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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1941 : 44 |
A total of 44 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 19 Mar 41 | Hart (India) | K2088 | | 1SFTS | Pilot executed a stall turn which was poor. in sub | |
| 10 Apr 41 | Audax (India) | K5571 | Flt Lt Narendra |  | 1 Sqn | eng cut during message drop uc collapse in FL spin |
| 12 Apr 41 | Master T | T7959 | Plt Offr Gur Bachan Singh + |  | 9 SFTS UK | UK- Crashed after hitting Telephone lines |
| 14 Apr 41 | Hart (India) | K2097 | | 1SFTS | Crashed during an attempted Forced Landing Practic | |
| 11 May 41 | Hurricane I | N2457 | Plt Offr Edwin Nazirullah |  | 56 OTU UK | Engine Failure, Belly landed |
| 13 May 41 | Hart (India) | K8731 | | 1SFTS | engine cut; stalled in forced landing and undercar | |
| 15 May 41 | Hurricane I | W9207 | Plt Offr Edwin Nazirullah | | 56 OTU UK | Baled out , Dislocated Shoulder |
| 16 May 41 | Hurricane | P2717 | Plt Offr M S Pujji |  | 56 OTU UK | Flying Accident. UC Collapsed on hard landing |
| 30 May 41 | Audax (India) | K5582 | | 1 Sqn | 1s hit obstr on night take off miramshah 30-5-41 R | |
| 10 Jun 41 | Wapiti IIA | K2289 | | 5 CDF | 1SFTS 5CDF hit rock in FL non night navex Jungshah | |
| 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 | |
| 18 Jun 41 | Whitley B | N1474 | Plt Offr Ali Raza Khan Pasha + Plt Offr Kali Prasad Choudhary + |  | 10 OTU UK | Crashed Abingdon Airfield |
| 18 Jun 41 | Wapiti II | K2303 | Plt Offr C L Mehta |  | 6 CDF | Flew into ground Jhimpur, Sind |
| 30 Jun 41 | Wapiti IIA | K1289 | Plt Offr A M Allahdad |  | 1 Sqn | 1s EC FL Pushtakhara, nr Peshawar30-6-41 |
| 09 Jul 41 | Wapiti IIA | K1257 | Plt Offr Dara Phirozesha Majoo AC Hasmi |  | 2 Sqn | Crashed at Razmak due to bad weather - crew safe. |
| 11 Jul 41 | Hurricane IIB | Z2519 | Plt Offr A R Gnanamuthu + |  | 32 Sqdn RA | Failed to Return |
| 31 Aug 41 | Wellington B | W5577 | Plt Offr Rustom Nariman Dastur + Plt Offr C P Khosla + |  | 12 Sqn | Failed to Return |
| 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 | |
| 18 Sep 41 | Audax (India) | K5577 | Plt Offr K M Mukerjee + AC1 Nadir Hussain + | 2 Sqn | 2s Lost ht in turn during LL practice Kohat Bombin | |
| 27 Sep 41 | Audax (India) | K4852 | Plt Offr C A Dhairyam | 1 Sqn | 1s engcut FL overturned Miramshah 27-9-41 | |
| 04 Oct 41 | Wapiti IIA | K1260 | | 5 CDF | Over Delhi , force landed Bhuj 4 Oct 41 | |
| 06 Oct 41 | Audax (India) | K4861 | Fg Offr Arjan Singh |  | 2 Sqn | 1s 2s dam by VB gun fire and hit boulder landing . |
| 08 Oct 41 | Hart (India) | K2103 | Fg Offr Jehangir Merwan Engineer | | 1 CDF | Crashed, 8 Oct41, at Tanjore. |
| 24 Oct 41 | Douglas DC2 | DG471 | Fg Offr Mehar Singh Fg Offr Mike VLASTO |  | 31 Sqdn | aborted TO at Drigh Road, uc collapse and ac dest |
| 30 Oct 41 | Wapiti IIA | K1269 | Flt Lt Eric SPRAWSON | 4 CDF | crashed Drigh Rd 30 Oct 41 | |
| 03 Nov 41 | Hurrricane II | Z3150 | Plt Offr Hukum Chand Mehta + |  | 43 Sqdn RA | Cr into High Ground Roxburgshire |
| 04 Nov 41 | Hart (India) | K2099 | | 1SFTS | cr on ldg overturned Drigh Road 4-11-41 | |
| 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 | |
| 07 Nov 41 | Audax (India) | K5564 | Plt Offr Bhasker Daniel Gnanamuthu + AC Sohan Singh + |  | 2 Sqn | 0645 eng smoke dived into hill near Razami 7-11-4. |
| 07 Nov 41 | Wapiti IIA | K2276 | | 4 CDF | crashed Drigh Rd 7 Nov 41 | |
| 09 Nov 41 | Hurrricane II | P3656 | Plt Offr Tarlochan Singh |  | 56 OTU UK | Flying Accident |
| 13 Nov 41 | Audax (India) | K3077 | Plt Offr Ghulam Nabi Khan + |  | 1SFTS | Hit trees at night Ambalal 13.11.41. First solo du |
| 13 Nov 41 | Lysander II | P1694 | | 1 Sqn | Hit Rock landing at Manzai, flipped over - wrecked | |
| 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 | Lysander II | R1989 | Plt Offr Paljor Namgyal + Plt Offr R H Bokhari |  | 1 Sqn | Undershot runway at Peshawar - ac flipped over fir |
| 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 | |
| 30 Dec 41 | Wapiti IIA | | 4 CDF | Dest by Jap Air Raid (Part of four ac dest) | ||
| 30 Dec 41 | Wapiti IIA | | 4 CDF | Dest by Jap Air Raid (Part of four ac dest) |
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