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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1941 : 13 | 1942 : 28 | 1943 : 18 |
A total of 59 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Feb 41 | Audax (India) | K5572 | Plt Offr Jehangir Merwan Engineer |  | 1 Sqn | Pranged at Miranshah |
| 12 Mar 41 | Audax (India) | K5576 | | 1 Sqn | 1s Stalled on app and hit ground Miramshah 12-3-41 | |
| 10 Apr 41 | Audax (India) | K5571 | Flt Lt Narendra |  | 1 Sqn | eng cut during message drop uc collapse in FL spin |
| 30 May 41 | Audax (India) | K5582 | | 1 Sqn | 1s hit obstr on night take off miramshah 30-5-41 R | |
| 04 Sep 41 | Audax (India) | K5229 | Sgt Harry Renton Harvey + Plt Offr Cherala Raghava Rao + | 1SFTS | First fatality of SFTS. Crashed during a sharp tur | |
| 18 Sep 41 | Audax (India) | K5577 | Plt Offr K M Mukerjee + AC1 Nadir Hussain + | 2 Sqn | 2s Lost ht in turn during LL practice Kohat Bombin | |
| 27 Sep 41 | Audax (India) | K4852 | Plt Offr C A Dhairyam | 1 Sqn | 1s engcut FL overturned Miramshah 27-9-41 | |
| 06 Oct 41 | Audax (India) | K4861 | Fg Offr Arjan Singh |  | 2 Sqn | 1s 2s dam by VB gun fire and hit boulder landing . |
| 07 Nov 41 | Audax (India) | K5564 | Plt Offr Bhasker Daniel Gnanamuthu + AC Sohan Singh + |  | 2 Sqn | 0645 eng smoke dived into hill near Razami 7-11-4. |
| 13 Nov 41 | Audax (India) | K3077 | Plt Offr Ghulam Nabi Khan + |  | 1SFTS | Hit trees at night Ambalal 13.11.41. First solo du |
| 14 Nov 41 | Audax (India) | K7357 | Plt Offr Vicoo Jehangir Billimoria |  | 1SFTS | abandoned on night navex Bhiwani 64m WNW Delhi 14. |
| 20 Dec 41 | Audax (India) | K5255 | 1SFTS | Swung on approach and overturned Ambala 20-12-41. | ||
| 27 Dec 41 | Audax (India) | K5167 | Plt Offr Daljit Singh | 1SFTS | Overturned on Night Flying Take Off | |
| 27 Jan 42 | Audax (India) | K3097 | Fg Offr B S Dugal | 1SFTS | Lost his way, hit stump of tree while landing. Ove | |
| 31 Jan 42 | Audax (India) | K4849 | Plt Offr O P Mehra Sgt Murli Dhar |  | 3 Sqn | Cr on L at Miranshah, Gunner Sgt Muralidhar |
| 09 Feb 42 | Audax (India) | K5237 | Plt Offr A M Kapur |  | 1SFTS | Overturned landing at night |
| 04 Mar 42 | Audax (India) | K3098 | 1SFTS | Damaged main planes whle low flying, cross country | ||
| 23 Mar 42 | Audax (India) | K4843 | Plt Offr V K Reddy AC1 P D Seraph |  | 3 Sqn | Cr on landing at Kohat, overturned, Gunner Seraph |
| 30 Apr 42 | Audax (India) | K5142 | Plt Offr R S Sharma |  | 1SFTS | Undershot landing, hit tree on appraoch and uc col |
| 13 May 42 | Audax (India) | K4848 | | 3 Sqn | 3s uc collapse in FL Miranshan 13-5-42 | |
| 14 May 42 | Audax (India) | K8319 | Plt Offr Murkot Ramunny |  | 1SFTS | DNE - Ambala - ground collision with another Audax |
| 20 May 42 | Audax (India) | K7529 | Plt Offr Sangram Singh Bali + | 1SFTS | DiG at night Sitapur 8m NW of Ambala. 10 feet into | |
| 20 May 42 | Audax (India) | K5569 | | 6 CDF | 6CDF hit by J 9496 20-5-42 Drigh Road | |
| 01 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K7336 | Plt Offr Khan | 1SFTS | uccollapse Heavy ldg ambala 1-6-42 ROS | |
