IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1956 : 2 1958 : 1 1959 : 1 1960 : 1 1961 : 1 1962 : 1 1963 : 2 1964 : 1 1967 : 1 1968 : 1 1969 : 1 1970 : 1

A total of 14 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
14 Feb 56 HT-2 Flt Lt Derek Aubyn Watts +
Flt Cdt B S Sharma +
AFFC In Memoriam
17 Mar 56 Harvard T-6 Flt Cdt G S Davis +
AFFC In Memoriam
15 Apr 58 HT-2 Flt Lt Satish Chandra Aurora +
Flt Lt Manik Hardasmal Kundnani +
AFFC In Memoriam
23 Mar 59 Harvard T-6 Flt Cdt Amar Nath Deodhar +
Flt Lt Gandharva Sen
Click to View Record AFFC The a/c failed to recover and the instructor asked
03 Jun 60 Vampire Flt Lt Umesh Misra +
AFFC In Memoriam
25 Oct 61 HT-2 Flt Lt Sudhakar Vaman Khot +
Sub Lt A K Verma +
Click to View Record AFFC Irrecoverable spin. The COI concluded that the pup
22 Feb 62 HT-2 Flt Lt Sudershan Kumar Bishnoi +
Flt Cdt Harbans Singh Sidhu
AFFC Failed spin recovery. Both bailed out. Both chutes
18 Aug 63 Harvard T-6 Flt Cdt A K Verma +
AFFC In Memoriam
18 Sep 63 HT-2 Flt Cdt Ravinder Jit Lakhanpal +
AFFC In Memoriam
25 Apr 64 HT-2 Flt Cdt H Santiago +
AFFC In Memoriam
13 Sep 67 Harvard T-6 Wg Cdr Norman Foster Watts +
AFFC In Memoriam
15 Jan 68 Harvard T-6 Flt Lt Adesh Pal +
Flt Cdt Harish G Ramaye+
AFFC Crashed near Mandor Garden
27 Jun 69 HT-2 Flt Lt Sridharan +
AFFC In Memoriam. No Service Number Given
19 Nov 70 Harvard T-6 Sub Lt Ravi Vasantrao Mandelkar +
AFFC In Memoriam

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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.