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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1941 : 13 | 1942 : 31 | 1943 : 16 | 1944 : 23 | 1945 : 28 | 1946 : 16 | 1947 : 4 |
A total of 131 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 41 | Hart (India) | K2088 | | 1SFTS | Pilot executed a stall turn which was poor. in sub | |
| 14 Apr 41 | Hart (India) | K2097 | | 1SFTS | Crashed during an attempted Forced Landing Practic | |
| 13 May 41 | Hart (India) | K8731 | | 1SFTS | engine cut; stalled in forced landing and undercar | |
| 14 Jun 41 | Hart (India) | K2102 | | 1SFTS | swung on ldg and tipped up Ambala 14-6-41 | |
| 14 Jun 41 | Tigermoth II | T1782 | | 1SFTS | While taking off from a field near Saharanpur, col | |
| 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 | |
| 04 Nov 41 | Hart (India) | K2099 | | 1SFTS | cr on ldg overturned Drigh Road 4-11-41 | |
| 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. |
| 22 Nov 41 | Hart (India) | K2105 | | 1SFTS | Flew into ground during low level bombing practice | |
| 18 Dec 41 | DH86A | AX800 | Sqn Ldr Bishop RAF Plt Offr Pratap Chandra Lal |  | 1SFTS | While taking off from Ahmedabad for a ferry flight |
| 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 | |
| 18 Jan 42 | Hart (India) | K3922 | Plt Offr Z B Sanjana |  | 1SFTS | Aircraft swerved on landing, hit heap of stones an |
| 26 Jan 42 | Leopard Moth | DD818 | Plt Offr Zahiruddin Ahmed |  | 1SFTS | Ambala - Landing normally swung on U/c collapse Pi |
| 27 Jan 42 | Audax (India) | K3097 | Fg Offr B S Dugal | 1SFTS | Lost his way, hit stump of tree while landing. Ove | |
| 09 Feb 42 | Tigermoth II | R5121 | Plt Offr M J Mangalraj Plt Offr A S P Jaipal |  | 1SFTS | spun in from 600ft. Pilots injured but safe. 1 gir |
| 09 Feb 42 | Audax (India) | K5237 | Plt Offr A M Kapur |  | 1SFTS | Overturned landing at night |
| 27 Feb 42 | Hart (India) | K2112 | Plt Offr S L Shah |  | 1SFTS | Overturned while forced landing due to engine fail |
| 04 Mar 42 | Audax (India) | K3098 | 1SFTS | Damaged main planes whle low flying, cross country | ||
| 17 Mar 42 | Hart (India) | K3921 | Plt Offr Patwardhan | 1SFTS | overshot landing and hit concrete pillar Ambala | |
| 30 Apr 42 | Audax (India) | K5142 | Plt Offr R S Sharma |  | 1SFTS | Undershot landing, hit tree on appraoch and uc col |
| 02 May 42 | Hart (India) | K2090 | Plt Offr C V Chary | 1SFTS | MAC Audax 3098 during takeoff . Both occupants adm | |
| 02 May 42 | Hart (India) | K2094 | Plt Offr Mendoza |  | 1SFTS | Undercarraige collapsed as result of heavy landing |
| 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 | |
| 25 May 42 | Hart (India) | K2119 | | 1SFTS | blown away in dust storm at Ambala 25-5-42 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 08 Jun 42 | Hart (India) | K2113 | - - | 1SFTS | PT-B dam 8-6-42 SOC 44 ac tipped over during maint | |
| 10 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K7484 | Plt Offr C G Devasher |  | 1SFTS | Overturned in FL in bad weather on navex 13m SW of |
| 15 Jun 42 | Hart (India) | K2106 | | 1SFTS | ARSC Bamga;pre I/c collapse at Goldfield, Mysore 1 | |
| 16 Jun 42 | Audax (India) | K7539 | Plt Offr Gopal Dass | 1SFTS | stalled onldg uc collapse ambala 16-6-42 | |
| 10 Jul 42 | Hart (India) | K2130 | Plt Offr M A Khan | 1SFTS | NB-E EngCutUClps on FL Toda, 16m NW of Samli 10-7- | |
| 11 Jul 42 | Audax (India) | K5603 | Plt Offr Gage RAF | 1SFTS | caught fire after ldg Ambala 11-7-42 | |
| 03 Aug 42 | Hart (India) | K2114 | Plt Offr A S Latif |  | 1SFTS | overturned after FL 8m NE f Ambala 3-8-42 |
| 03 Aug 42 | Hart (India) | K2096 | 1SFTS | overturned FL landing in bad weather alipur 14m N | ||
| 06 Aug 42 | Hart (India) | K2109 | 1SFTS | overshot forcelanding at Ambala. Pilot took off wi | ||
| 08 Sep 42 | Hart (India) | K8627 | | 1SFTS | Stalled at low altitude and crashed, Khera, 8 1/2m | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 23 Jan 43 | Tigermoth II | AX798 | | 1SFTS | VT-AIF eng failure on TO from George strip FL SOC | |
| 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 | Hart (India) | K2112 | | 1SFTS | hit by Audax K3088 23-12-41 uc collapse on FL at B | |
| 09 Mar 43 | Audax (India) | K7313 | W/O John Meldrum McINTOSH + | 1SFTS | 1200 Hrs Hit ground during Aerobatics Ambala 9-3-4 | |
| 27 Mar 43 | Hart (India) | K2083 | | 1SFTS | Uc Collapse in Heavy ldg Peshawr 27-3-43 |
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