| 02 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K5571 | Plt Offr Ameer Qamaruzzaman Plt Offr Trilochan Singh + | 1SFTS | 2s hit tree rec fromdive 5m NE of Ambala 2-6-42. P | |
| 02 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K5572 | | 1 1ATU | 1s 1AGS hit tree rec from dive 2-6-42 ROS | |
| 06 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K5589 | Plt Offr K M David |  | 1SFTS | tax into K8319 Ambala 14-5-42 , Uc Collapse in Hea |
| 07 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K4857 | Plt Offr I N Shiv Puri |  | 1SFTS | 1s 2s caught fire while parked Ambala 7-6-42 |
| 10 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K7484 | Plt Offr C G Devasher |  | 1SFTS | Overturned in FL in bad weather on navex 13m SW of |
| 16 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K7539 | Plt Offr Gopal Dass | 1SFTS | stalled onldg uc collapse ambala 16-6-42 | |
| 01 Jul 42 | Audax (India) | K5561 | Flt Lt S S Majithia |  | 3 Sqn | Heavy Landing due to judgement error. Damage to ai |
| 11 Jul 42 | Audax (India) | K5603 | Plt Offr Gage RAF | 1SFTS | caught fire after ldg Ambala 11-7-42 | |
| 14 Jul 42 | Audax (India) | K3922 | | 1 1ATU | ||
| 26 Jul 42 | Audax (India) | K5568 | Plt Offr Roger George COBLEY Plt Offr N K Shitoley |  | 1 1ATU | 1ATU EC OT FL Pempora 25-7-42, Overturned in soft |
| 30 Jul 42 | Audax (India) | K4856 | Plt Offr Z A Sanjana + Sgt Jayakumar Arya + |  | 3 Sqn | Cr on Tac R Mission to Dara Khel, AG Ayre Killed 1 |
| 27 Aug 42 | Audax (India) | K4858 | | 1 1ATU | overturn in FL Bairagarh 27-8-42 | |
| 11 Sep 42 | Audax (India) | K7442 | Plt Offr M S Khan | 1SFTS | Hit Tree in FL 1m SE of Ambala 11-9-42 | |
| 15 Sep 42 | Audax (India) | K7465 | | 1SFTS | Aircraft overturned during night landing | |
| 17 Sep 42 | Audax (India) | K5237 | | 3 Sqn | 3s tipped up kanpur 17-9-42 | |
| 18 Sep 42 | Audax (India) | K5581 | | 3 Sqn | 3s stalled on TO Mirmasha 18-9-42 | |
| 03 Oct 42 | Audax (India) | K7547 | Plt Offr A S Sekhon |  | 1SFTS | Bounced on ldg and uc collapse 3-10-42 fuselage to |
| 16 Jan 43 | Audax (India) | K5594 | Plt Offr J L Loam RAF Plt Offr W M Awan + | 1SFTS | Crashed on trg sortie at Ambala and burst into fla | |
| 28 Jan 43 | Audax (India) | K5583 | | 1 1ATU | 1ATU sol and OT Bairagarh 28-1-43 ROS | |
| 21 Feb 43 | Audax (India) | K4840 | Plt Offr Ghisad | 3 Sqn | 1 SFTS 3s, taxied into tent Ismail Khan LG 21-2-43 | |
| 23 Feb 43 | Audax (India) | K7503 | Plt Offr Madhusudan Murlidhar Date + | 1SFTS | flew into high ground 1.5 m S of Kasauli 23-2-43. | |
| 27 Feb 43 | Audax (India) | K5574 | Plt Offr Lall Singh |  | 3 Sqn | 3s taxied into obstruction Risalpur 27-2-43 ROS |
| 09 Mar 43 | Audax (India) | K7313 | W/O John Meldrum McINTOSH + | 1SFTS | 1200 Hrs Hit ground during Aerobatics Ambala 9-3-4 | |
| 21 Apr 43 | Audax (India) | K5588 | - | 1 1ATU | Wrecked in Gale Bairagarh | |
| 21 Apr 43 | Audax (India) | K5562 | - | 1 1ATU | Wrecked in Gale Bairagarh | |
| 21 Apr 43 | Audax (India) | K5167 | - | 1 1ATU | Wrecked in Gale Bairagarh |
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