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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1941 : 13 | 1942 : 31 | 1943 : 16 | 1944 : 23 | 1945 : 28 | 1946 : 16 | 1947 : 4 |
A total of 131 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Apr 43 | Harvard IIB | FE425 | Flt Lt N M Williams A/Plt Offr A Singh |  | 1SFTS | Cr 6m from Ambala. 0900Hrs, Harvard FE426 forced l |
| 28 Apr 43 | Harvard IIB | FE481 | A/Plt Offr H Ghosh + | 1SFTS | Cr 3m N of Ambala. Pilot Killed. PIlot completed f | |
| 17 Jun 43 | Audax (India) | K2003 | | 1SFTS | 1AGSI Prop hit gd on TO overturned Bairagarh 17-6- | |
| 29 Jul 43 | Audax (India) | K5575 | Fg Offr Pratap Lall Singh |  | 1SFTS | 3s `SFTS eng cut on appraoch kohat 29-7-43 |
| 04 Aug 43 | Harvard IIB | FE549 | Fg Offr H C Harding + A/Plt Offr GD Salick + | 1SFTS | Cr 8m NW of Ambala, Rajgarh village. Both occupant | |
| 30 Aug 43 | Harvard IIB | FE491 | A/Plt Offr Avtar Singh | | 1SFTS | landed on airfield with U/C retracted. Ac repairab |
| 23 Sep 43 | Harvard IIB | FE370 | 1SFTS | Overturned on aerodrome owing to severe braking | ||
| 14 Oct 43 | Harvard IIB | FE382 | A/Plt Offr C B Contracter | 1SFTS | Landed with Undercarraige retracted | |
| 02 Nov 43 | Harvard IIB | FE544 | Flt Lt H M HILTON A/Plt Offr Aziz Khan |  | 1SFTS | Throttle stuck, ac cught fire - forcelanded at aer |
| 20 Dec 43 | Harvard IIB | FE548 | | 1SFTS | Hit House and cr Ambala City | |
| 06 Jan 44 | Harvard IIB | FE539 | Plt Offr A Q Zia + | 1SFTS | Hit house and cr Wazirabad near Ambala. Killed ins | |
| 15 Feb 44 | Harvard IIB | FE900 | A/Plt Offr Ranade | 1SFTS | FL in Harvard in darkness immediately after take o | |
| 22 Feb 44 | Harvard IIB | FE534 | - - | 1SFTS | hit by Tigermoth DE870 being taxied by Fg Offr Dug | |
| 08 Mar 44 | Harvard IIB | FE468 | Sgt Davis A/Plt Offr Bouche |  | 1SFTS | failed to recover in spin - baled out at 4000 feet |
| 04 Apr 44 | Harvard IIB | FE956 | Fg Offr R A P Larive + Fg Offr M S Gopalkrishna + |  | 1SFTS | CrL 6m NE of Patiala. Low flying. |
| 02 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | NAN | A/Plt Offr H S Gill |  | 1SFTS | Crashed 2215 hours - seriously injured - admitted |
| 07 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE480 | 1SFTS | Collided with FE551 Shahabad and Cr. Bartley baled | ||
| 07 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE551 | A/Plt Offr V D Shourie + | 1SFTS | Collided with FE480. 1000Hours - MAC over SHAHABAD | |
| 09 Jun 44 | Harvard IIB | FE672 | | 1SFTS | Cr on Take Off Ambala | |
| 04 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE368 | A/Plt Offr R J Odayar + | 1SFTS | Collision between tW/O Harvards approaching to lan | |
| 04 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE681 | | 1SFTS | Collision between tW/O Harvards approaching to lan | |
| 04 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE533 | | 1SFTS | Engine cut, crashed in forced landing at Nagla | |
| 26 Jul 44 | Harvard IIB | FE475 | A/Plt Offr K K Sur + | 1SFTS | Killed in accident at Rupar, while carrying out un | |
| 21 Aug 44 | Harvard IIB | FE358 | A/Plt Offr K Lal + | 1SFTS | Cr in slow roll, Roorki - Fatal flying accident | |
| 28 Sep 44 | Harvard IIB | FE682 | Flt Lt LeCraw A/Plt Offr Edwards | 1SFTS | landed 382 with undercarraige retracted 0 aircraft | |
