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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1941 : 1 1942 : 12 1943 : 3 1944 : 7

A total of 23 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
05 Nov 41 Tigermoth II DG530 Instr S Bhuyan +
Offr Cdt Sawaranjit Singh +		 1EFTS VT-APR Pilot tried to loop at 1000 ft AGL without
11 Feb 42 Tigermoth VT-AQT Offr Cdt Redi
 1EFTS damaged ac struck tree middle of secunderabad. Off
10 Mar 42 Tigermoth II VT-ANC Offr Cdt Goharbans Singh
 1EFTS Stalled and crashed during turning at Begumpet
16 Mar 42 Tigermoth DH82 VT-ANF Flt Cdt Ronald Eian MacKenzie +
Fg Offr Dennis John Alsen FLETCHER +		 1EFTS Broken Prop caused engine failure 1 m N of Libkagu
19 Mar 42 Tigermoth DH82 VT-AMQ Plt Offr Raza Ullah Khan +
Offr Cdt S A Aziz		 Click to View Record Click to View Record 1EFTS collided with VT-ANA over Yarragadda at Begumpet C
09 Apr 42 Tigermoth DH82 VT-AND Offr Cdt Gopalkrishna
 Click to View Record 1EFTS tried to avoid boundary fence at begumpet, and fai
21 Apr 42 Tigermoth DH82 VT-AMT
1EFTS undershot runway at Begumpet and cr into fence. La
07 May 42 Tigermoth II VT-AMN Offr Cdt Shyam Sunder Nath Dar +
Plt Offr Dara Phirozshah Majoo +		 Click to View Record 1EFTS Struck palm tree 1 mile N of Begumpet during LL Fl
20 Oct 42 Tigermoth VT-APN Offr Cdt U K Nair
 1EFTS
23 Oct 42 Tigermoth II VT-AMR Offr Cdt Jaganathan
 1EFTS swung after landing and crashed into VT-AOC damagi
23 Oct 42 Tigermoth II VT-ALC Offr Cdt Faruki
 1EFTS heavy landing at Begumpet, uc collapse and ac turn
23 Oct 42 Tigermoth DH82 VT-AOC
1EFTS struck by VT AMR which swung on landing AC W/O Beg
28 Oct 42 Tigermoth II VT-APN Offr Cdt W R Meneziz +
 1EFTS Crashed out of control near ground at Begumpet - D
03 Feb 43 Tigermoth VT-ALH Offr Cdt Kolhatkar
 1EFTS
04 Feb 43 Tigermoth DH82 VT-ANB
Offr Cdt W/Ood		 1EFTS Cr at hakimpet ALG during LL aerobatics SOC Cat E2
17 Mar 43 Tigermoth DH82 VT-AGR Plt Offr Purushottam
 Click to View Record 1EFTS While flying low at Medchal VT-AGR struck tW/O ped
17 May 44 Tigermoth NL748 Offr Cdt G L Choudhary
 1EFTS Flying accident 1100hrs 3 m N of Begumpet. Pilot u
28 Jun 44 Tigermoth II DG462
1EFTS heavy landing at Begumpet, uc collapse
07 Nov 44 Tigermoth II DP260
1EFTS Flying Accident at Begumpet
28 Nov 44 Tigermoth Lt N R Ker
 Click to View Record 1EFTS From IA, Crashed after bad landing, AC W/O
30 Nov 44 Tigermoth Fg Offr J B Dordi
 Click to View Record 1EFTS Crashed after Bad landing , AC W/O
06 Dec 44 Tigermoth II DG492
1EFTS Struck Telegraph pole coming into FL 1 M N of Begu
15 Dec 44 Tigermoth Lt N R Ker
 Click to View Record 1EFTS Forced Landing, AC caught fire and burnt out

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