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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1933 : 1 | 1935 : 1 | 1938 : 2 | 1940 : 2 | 1941 : 8 | 1942 : 9 | 1943 : 7 | 1944 : 16 | 1945 : 10 | 1946 : 10 | 1947 : 1 | 1954 : 1 | 1956 : 1 | 1963 : 1 | 1965 : 3 |
| 1968 : 3 | 1971 : 1 | 1974 : 1 | 1977 : 1 | 1980 : 1 | 2004 : 1 | 2012 : 2 |
A total of 83 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Sep 33 | Wapiti IIA | J9486 | Plt Offr Bhupender Singh + Plt Offr Amarinder Singh + |   | 1 Sqn | Cr during Spin at Padidan AF Plt Offr A Singh kill |
| 04 Jan 35 | Wapiti V | J9738 | Fg Offr Harish Chandra Sircar AC Abdul Salaam |  | 1 Sqn | Cr after hitting troops on ground during low pass |
| 03 Oct 38 | Wapiti IIA | Plt Offr R H D Singh |  | 1 Sqn | Ac overshot on landing at Miranshah - wrecked | |
| 06 Oct 38 | Wapiti IIA | K1279 | Fg Offr Mehar Singh |  | 1 Sqn | On 6 October, a Wapiti had to make a forced landin |
| 08 Aug 40 | Wapiti IIA | J9854 | Plt Offr Jehangir Merwan Engineer LAC M Bhaskaran |  | 1 Sqn | LAC Bhaskaran - Cr on return from sortie |
| 27 Nov 40 | Wapiti V | J9735 | Plt Offr Arjan Singh AC1 Narayanan |  | 1 Sqn | UC Collapsed during Heavy Landing at Wana, NWFP |
| 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 | |
| 30 Jun 41 | Wapiti IIA | K1289 | Plt Offr A M Allahdad |  | 1 Sqn | 1s EC FL Pushtakhara, nr Peshawar30-6-41 |
| 27 Sep 41 | Audax (India) | K4852 | Plt Offr C A Dhairyam | 1 Sqn | 1s engcut FL overturned Miramshah 27-9-41 | |
| 13 Nov 41 | Lysander II | P1694 | | 1 Sqn | Hit Rock landing at Manzai, flipped over - wrecked | |
| 20 Dec 41 | Lysander II | R1989 | Plt Offr Paljor Namgyal + Plt Offr R H Bokhari |  | 1 Sqn | Undershot runway at Peshawar - ac flipped over fir |
| 16 Jan 42 | Lysander II | P1675 | Plt Offr H S Ratnagar |  | 1 Sqn | Peshawar Swung on landing ran off strip Undercarra |
| 16 Jan 42 | Lysander II | R2033 | Plt Offr C Satyanarayana |  | 1 Sqn | Peshawar Swung on landing ran off strip Undercarra |
| 12 Feb 42 | Lysander II | Flt Lt Niranjan Prasad Sgt E S Moyer RCAF |  | 1 Sqn | Baled out after being hitby our own AA fire | |
| 15 Feb 42 | Lysander II | P9120 | Plt Offr Yeshwant Vinayak Malse |  | 1 Sqn | DNE Ac destroyed in Jap Raid on Magwe |
| 23 Feb 42 | Lysander II | Fg Offr Jatain Kumar Deuskar + Sgt Kameshwara Dhora + |  | 1 Sqn | Ac crashed after tipping over on landing - Gunner | |
| 01 Mar 42 | Lysander II | DG447 | Sqn Ldr Karun Krishna Majumdar Sgt Rustomji |  | 1 Sqn | Forcelanded in forest - Lashio to Mensom. Due to e |
| 08 Apr 42 | Lysander II | R2007 | | 1 Sqn | Overshot on landing and ran off landing ground int | |
| 02 Oct 42 | Hurricane II | AG283 | Plt Offr K Raghunathan + |  | 1 Sqn | Demonstration Flight at Bangalore - struck wires d |
| 18 Oct 42 | Hurricane I | AF960 | Fg Offr P S Gill |  | 1 Sqn | Engine lost power during aero. Overturned on FL at |
| 03 Feb 43 | Hurricane | HV415 | | 1 Sqn | Missing | |
| 10 Feb 43 | Hurricane | AG139 | Fg Offr Haider Raza |  | 1 Sqn | Landed in crosswind, swung, failed to correct, ran |