| 06 Oct 44 | Hurricane IIC | Z5668 | Plt Offr M U Haq | 1SFTS | Aircraft met with an accident on landing owing to | |
| 11 Oct 44 | Harvard IIB | NAN | A/Plt Offr A R Fairless | 1SFTS | wheels up landing due to loss of rudder control in | |
| 02 Nov 44 | Harvard IIB | FE469 | A/Plt Offr Bruce Dalkieth YARDLEY | 1SFTS | Hit tree whle low flying Magarpura, 7m NE of Kesry | |
| 04 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIC | Fg Offr T K Lalith |  | 1SFTS | Crashed after landing at NW end of runway owing to | |
| 20 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIC | JS417 | A/Plt Offr I Jan | 1SFTS | Damaged on landing due to Oleo Leg collapse. Cat A | |
| 22 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIC | PJ753 | Fg Offr A J Mir |  | 1SFTS | 1510 Hrs . Stalled his aircraft on landing. Fate u |
| 22 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIC | HV429 | A/Plt Offr N B Menon |  | 1SFTS | 1120 Hrs Damaged cat A due to premature retraction |
| 27 Dec 44 | Hurricane IIC | KX421 | Fg Offr Murat Singh Aulakh |  | 1SFTS | Swung after landing. There was no casuality but ai |
| 02 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIC | KX421 | A/Plt Offr T Zacharaiah |  | 1SFTS | Engine cut at 10000ft. Glided to aerodrome being w |
| 10 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIC | KW881 | A/Plt Offr D S Jang |  | 1SFTS | Heavy landing caused U/C to collapse. Aircraft was |
| 11 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIB | BG963 | 1SFTS | While taxying allowed the aircraft to run into sof | ||
| 23 Jan 45 | Hurricane IID | HV670 | A/Plt Offr D S Legha | 1SFTS | 1645 Hrs. Overshot runway and while attempting to | |
| 29 Jan 45 | Hurricane IIC | HW659 | A/Plt Offr Zafar Mahmud |  | 1SFTS | Forcelanded near Hansi after Port mainplane root h |
| 29 Jan 45 | Harvard IIB | FE889 | 1SFTS | Landed heavily on port wheel causing u/c to collap | ||
| 26 Feb 45 | Hurricane IIC | LE688 | Fg Offr K C Sarkar |  | 1SFTS | 1100 hrs. struck a kite hawk with port main plane |
| 09 Mar 45 | Hurricane IID | HW854 | A/Plt Offr J K R Dalal + |  | 1SFTS | 1200 Hrs. Flying accident at 77N 3005E while carry |
| 12 Mar 45 | Harvard IIB | FS994 | A/Plt Offr R L SAYCE |  | 1SFTS | UC Collapse on landing, ambala, Cat A |
| 13 Mar 45 | Hurricane IV | KZ320 | A/Plt Offr C T Muthayah |  | 1SFTS | Hit vulture in flight near Ambala. Not repaired. C |
| 18 Mar 45 | Hurricane IID | HW794 | A/Plt Offr P S Pendse |  | 1SFTS | Ran into a fence while taxying. damaged aircraft. |
| 20 Mar 45 | Harvard IIB | FE370 | | 1SFTS | Missing | |
| 28 Mar 45 | Harvard IIB | FE413 | A/Plt Offr P K GHOSH | 1SFTS | Ran out of fuel , forced to belly land on last leg | |
| 14 Apr 45 | Hurricane IID | KX421 | A/Plt Offr Y K Williams | 1SFTS | Landed Heavilly, bounced on landing, belly landed | |
| 04 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ619 | Fg Offr M Sadiq + | 1SFTS | 1405 Hrs Apparent engine failure in circuit. Airc | |
| 11 May 45 | Hurricane IIC | HV301 | A/Plt Offr M R Irani | 1SFTS | 1125 Hrs Student pilot forgot to lower undercarria | |
| 16 May 45 | Hurricane IID | KW881 | Plt Offr N R Ker |  | 1SFTS | 0945 Hrs. Pilot on Aerobatics sortie, went into sp |
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.