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| 1946 : 87 |
A total of 87 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 30 Jul 46 | Hurricane II | LD408 | | Kohat CF | ac landed heavily damaging U/C, NOsed over on land | |
| 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. | ||
| 05 Sep 46 | Harvard IIB | FE958 | | 1SFTS | Crashed on landing. Ambala ac swung on ldg damagin | |
| 06 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD316 | Plt Offr R W B Bharadwaj | 1 Sqn | Forgot to lower U/C. Controlled BL Cat AC -> Cat E | |
| 08 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIVe | MV301 | Fg Offr R C Dhawan + |  | 7 Sqn | engine cut TO on Offensive Recce Miranshah, Cr L, |
| 09 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIII | MT872 | Flt Lt Anand Ramdas Pandit |  | 2 Sqn | FL outside airfield 1mSE eng failure - aerobatics |
| 12 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | NH619 | Fg Offr M U Haq + | 2 Sqn | engine cut on tao, forcelanded on rocky surface 1 | |
| 12 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIV | MT848 | Fg Offr T B Chowdary |  | 6 Sqn | eng fail during LL Flying at Ranchi FL - ac Cat E |
| 17 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD269 | Fg Offr M E D'Eca | 3 Sqn | Birdhit during formation flying, BL 5 m from Kolar | |
| 18 Sep 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MD387 | Plt Offr J R Peters | 6 Sqn | tyreburst on TO from Ranchi, BL besides runway | |
| 23 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ169 | Fg Offr S Banerji |  | 8 Sqn | left peritrack while taxying fell in ditch, prop a |
| 25 Sep 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ118 | Plt Offr S R Bose |  | AFS(I) | stalled whiel landing, bounced, nose tipped, uc da |
| 12 Oct 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MT873 | Plt Offr F D Irani | 1SFTS | trying to avoid parked ac after landing ran into f | |
| 25 Oct 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | MV205 | Fg Offr H H Beale | 10 Sqn | engine cut on recce, BL 17m NW of Jessore | |
| 25 Oct 46 | Spitfire XIV | MV374 | Plt Offr P B Bhandarkar | 8 Sqn | Kolar ac swung to starboard and left runway - pilo | |
| 06 Nov 46 | Harvard IIB | FE546 | Fg Offr Bakshi /Bakhshi | 1SFTS | Engine failure, badly damaged Cat ES awaiting STri | |
| 08 Nov 46 | Spitfire XIV | TZ163 | Fg Offr Peters | 6 Sqn | Ranchi ac overturned after swinging on TO on runwa | |
| 24 Nov 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | JG606 | Flt Lt J W G Marley |  | 1 Sqn | Engine trouble on cross country, belly landed at Y |
| 02 Dec 46 | Hurricane II | LE704 | Fg Offr D G King-Lee |  | 9 Sqn | Peshawar u/c dam in initial ldg Pilot went around |
| 04 Dec 46 | Spitfire XIVe | SM893 | Fg Offr N K Lalkaka |  | 8 Sqn | cross country flt Bhopal to nagpur, got lost in cl |
| 09 Dec 46 | Spitfire VIIIc | NH636 | Plt Offr O'Brian |  | AFS(I) | hit by NH901 whilte stationary at Ambala |
| 12 Dec 46 | Spitfire VIII | MV122 | | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing swung and u/c collapsed Santa Cru | |
| 12 Dec 46 | Spitfire VIII | | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing swung and u/c collapsed Santa Cru | ||
| 17 Dec 46 | Spitfire XIVe | TZ185 | Plt Offr P E Harrington |  | AFS(I) | engine cut on apprach, BL at Ambala |
| 17 Dec 46 | Tigermoth II | DG524 | | 2EFTS | Zabeli - instr distracted during touch and go prac | |
| 30 Dec 46 | Spitfire XIVe | RM969 | Plt Offr Hakim Rai + | 6 Sqn | Went out of control after looping at 3000feet at R |
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