15 Jan 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ107 | - - | | 8 Sqn | Caught fire duringservicing, burnt out at Mingalad |
21 Jan 46 | Spitfire XIVe | SM897 | Plt Offr D G King-Lee | | 8 Sqn | swung on TO from Mingaladon, hit ditch and steamro |
24 Jan 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JF764 | Flt Lt D A Shah + | | 151OTU | Fatal dive bombing sortie at bombing range. aircra |
30 Jan 46 | Spitfire VIII | MV232 | Plt Offr Surinder Singh | | 3 Sqn | Collision between MV232 and JC678 (Plt Offr Pendse |
31 Jan 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD333 | Plt Offr R D Law | | 10 Sqn | U/c fail Hmwabi BUrma |
07 Feb 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG654 | Plt Offr G C Walker + | | 151OTU | Fatal accident over Nowshera. aircraft went into s |
14 Feb 46 | Spitfire VIII | NH651 | Plt Offr G E Wilkes | | 7 Sqn | A/C overran runway and tipped on nose |
02 Mar 46 | Spitfire VIII | MT739 | Plt Offr G V Francis | | 3 Sqn | 15m S of Kolar ac caught fire at 3800 feet FL ac b |
05 Mar 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ162 | Fg Offr T R Healey | | 6 Sqn | engine failed, BL at Guldhar. ac later dest by nat |
09 Mar 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT615 | Plt Offr A F E Fernandez | | 6 Sqn | engine cut after TO BL in feild 1 m NW of Ranchi |
19 Mar 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH793 | Plt Offr C T Muthayah + | | 8 Sqn | Engine cut, BL near level crossing at Trichnopoly, |
19 Mar 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH846 | Plt Offr P K Ghosh | | 9 Sqn | BL in error, ac caught fire at Gurgaon. |
28 Mar 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV436 | | | 3 Sqn | AC belonged to Boss OP Mehra, AC W/O. |
29 Mar 46 | Spitfire XIV | TZ108 | Plt Offr J R Bankapur | | 7 Sqn | Maharajpur - swung to port on TO ac hit soft groun |
03 Apr 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH795 | Fg Offr W R N Dani | | 4 Sqn | undershot, hit telegraph wires, u/c collapse, over |
03 Apr 46 | Spitfire VIII | JG314 | Fg Offr R L Jebb | | 10 Sqn | ac landed with tailwheel retrcted at Baigachi in B |
09 Apr 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ152 | Fg Offr C A Hall + | | 6 Sqn | unauthorised aircombat practice, cr 4 m E of Namku |
11 Apr 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG527 | Fg Offr S Jamaluddin | | 3 Sqn | engine caught fire on startup at Kolar, ac burnt o |
11 Apr 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ167 | Plt Offr C Shortlands | | 1SFTS | engine failed, crashed BL in field 1 m NW of Thane |
11 Apr 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | LV732 | Plt Offr S R Powar | | 1 Sqn | tyre burst on take off, tippued up trying to stop. |
12 Apr 46 | Spitfire XIVe | RN149 | Flt Lt P K Sarkar | | 7 Sqn | Overshot into rough ground, uc collapse at maharaj |
20 Apr 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD400 | Fg Offr B S Dogra | | 1 Sqn | hit slipstream of leading ac in frm, lost control, |
23 Apr 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JF782 | Plt Offr A M Palamkote | | 2 Sqn | Ferrying from Kohat, landed at runway edge, ran of |
27 Apr 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG678 | Fg Offr R S Randhawa | | 3 Sqn | Engine failure, forcelanded at Kolar AC Cat E |
04 May 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TX976 | Plt Offr S Jena | | 1SFTS | stalled on landing, uc collapse at ambala |
06 May 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD347 | Plt Offr W H Walmsley | | 1SFTS | heavylanding in low cloud, BL at Bhopal, Recat E |
12 May 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT744 | Fg Offr Randhir Singh | | 3 Sqn | Sntacruz UC failed to lock down - collapse on land |
13 May 46 | Spitfire XIVe | RM786 | Plt Offr S D Singh | | 1SFTS | lost in bad weather, ran out of fuel, BL 1m S of K |
17 May 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD219 | Fg Offr K L Suri | | 2 Sqn | formation flying, engine cut, BL near Mirali FA/E |
18 May 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT728 | Plt Offr G Haider | | 1SFTS | forgot to lower U/C at Bhopal Re-Cat E |
19 May 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD328 | Flt Lt A Hussain | | 8 Sqn | lost on crosscountry, shoft of fuel, FL, tipped up |
28 May 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH865 | Fg Offr J R Bearcroft | | 9 Sqn | engine cut at 200 feet, bl 12 m W of Hungu |
04 Jun 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV236 | Fg Offr C K Singha | | 9 Sqn | engine cut on TO, hit ditch overturned at Peshawa |
06 Jun 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT987 | Flt Lt A K Ganguly | | 1 Sqn | Struck JG489 at Samungli |
06 Jun 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG489 | Plt Offr K R Jolly | | 1 Sqn | Run into by Spitfire MT987 at Samungly Pt Injured |
09 Jun 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ186 | Fg Offr V J Clowsley | | 8 Sqn | engine cut in circuit, BL 4 m SSE of Trichnopoly |
13 Jun 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MB971 | Fg Offr W V A Lloyd | | 2 Sqn | ferry from Kohat to Miranshah. uc collapse on land |
23 Jun 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV403 | Flt Lt Phiroze Shah Mehta | | 1 Sqn | unit move, undershot runway, grass landing, overtu |
03 Jul 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH806 | Fg Offr R B S Karki + | | 7 Sqn | bird hit during cross country flight, lost tailpla |
03 Jul 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV208 | Plt Offr Jyotir Moy Bose + | | 3 Sqn | hit palm tree on rising ground while on a LL cross |
10 Jul 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD329 | Plt Offr Lakshman Mohan Katre | | 1 Sqn | sqn move to Hakmpet frm Nagpur. Engine falure, BL, |
24 Jul 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TX978 | Plt Offr G S Dhillon | | 7 Sqn | Kohat FL after eng fail during aerobatics |
02 Aug 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD222 | Fg Offr R L Jebb | | 10 Sqn | ferry Bhopal - Brrckpore. Engine cut after TO from |
02 Aug 46 | Spitfire XIVe | NH786 | | | 1SFTS | engine cut, BL, fuselage broke off 30.25N 76.54E 1 |
03 Aug 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ110 | Plt Offr B J G Cazlett | | 6 Sqn | Engine failed to pick up on landing, undershot at |
08 Aug 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD398 | Fg Offr D B Rai | | 2 Sqn | undercarraige collapse after Tyre burst from Miran |
10 Aug 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT611 | Plt Offr A M Palamkote | | 2 Sqn | heavy landed, tyre burst,BL Kohat |
16 Aug 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TX974 | Fg Offr R K B Singh | | 9 Sqn | Engine blew up on starting, ac broke its back caug |
21 Aug 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ195 | Fg Offr P J Oomen + | | 7 Sqn | hit ground during dive bomb practice 6m E of Razma |
22 Aug 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JF789 | | | 151OTU | engine failed, belly landed peshawar, caught fire. |