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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.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
28 Aug 43 Hurricane IIC BN212
2 Sqn Caught fire and crash landed at Kuhatur
11 Sep 43 Hurricane IIB AP915 Fg Offr Mir Mustafa Hussain +
 6 Sqn Dived into ground out of cloud 9m NW of Poona
20 Sep 43 Hurricane AG169 Fg Offr Harbans Singh Thapar
 151OTU 3 Sqdn Batch, bounced on ldg, stalled hit ground w
20 Sep 43 Hurricane AG263
151OTU Crashed while landing off bounce
21 Sep 43 Hurricane IIc KX112 Fg Offr H S B Tyabji +
 Click to View Record 4 Sqn Cr on flight to Bairagarh from Phaphamau
21 Sep 43 Hurricane IIc HW493 Sqn Ldr Stanley Webster BALDIE +
 4 Sqn Cr on flight to Bairagarh from Phaphamau. Possible
22 Sep 43 Hurricane Z4487 Plt Offr R M Engineer
 Click to View Record 151OTU 3 Sqdn Batch, Swung on landing, no correction, acc
07 Oct 43 Hurricane IIB Z4871
22AACU Crashed on Landing
18 Oct 43 Hurricane Fg Offr M A Khan
 2 Sqn 2200 Hours undershot runway and crashed in paddy f
24 Oct 43 Hurricane I AG131
1 Sqn Cr Ferry Flight to Raghunathpur
27 Oct 43 Hurricane Fg Offr Barker
 Click to View Record 2 Sqn Belly landed at airfield without lowering undercar
28 Oct 43 Hurricane IIB HV494 Fg Offr Bashir Ahmed +
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn crashed near Kaveli, south india ferrying Hurri to
03 Nov 43 Hurricane V7318 Plt Offr Jamal Ud Din
 151OTU 3 Sqdn Batch Taxied into Hurri below - aircraft da
03 Nov 43 Hurricane AG185
151OTU ac received new wing tip
08 Nov 43 Hurricane AG138 Fg Offr S B Noronha
 Click to View Record 151OTU uc failed to lock down . aircraft BL
18 Nov 43 Hurricane II B AP882 Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn Engine failure on return from Nowshera firing rang
18 Nov 43 Hurricane HW849
4 Sqn Ran short of fuel, hit mound during forced landing
18 Nov 43 Hurricane KW722
4 Sqn Ran short of fuel, bellyl landed
26 Nov 43 Hurricane IIC LB605 Flt Lt N M Gazdar
 Click to View Record 3 Sqn FL on way to Panna from phaphamau due to fuel shor
27 Nov 43 Hurricane HV438 Plt Offr Bob Kumar
 2 Sqn Took off from Nagpur for Bhopal. Mistook Railway l
03 Dec 43 Hurricane HW254
1 Sqn Stalled after take-off and crashed
04 Dec 43 Hurricane IIC LB674
3 Sqn Engine cut, Crashed landing in FL 10m SW of Amarda
05 Dec 43 Hurricane IIB HV436 Plt Offr G Daniel +
 6 Sqn Failed to return from sortie. At 1130 hrs . Last s
08 Dec 43 Hurricane V7123 Plt Offr Bhattacharji
 151OTU failed to switch tanks - landed in field
11 Dec 43 Hurricane L1935 Plt Offr Grewal
 Click to View Record 151OTU BL after Uc failure
22 Dec 43 Hurricane Z4041 Plt Offr Jitendra Narayan Punnaiah Kotamraj +
 151OTU Crashed and burnt out
22 Dec 43 Hurricane Z9146 Plt Offr D Souza
 151OTU Taxied aircraft into Lodestar
26 Dec 43 Hurricane IIC LB798 Plt Offr Bhikhaji Shapurji Dastur +
 Click to View Record 4 Sqn 0930 Hours. Fatal accident. Dived into groun druin
29 Dec 43 Hurricane BN241 Plt Offr Harbhajan Singh
 151OTU BL in dry riverbed after Engine cut. Location Haza
29 Dec 43 Hurricane BG???
151OTU hit by other hurr on ground
31 Dec 43 Hurricane IIB BM915 Fg Offr Pirojshah Reporter +
 6 Sqn After completing a recce at 1600hrs at Razabil Mau
01 Jan 44 Hurricane Z4379 Plt Offr K K Sahgal
 151OTU Engine failure, Crash Landed
06 Jan 44 Hurricane IIC HW863 Fg Offr M B Ramamurthy +
 Click to View Record 4 Sqn Flying Accident - Fatal. Hit tree approaching in m
15 Jan 44 Hurricane IIB HL881 Fg Offr J S Bhullar
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn shot down during a PR sortie to Razabil and Buthid
22 Jan 44 Hurricane AG173 Plt Offr Kanwar Shamsher Singh Bedi
 Click to View Record 151OTU Engine cut due to failure of fuel switch , Cr and
24 Jan 44 Hurricane IIC LB588 Fg Offr B A Hall
 Click to View Record 3 Sqn struck tree in LL flying, port mainplane damaged.
25 Jan 44 Hurricane I L1848 Plt Offr J Singh
 Click to View Record 151OTU 4 m N of Mardan FL
27 Jan 44 Hurricane IIC LB827 Fg Offr Rustom Kaikobad Munshi +
 3 Sqn BL and caught fire on impact during LL flight. Hit
27 Jan 44 Hurricane IIB JS422 Fg Offr J C Verma
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn Shot down by enemy but landed in safe lines. 1720H
27 Jan 44 Hurricane IIB HV422 Fg Offr Mukerji
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn Overshot landing at ALG Bawlibazar wrecking aircra
27 Jan 44 Hurricane IIB BW912 Fg Offr J S Bhullar
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn Shot down Taken POW by Japanese 1210 Hours
30 Jan 44 Hurricane I W9294 Plt Offr S I R Bokhari
 Click to View Record 151OTU failure to switch to main task, eng cut FL 2 m w o
01 Feb 44 Hurricane AF992 Plt Offr Pandhi
 151OTU uc collapse on ldg
03 Feb 44 Hurricane II B HW601? Flt Lt Ahmed Ibrahim
 Click to View Record 1 Sqn Landed on Kutcha strip parallel to runway and went
04 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB BE291 Fg Offr M F Gracious +
 6 Sqn SD by Oscars 0915 Hours. No.2 to Reddy. Over Mayu
05 Feb 44 Hurricane BE341 Plt Offr S I R Bokhari
 Click to View Record 151OTU Taxied into mud - nosed over
05 Feb 44 Hurricane AG169 Plt Offr Sidhartha SEN +
 151OTU Hit Tree while low flying 2.25m SE of Khunda
08 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB BG868 Fg Offr Dodla Ranga Reddy +
 Click to View Record 6 Sqn SD by Oscars over Taung Bazar
08 Feb 44 Hurricane IIB AP892 Fg Offr J C De Lima +
 6 Sqn SD by Oscars over Taung Bazar
08 Feb 44 Hurricane AF999 Plt Offr M D Rosario
 Click to View Record 151OTU FL aircraft after low fuel

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