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| 1965 : 99 |
A total of 99 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | Flt Lt Babul Guha + |  | 1 Sqn | Shotdown by F-86 near Sargodha | |
| 07 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | Fg Offr Jagdev Singh Brar + |  | 7 Sqn | Failed to return from Air combat near Sargodha | |
| 07 Sep 65 | Dakota C-47 | - - | Dest on ground Srinagar by F-86 | |||
| 07 Sep 65 | Vampire FB52 | IB-344 | - - | 221 Sqn | Dest on ground Kalaikunda by F-86 | |
| 07 Sep 65 | Vampire FB52 | IB-614 | - - | 221 Sqn | Dest on ground Kalaikunda by F-86 | |
| 07 Sep 65 | Vampire FB52 | - - | 221 Sqn | Dest on ground Kalaikunda by F-86 | ||
| 07 Sep 65 | Vampire FB52 | - - | 221 Sqn | Dest on ground Kalaikunda by F-86 | ||
| 07 Sep 65 | Canberra B(I) 58 | - - | 16 Sqn | Dest on ground Kalaikunda by F-86 | ||
| 07 Sep 65 | Canberra B(I) 58 | - - | 16 Sqn | Dest on ground Kalaikunda by F-86 | ||
| 07 Sep 65 | Pushpak | Capt S Khurana + | ARMY - 659 | Crashed while landing in Lahore Sector | ||
| 08 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | Fg Offr Mahendra Vir Singh | 7 Sqn | Shotdown ground fire near Lahore. Pt POW | ||
| 09 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | BA-236 | Fg Offr Gurbux Singh Ahuja + |  | 27 Sqn | Mid Air Collision with Hunter flown by SK Sharma ( |
| 10 Sep 65 | Vampire T55 | BY-413 | Sqn Ldr Maurice John Marston + |  | 108 Sqn | Dest on ground Baghdogra by F-86 |
| 10 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | Fg Offr Dara Phiroze Chinoy |  | 32 Sqn | AA Fire ejected in enemy territory. Walked back | |
| 10 Sep 65 | Packet C-119 | - - | Dest on ground Baghdogra by F-86 | |||
| 11 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | Sqn Ldr Raman Kumar Uppal + |  | 1 Sqn | Shot down ground fire | |
| 11 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | Flt Lt Iqbal Fazal Husain |  | 32 Sqn | SD by AA - Ejected safely | |
| 11 Sep 65 | Vampire | Fg Offr Carl Andre Roberts+ | 220 Sqn | In Memoriam | ||
| 12 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | IA-1328 | - - | Dest on ground at Pathankot by B-57 | ||
| 13 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | Flt Lt Sadarangani Lal | 8 Sqn | Shotdown by AAA | ||
| 13 Sep 65 | Gnat | Flt Lt Arvind Kale |  | 2 Sqn | Shotdown by F-86 Ejected near Katron | |
| 13 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | Flt Lt Tajinder Singh Sethi |  | 31 Sqn | Shotdown by AAA | |
| 13 Sep 65 | Dakota C-47 | - - | Dest on ground at Jammu by B-57 | |||
| 13 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | - - | 32 Sqn | Dest on ground at Adampur by B-57 | ||
| 13 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | - - | 32 Sqn | Dest on ground at Adampur by B-57 | ||
| 14 Sep 65 | Gnat | IE-1206 | Sqn Ldr Narinder Kumar Malik + |  | 2 Sqn | Crashed into Ground during egress. |
| 14 Sep 65 | Dakota C-47 | - - | Dest on ground at Barrackpore by F-86 | |||
| 14 Sep 65 | Dakota C-47 | - - | Dest on ground at Jamnagar by B-57 | |||
| 14 Sep 65 | Dakota C-47 | - - | Dest on ground at Pathankot by B-57 | |||
| 14 Sep 65 | Vampire | - - | Dest on ground at Jamnagar by B-57 | |||
| 14 Sep 65 | Packet C-119 | - - | Dest on ground at Barrackpore by F-86 | |||
| 14 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | - - | 7 Sqn | Dest on ground at Halwara by B-57 | ||
| 14 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | - - | 7 Sqn | Dest on ground at Halwara by B-57 | ||
| 14 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | - - | Dest on ground at Jamnagar by B-57 | |||
| 15 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | BA-207 | Flt Lt Thapen Kumar Chaudhary + | 27 Sqn | Birdhit on TO from Halwara - Ejected | |
| 16 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | Fg Offr Farokh Dara Bunsha + | 20 Sqn | Shotdown by F-86 in aircombat at Halwara | ||
| 18 Sep 65 | Sea Hawk | IN-185 | Sub Lt K P Verma + | NAVY - INA | Crashed after TO from Santa Cruz, Bombay | |
| 19 Sep 65 | Beech 18 F | VT-COO | Capt Jehangir Merwan Engineer + Radio Offr A M Da'Costa |  | Maharshtra | Shot down by F-86 near Suthali , Bhuj. Eight kille |
| 19 Sep 65 | Gnat | Fg Offr Vijay Mayadev | 9 Sqn | Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | ||
| 20 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | Sqn Ldr Deba Prasad Chatterjee + | 7 Sqn | Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | ||
| 20 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | Flt Lt S K Sharma | 7 Sqn | Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | ||
| 20 Sep 65 | Gnat | IE-1212 | - - | Dest on ground at Halwara by B-57 | ||
| 21 Sep 65 | Canberra B(I) 58 | IF-970 | Flt Lt Manmohan Lowe Fg Offr Kewal Krishan Kapur + |  | 5 Sqn | Shotdown by F-104. |
| 22 Sep 65 | Hunter F56 | Flt Lt Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa |  | 20 Sqn | Shotdown by AA fire Lahore | |
| 22 Sep 65 | Mystere IVa | IA-1339 | Flt Lt Prem Ramsing Ramchandani + |  | 3 Sqn | Shotdown by Own AA fire. Pilot died of W/Ounds |
| 27 Sep 65 | Ouragan | Fg Offr Harazbun Dara Surti + | 29 Sqn | Went into a spin during aerobatics - did not recov | ||
| 17 Oct 65 | Dakota C-47 | VT-AUK | | Kalinga AW On hire Cr Assam 8 Killed. *112. SHRI | ||
| 06 Nov 65 | Gnat | IE-1068 | Fg Offr Tejwant Singh |  | 23 Sqn | pulled the split-tail lever because of a control p |
| 22 Nov 65 | Unidentified UI | Plt Offr Gurmeet Singh Bedi + | One Pilot officer Killed (3 miles North-West of Mu |
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