| 16 Jul 43 | Hurricane | HV987 | | 1 Sqn | Cockpit Hood detached and fouled elevator. Pilot b | |
| 17 Aug 43 | Hurricane IIC | AG102 | | 1 Sqn | Engine cut, Undershot landing a Sapam | |
| 24 Oct 43 | Hurricane I | AG131 | | 1 Sqn | Cr Ferry Flight to Raghunathpur | |
| 18 Nov 43 | Hurricane II B | AP882 | Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit |  | 1 Sqn | Engine failure on return from Nowshera firing rang |
| 03 Dec 43 | Hurricane | HW254 | | 1 Sqn | Stalled after take-off and crashed | |
| 03 Feb 44 | Hurricane II B | HW601? | Flt Lt Ahmed Ibrahim |  | 1 Sqn | Landed on Kutcha strip parallel to runway and went |
| 08 Mar 44 | Hurricane II B | BG739 | Fg Offr Mohammed Nawaz Kasrani + | 1 Sqn | Caught fire due to possible Glycol Leak Cr Killing | |
| 21 Mar 44 | Hurricane II B | HM139 | Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit | | 1 Sqn | Tyre Burst on TO. Belly Landed at Tulihal |
| 04 Apr 44 | Hurricane II B | HM153 | Fg Offr Noel Ruxton Clarke Murcott + |  | 1 Sqn | SD attacking GroundTargets at Tamu Road |
| 27 Apr 44 | Hurricane II B | Plt Offr Arun Roy + | 1 Sqn | Shot down over Ukhrul | ||
| 05 May 44 | Hurricane IIC | BN208 | | 1 Sqn | Engine cut on take off | |
| 08 May 44 | Hurricane II B | Fg Offr Theodore Alex Manuel Andrade + |  | 1 Sqn | SD in flames near Homalin | |
| 20 May 44 | Hurricane II B | HW806 | Fg Offr P N Sanyal |  | 1 Sqn | Spitfire landed on Hurri on ground. Badly Injured. |
| 21 May 44 | Hurricane II B | Fg Offr N S Masih + | 1 Sqn | SD by Oscars over Bishenpur Area | ||
| 29 Jul 44 | Hurricane IIc | LD897 | Fg Offr Abdul Hafeez + | 1 Sqn | FTR from Tamu/Sittaung Area. Lst seen cloud flying | |
| 29 Jul 44 | Hurricane IIc | LD651 | Fg Offr Antonil Chuyil Prabhakaran + |  | 1 Sqn | FTR from Tamu/Sittaung Area. Lst seen cloud flying |
| 15 Aug 44 | Hurricane IIC | KZ426 | | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing and hit truck | |
| 28 Sep 44 | Hurricane IIC | KZ447 | Fg Offr Anand Ramdas Pandit | | 1 Sqn | Engine lost power, belly landed at Tamu |
| 29 Sep 44 | Hurricane II | LB888 | Fg Offr Rajendra Singh |  | 1 Sqn | Crashed between Silchar and Imphal. Spum into grou |
| 03 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIc | LD240 | Fg Offr A M Kapur |  | 1 Sqn | Cr inJungle due to Glycol Leak, pt trekked back |
| 27 Nov 44 | Hurricane IIc | LE804 | Flt Lt D F Eduljee + |  | 1 Sqn | SD by Ground fire during Strafing run at Burma |
| 17 Jan 45 | Hurricane | HV914 | Fg Offr John | 1 Sqn | Engine cut, FL at Bawli Bazar | |
| 26 Feb 45 | Hurricane IIc | LF169 | Fg Offr Cecil Owen St Vincent Norris + | 1 Sqn | Pt FL aircraft, died of W/Ounds on 27th | |
| 20 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | LF172 | Fg Offr John? | 1 Sqn | Overshot landing and swung to avoid ac, uc collaps | |
| 21 Mar 45 | Hurricane IIC | KZ498 | | 1 Sqn | Taxyway collapsed while taxying at Imphal |
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