IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1942 : 6

1943 : 44

1944 : 78

1945 : 58

1946 : 3

A total of 189 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
02 Jul 42	Hurricane	Z4697	Plt Offr A S J Henry	151OTU	Belly landed on first solo - in error
20 Aug 42	Hurricane	BD724	Plt Offr Noel Ruxton Clarke Murcott	151OTU	Crashed the only Hurri II - eng failure due to gly
02 Sep 42	Hurricane	AG201	Plt Offr P S Gill	151OTU	IAF Cr L on Aerodrome after engine failure due to
27 Sep 42	Hurricane		Fg Offr A A Narayanan	151OTU	BL on Aerodrome after wheels failed in up position
11 Nov 42	Hurricane	AG161	Sgt Leslie Alan EGBERS +	151OTU	First Fatal - flew into ground 8 miles west of aer
24 Nov 42	Hurricane	AG112	Plt Offr Robert Morris JONES +	151OTU	Collided with AG155 - spun in and crashed into fla
04 Jan 43	Hurricane	AG214	Plt Offr Madhusudhan BELEKAR +	151OTU	First Indian Fatal - Cr 20 miles S of Aerodrome In
10 Feb 43	Hurricane	AG128	Plt Offr Philip Walter LOMAX +	151OTU	Crashed into Ground making mock attack on Audax du
16 Mar 43	Lysander II	R2007		151OTU	Undercarriage collapsed on Landing
24 Mar 43	Hurricane	HV414	Sgt William Armstrong W/OOLLEY +	151OTU	Crashed near TANGI aircraft completely wrecked onl
02 Apr 43	Harvard IIB	FE359		151OTU	Collision with Hurricane Z4696 while coming into l
12 Apr 43	Hurricane	BN694		151OTU	Undercarriage collapsed on Landing
16 Apr 43	Hurricane			151OTU	Writeoff same pilot as 12/4
17 Apr 43	Lysander II	N1295		151OTU	Loss of power on TO, overshot wall hit hillock and
19 Apr 43	Harvard IIB	FE365	Plt Offr Ajmail Singh SEKHON +	151OTU	Crashed and killed during aerobatics at Tavu. Repo
13 May 43	Hurricane	Z4562		151OTU	Port uc failure on ldg, port wing hit ground aircr
15 May 43	Hurricane	AG215		151OTU	Pilot BL after go around and heavy landing aircraf
21 May 43	Hurricane	Z4487		151OTU	Pilot BL after hitting ground on first landing run
27 May 43	Hurricane	BN962		151OTU	Overshot runway during aborted TO. Went into ditch
03 Jun 43	Hurricane	AG243		151OTU	Undercarriage collapsed on Landing
09 Jun 43	Hurricane	BN877		151OTU	Overshot on landing due to flaps aircraft damaged
11 Jun 43	Hurricane	BN598	Plt Offr Dercas Peter De lima +	151OTU	IAF Failed to return, crashed in CHARSADDA area
14 Jun 43	Hurricane	AG235		151OTU	Damaged after taxying accident
26 Jun 43	Hurricane	BE232		151OTU	Tyreburst on take off at Risalpur DBR
10 Jul 43	Hart (India)	K2100	-	151OTU	Damaged in gale in Jodhpur
10 Jul 43	Harvard IIB	FE488		151OTU	Damaged taking off from Haripur LG
15 Jul 43	Hurricane	AP890		151OTU	Damaged in FL at Mianwali
15 Jul 43	Hurricane	HV292		151OTU	Cr in high speed landing
16 Jul 43	Hurricane	BP609		151OTU	Uc Collapse on landing aircraft dispatched to MU f
19 Jul 43	Hurricane	BN477		151OTU	Overshot and went into ditch, uc port wing prop da
01 Aug 43	Hurricane	AG268		151OTU	Cr while landing in haze, aircraft damaged to MU f
04 Aug 43	Hurricane	Z4696		151OTU	heavy landing and uc failure aircraft to MU for re
06 Aug 43	Hurricane	BN788		151OTU	4 Sqdn Batch, aircraft landed heavily and broke up
09 Aug 43	Hurricane	AG158		151OTU	ac swung on runway - damaged
21 Aug 43	Harvard IIB	FE489		151OTU	Hit wires flying under bridge - damaged
24 Aug 43	Hurricane	AG142		151OTU	engine cut during to, aircraft bl back on runway
20 Sep 43	Hurricane	AG169	Fg Offr Harbans Singh Thapar	151OTU	3 Sqdn Batch, bounced on ldg, stalled hit ground w
20 Sep 43	Hurricane	AG263		151OTU	Crashed while landing off bounce
22 Sep 43	Hurricane	Z4487	Plt Offr R M Engineer	151OTU	3 Sqdn Batch, Swung on landing, no correction, acc
03 Nov 43	Hurricane	V7318	Plt Offr Jamal Ud Din	151OTU	3 Sqdn Batch Taxied into Hurri below - aircraft da
03 Nov 43	Hurricane	AG185		151OTU	ac received new wing tip
08 Nov 43	Hurricane	AG138	Fg Offr S B Noronha	151OTU	uc failed to lock down . aircraft BL
09 Nov 43	Harvard IIB	AJ783	Fg Offr Iqbal SINGH + Plt Offr Vurghese +	151OTU	3 Sqdn Batch Cr during instrument flying
08 Dec 43	Hurricane	V7123	Plt Offr Bhattacharji	151OTU	failed to switch tanks - landed in field
11 Dec 43	Hurricane	L1935	Plt Offr Grewal	151OTU	BL after Uc failure
17 Dec 43	Hart (India)	K8328		151OTU	3s 7s Cr ldg Miranshah
22 Dec 43	Hurricane	Z4041	Plt Offr Jitendra Narayan Punnaiah Kotamraj +	151OTU	Crashed and burnt out
22 Dec 43	Hurricane	Z9146	Plt Offr D Souza	151OTU	Taxied aircraft into Lodestar
29 Dec 43	Hurricane	BN241	Plt Offr Harbhajan Singh	151OTU	BL in dry riverbed after Engine cut. Location Haza
29 Dec 43	Hurricane	BG???		151OTU	hit by other hurr on ground

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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.

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