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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1944 : 276 |
A total of 276 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIc | LE804 | Flt Lt D F Eduljee + |  | 1 Sqn | SD by Ground fire during Strafing run at Burma |
| 28 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIC | LE807 | Plt Offr B K Stidston |  | 3 Sqn | collapsed u/c when he pulled out suddenly in a hig |
| 28 Nov 44 | Tigermoth | Lt N R Ker |  | 1EFTS | From IA, Crashed after bad landing, AC W/O | |
| 30 Nov 44 | Tigermoth | Fg Offr J B Dordi |  | 1EFTS | Crashed after Bad landing , AC W/O | |
| 02 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD694 | Fg Offr A S M Bhavnani |  | 3 Sqn | lost way from Delhi to Kohat and forcelanded at La |
| 03 Dec 44 | Hurricane | Fg Offr K V Nair |  | 2 Sqn | Forcelanded in Chaung 15m NE of Akyab. First casua | |
| 05 Dec 44 | Hurricane | LD383 | Fg Offr Ram Saran Sharma + |  | 2 Sqn | Failed to return from a sortie in Kaladan valley. |
| 06 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LE171 | Plt Offr F V Scudder |  | 151OTU | FL Sambrial 16 m E of Wazirabad. Ran out of fuel a |
| 06 Dec 44 | Tigermoth II | DG492 | | 1EFTS | Struck Telegraph pole coming into FL 1 M N of Begu | |
| 08 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | KZ939 | Plt Offr A C Edwards RAF | 10 Sqn | Undercarraige leg collpased on landing at Baigachi | |
| 09 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | Fg Offr K N Bulsara + |  | 9 Sqn | Left the target in Buthidaung area with engine tro | |
| 09 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | JS416 | Plt Offr Suhas Biswas |  | 151OTU | fl 3 miles SW of Risalpur - eng failure due to fla |
| 12 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LE993 | Plt Offr C Ray |  | 151OTU | swugn on TO , went into ditch (23PC) |
| 12 Dec 44 | Vengeance | AP103 | W/O Gabb | 22AACU | ac caught fire on TO run | |
| 14 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LF217 | | 6 Sqn | Ran out of fuel while lost and crashed, Jandola | |
| 15 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | LD183 | Fg Offr G H King |  | 4 Sqn | Forcelanded at NIHLA due to engine trouble. Safe 0 |
| 15 Dec 44 | Tigermoth | Lt N R Ker | | 1EFTS | Forced Landing, AC caught fire and burnt out | |
| 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 |
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.