 ac bombing raid. TW/O ac collded and forcelande
25 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LF275	Sgt W J O'Neill (RAF)	4 Sqn	12 ac bombing raid. TW/O ac collded and forcelande
27 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	KX421	Fg Offr Murat Singh Aulakh	1SFTS	Swung after landing. There was no casuality but ai
28 Dec 44	Hurricane IIC	LD844	Fg Offr G H King	4 Sqn	engine trouble. Could not make base. FL on beach n
30 Dec 44	Hurricane	LE174	Plt Offr Govind Dattatreya Juvekar +	2 Sqn	Crashed on a photo dropping sortie over HQ of W Af
02 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KX421	A/Plt Offr T Zacharaiah	1SFTS	Engine cut at 10000ft. Glided to aerodrome being w
06 Jan 45	Hurricane IIc	LD773	Sqn Ldr Prithpal Singh +	3 Sqn	Dived into ground at Kohat durnig trng flt 2m west
06 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LD773		6 Sqn	Dived into ground 5m WNW of Kohat - Unknown causes
09 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF273	F Sgt L E Landamore (RAF)	4 Sqn	FL 2m NNW of TEnNYO with port wing on fire. Vacate
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF101	Plt Offr Chunnilal Ray +	151OTU	Cr Hanzakot Lat 34.25 Long 72.15 dived into ground
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KW881	A/Plt Offr D S Jang	1SFTS	Heavy landing caused U/C to collapse. Aircraft was
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ851	Plt Offr G T McKie RAF	10 Sqn	Engine cut , FL at Nalik. Intrnal Glycol Leak. des
11 Jan 45	Hurricane IIB	BG963		1SFTS	While taxying allowed the aircraft to run into sof
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE296	Fg Offr Jagjit Singh +	6 Sqn	Mid air collision during practice dogfight
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE759	Fg Offr Ishwar Dass +	6 Sqn	Mid air collision during practice dogfight
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF128	Plt Offr J R Bankapur	151OTU	BL at Peshawar after suspecting u/c didn’t lock
14 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	PJ716	Fg Offr M M Crishna	10 Sqn	Collided on runway with KZ919 'W'
14 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ919	Fg Offr David	10 Sqn	Collided with PJ716 'Y' on runway in dust after la
14 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LD744	Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF	10 Sqn	Ran off strip in dust. hit bund and uc collapsed,
17 Jan 45	Hurricane	HV914	Fg Offr John	1 Sqn	Engine cut, FL at Bawli Bazar
18 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ771	Fg Offr J S Ingle	10 Sqn	Engine cut, BL at Tippie near Akyab 1m E of Rathed
18 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE791		9 Sqn	UC leg collapsed on Landing at Ramu
22 Jan 45	Hurricane	LE559	Plt Offr Bob Kumar +	2 Sqn	Failed to return - sortie over West Coast of Ramre
23 Jan 45	Hurricane	LD828	Fg Offr Harbans Singh BAHIA +	2 Sqn	1730 Hours crashed during slow roll over base retu
23 Jan 45	Hurricane IID	HV670	A/Plt Offr D S Legha	1SFTS	1645 Hrs. Overshot runway and while attempting to
23 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF173	Plt Offr Bradshaw (RAF)	4 Sqn	FL at Madhubania after ole leg was fractured on ta
29 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	HW659	A/Plt Offr Zafar Mahmud	1SFTS	Forcelanded near Hansi after Port mainplane root h
30 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF276	Plt Offr S P Sen	4 Sqn	forcelanded on beach 2 miles from unit due to engi
30 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE459	Plt Offr Muthuveera Veerasamy Sheeta Raman +	151OTU	cr at bombing range due to dive bombing at range
31 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE980	-	9 Sqn	DBR when JS423 blew up at Ramu
31 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF171	-	9 Sqn	DBR when JS423 blew up at Ramu
31 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	JS423	-	9 Sqn	blew up at Ramu while being serviced
06 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LE164	Plt Offr Egbert Joseph D'SOUZA +	2 Sqn	Stalled off a turn and crashed near Hpontha, Araka
06 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC		Fg Offr G H King	4 Sqn	Overshot runway at Indin .Ac Cat AC . 0930 Hrs
11 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LD492		9 Sqn	Swung on landing and UC Collapsed
14 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LD986	A/Plt Offr R S Randhawa	151OTU	ac turned over into culvert after hitting wall dur
17 Feb 45	Hurricane IIc	LE950	Wg Cdr Karun Krishna Majumdar DFC + +	IAFDF	Dived into Ground druing aerobatics
18 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LB935	Fg Offr A R David	3 Sqn	Undercarraige collapsed while recovering form dive
24 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC		A/Plt Offr J A Martin	151OTU	Swugn during taxying, u/c sheared off. Cat (Ac)
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LE688	Fg Offr K C Sarkar	1SFTS	1100 hrs. struck a kite hawk with port main plane
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LF454	Fg Offr Jagbir Singh	151OTU	BL after fuel exhaustion. Failed to switch to main
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IIc	LF169	Fg Offr Cecil Owen St Vincent Norris +	1 Sqn	Pt FL aircraft, died of W/Ounds on 27th
27 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr H C Mayadas	151OTU	Late pull out - aircraft damaged after port wing h
27 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LD790	Plt Offr Salahuddin	151OTU	FL at Risalpur after u/c unlocked during dive and
02 Mar 45	Hurricane IV	LF433	Plt Offr S J Hassan	151OTU	Landed close to leader, hit by slipstream, prop bl

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