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
19 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LE994	-	9 Sqn	Ranchi - Roof of hangar collapsed in storm, dam ac
20 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LD680	Fg Offr P J Mathews	7 Sqn	FTR from sortie, Pilot was rescued by sampan
21 May 45	Hurricane IIC	HV796	Plt Offr Masum Ali Vazir +	7 Sqn	FTR from Tactical Recce Sortie over Burma
22 May 45	Hurricane IID	KW879	A/Plt Offr P K Ghosh	1SFTS	Engine failed at height of 7000 feet. Pilot landed
23 May 45	Hurricane IIC	BN399	Plt Offr B B Marathey	151OTU	Hit by Spitfire MT709. Damage to port mainplane tr
23 May 45	Hurricane IIC	LE503	Plt Offr Aubrey Archibald MARTINNANT	151OTU	ac went into high speed stall and mushed into grou
24 May 45	Hurricane IIB	HW668	A/Plt Offr A J Nathan	1SFTS	Karnal - pilot made a precautionary landing after
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 IIC	LB800	Plt Offr R C Adams	3 Sqn	St Thomas Mount - Pilot told to go around during l
02 Jun 45	Hurricane IV	LF432	Plt Offr V Y Korgaokar	151OTU	hit a tree during practice dive bombing damage to
04 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LD414	Fg Offr Khemendra Nath Kak +	1 Sqn	Crashed during auth aerobatic sortie - during slow
05 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LD957		7 Sqn	Ran out of fuel and BL at Okara, DBR
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
16 Jun 45	Hurricane IIC	LB892	A/Plt Offr N Lalkaka	1SFTS	FL at Narwana 55m w of ambala - fuel starvation at
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
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
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
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.
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
10 Sep 45	Hurricane IIC	LE140	Plt Offr Fernandes	151OTU	lost between Gorla and Attock and made a BL . airc
15 Sep 45	Hurricane IID	KW794	A/Plt Offr Hidayat Ali Raja +	1SFTS	Crashed after repeated carrying out low turns and
19 Sep 45	Hurricane IID	KZ861	Plt Offr Ashok Katju +	3 Sqn	Tyre Burst on ldg overturned. Pilot fractured skul
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
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
13 Nov 45	Hurricane IID	KX249	Fg Offr Pagnis	151OTU	Akora LG Lost ht on LL navex and hit ground. Pilot
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
29 Nov 45	Hurricane IIb	JS412		7 Sqn	Maharajpur caught fire in circuit ldg safely but b
15 Mar 46	Hurricane II	KZ523	Fg Offr Shamim Ul Zafir Khan +	2 Sqn	Airtest in Hurri and ferry flight to Allahabad. Bu
29 Mar 46	Hurricane IV	KZ676	A/Plt Offr Zafar Ali Syed +	1SFTS	Ambala - eng fail onTO pilot turned around to FL
11 May 46	Hurricane	LE796		22AACU	Hit tree during attempted FL in bad weather at Ore
30 Jul 46	Hurricane II	LD408		Kohat CF	ac landed heavily damaging U/C, NOsed over on land

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