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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1943 : 17 | 1944 : 51 | 1945 : 7 |
A total of 75 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 44 | Vengeance | AN923 | Plt Offr A M K Quazi + Sgt Bose + | 151OTU | Cr at firing range. Hit ground at shallow angle, r | |
| 24 May 44 | Vengeance | EZ842 | Fg Offr Arthur Christopher JOSEPH + Fg Offr Davis | 22AACU | Cr in Ahmeta water tank 9 m of Katni. Both survi | |
| 11 Jun 44 | Vengeance | Fg Offr Aziz |  | 8 Sqn | Pranged ac ferrying it from126 RSU to a back area | |
| 29 Jun 44 | Vengeance III | FB967 | | 8 Sqn | Hit steamroller while landing at Cox's Bazaar, Ban | |
| 17 Jul 44 | Vengeance II | AN649 | | 7 Sqn | Hit Tree low flying at Ranchi | |
| 18 Jul 44 | Vengeance II | AN791 | Fg Offr Srinivasan |  | 7 Sqn | UC collapse on landing, swung, Ranchi |
| 19 Jul 44 | Vengeance | AN890 | W/O Bruce Roy LUCAS + Cpl D Emmerson + | 22AACU | FT Arrive at Ahmedabad from Poona. TO at 0933 pres | |
| 20 Jul 44 | Vengeance III | FB971 | | 8 Sqn | DBR in runway collision with FB987 at Samungli, Pa | |
| 20 Jul 44 | Vengeance III | FB987 | | 8 Sqn | Runway collision with FB971, Samungli, Pakistan Ju | |
| 21 Jul 44 | Vengeance II | Fg Offr C Sathyanaryana |  | 7 Sqn | Under carraige failed to lock down. Belly landing | |
| 21 Jul 44 | Vengeance II | AN753 | Fg Offr Radhakrishnan |  | 7 Sqn | Swung on ldg, uc collapse Ranchi |
| 05 Aug 44 | Vengeance | FB956 | Flt Lt Carswell Harold NIVEN + LAC Eric Douglas WILLCOCK + | 8 Sqn | Final leg to Quetta from Cox Bazaar. Caught up in | |
| 10 Aug 44 | Vengeance II | AN739 | | 7 Sqn | Tyre burst on TO, Charra, swung into soft ground | |
| 14 Aug 44 | Vengeance | FB952 | Fg Offr William Ernest Jay McBAIN + AC1 MUHAMMAD TAMAR HAQ + |  | 8 Sqn | Failed to pull out from practice dive near Quetta |
| 28 Aug 44 | Vengeance | AN931 | W/O BAILEE F/Sgt LG Wright | 22AACU | eng fail during landing circuit, crashed at drigh | |
| 04 Nov 44 | Vengeance | AN903 | F Sgt Maurice Benjamin JONES + F/Sgt D M Livie | 22AACU | Cr after aircraft hit tree during unauthorised low | |
| 09 Nov 44 | Vengeance | AN979 | W/O J DuckW/Orth AC M Roy | 22AACU | flying accident no details | |
| 12 Dec 44 | Vengeance | AP103 | W/O Gabb | 22AACU | ac caught fire on TO run | |
| 16 Jan 45 | Vengeance | AP129 | Sqn Ldr B F C Houston | 22AACU | Forcelanded Mauripur due to breakdown of insulatio | |
| 31 Mar 45 | Vengeance | AP122 | Sgt John WRIGHT + AC2 W M BHASKAR + | 22AACU | Crashed near Chakulia, in a village, tW/O houses s | |
| 31 Mar 45 | Vengeance | EZ807 | Fg Offr L V C Fabian | 22AACU | Tipped over to nose due to stbd wheel lock down at | |
| 31 May 45 | Vengeance | AN921 | W/O BOOTH | 22AACU | CR AT end of runway at drigh road after TO, premat | |
| 06 Jun 45 | Vengeance | FD314 | W/O D N BOOTH | 22AACU | Drigh Road, Premature Pull out during TO and hit g | |
| 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. |
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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.