IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1945 : 212

A total of 212 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
02 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KX421	A/Plt Offr T Zacharaiah	1SFTS	Engine cut at 10000ft. Glided to aerodrome being w
06 Jan 45	Hurricane IIc	LD773	Sqn Ldr Prithpal Singh +	3 Sqn	Dived into ground at Kohat durnig trng flt 2m west
06 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LD773		6 Sqn	Dived into ground 5m WNW of Kohat - Unknown causes
07 Jan 45	Spitfire VIIIc	LV663	Fg Offr Kuldip Singh Thandi	8 Sqn	hit by MD332 while taxying after landing Cat E
07 Jan 45	Spitfire VIII	MD332		8 Sqn	8RIAF Collided with LV663 on landing Cox's Bazaar
09 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF273	F Sgt L E Landamore (RAF)	4 Sqn	FL 2m NNW of TEnNYO with port wing on fire. Vacate
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF101	Plt Offr Chunnilal Ray +	151OTU	Cr Hanzakot Lat 34.25 Long 72.15 dived into ground
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KW881	A/Plt Offr D S Jang	1SFTS	Heavy landing caused U/C to collapse. Aircraft was
10 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ851	Plt Offr G T McKie RAF	10 Sqn	Engine cut , FL at Nalik. Intrnal Glycol Leak. des
11 Jan 45	Hurricane IIB	BG963		1SFTS	While taxying allowed the aircraft to run into sof
11 Jan 45	Spitfire VIIIc	LV646	Flt Lt D E Colebroke RAF	8 Sqn	Inadvertant wheels up landing at 'George' Nidanai
11 Jan 45	Spitfire VIIIc	MD343	Plt Offr E Artus RAF	8 Sqn	heavy landing downwind at George Airstrip, Nidania
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE296	Fg Offr Jagjit Singh +	6 Sqn	Mid air collision during practice dogfight
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE759	Fg Offr Ishwar Dass +	6 Sqn	Mid air collision during practice dogfight
13 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF128	Plt Offr J R Bankapur	151OTU	BL at Peshawar after suspecting u/c didn’t lock
14 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	PJ716	Fg Offr M M Crishna	10 Sqn	Collided on runway with KZ919 'W'
14 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ919	Fg Offr David	10 Sqn	Collided with PJ716 'Y' on runway in dust after la
14 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LD744	Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF	10 Sqn	Ran off strip in dust. hit bund and uc collapsed,
15 Jan 45	Spitfire Vc	MA364	Flt Lt Hrushikesh Moolgavkar	4 Sqn	engine failed onTO from beach strip, landed wheels
16 Jan 45	Vengeance	AP129	Sqn Ldr B F C Houston	22AACU	Forcelanded Mauripur due to breakdown of insulatio
17 Jan 45	Hurricane	HV914	Fg Offr John	1 Sqn	Engine cut, FL at Bawli Bazar
18 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	KZ771	Fg Offr J S Ingle	10 Sqn	Engine cut, BL at Tippie near Akyab 1m E of Rathed
18 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE791		9 Sqn	UC leg collapsed on Landing at Ramu
22 Jan 45	Hurricane	LE559	Plt Offr Bob Kumar +	2 Sqn	Failed to return - sortie over West Coast of Ramre
23 Jan 45	Hurricane	LD828	Fg Offr Harbans Singh BAHIA +	2 Sqn	1730 Hours crashed during slow roll over base retu
23 Jan 45	Hurricane IID	HV670	A/Plt Offr D S Legha	1SFTS	1645 Hrs. Overshot runway and while attempting to
23 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF173	Plt Offr Bradshaw (RAF)	4 Sqn	FL at Madhubania after ole leg was fractured on ta
25 Jan 45	Spitfire VIII		Fg Offr P Chuckerbutty	8 Sqn	Crashed western side of runway hit army lorry. Pul
29 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	HW659	A/Plt Offr Zafar Mahmud	1SFTS	Forcelanded near Hansi after Port mainplane root h
29 Jan 45	Harvard IIB	FE889		1SFTS	Landed heavily on port wheel causing u/c to collap
30 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF276	Plt Offr S P Sen	4 Sqn	forcelanded on beach 2 miles from unit due to engi
30 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE459	Plt Offr Muthuveera Veerasamy Sheeta Raman +	151OTU	cr at bombing range due to dive bombing at range
31 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LE980	-	9 Sqn	DBR when JS423 blew up at Ramu
31 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	LF171	-	9 Sqn	DBR when JS423 blew up at Ramu
31 Jan 45	Hurricane IIC	JS423	-	9 Sqn	blew up at Ramu while being serviced
01 Feb 45	Spitfire VIIIc	JF778		8 Sqn	engine cut, undershot runway, forced landing. acW/
06 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LE164	Plt Offr Egbert Joseph D'SOUZA +	2 Sqn	Stalled off a turn and crashed near Hpontha, Araka
06 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC		Fg Offr G H King	4 Sqn	Overshot runway at Indin .Ac Cat AC . 0930 Hrs
11 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LD492		9 Sqn	Swung on landing and UC Collapsed
13 Feb 45	Defiant TT II	AA538	F Sgt E E Sulsh	22AACU	BL at Madras , unable to lower U/C dirty hydraulic
13 Feb 45	Harvard IIB	FE483	Flt Lt J W Rutherford RAF	151OTU	Strong wind on landing , leg sheared off after bra
14 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LD986	A/Plt Offr R S Randhawa	151OTU	ac turned over into culvert after hitting wall dur
17 Feb 45	Hurricane IIc	LE950	Wg Cdr Karun Krishna Majumdar DFC + +	IAFDF	Dived into Ground druing aerobatics
18 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LB935	Fg Offr A R David	3 Sqn	Undercarraige collapsed while recovering form dive
20 Feb 45	Spitfire VIII	JF743	A/Plt Offr B B Singha +	151OTU	Cr on bombing range - destroyed killed. Lost contr
22 Feb 45	Spitfire VIII	JG679	A/Plt Offr V Clowsley	151OTU	Taxying accident - engine shock loaded. Cat A(R)
24 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC		A/Plt Offr J A Martin	151OTU	Swugn during taxying, u/c sheared off. Cat (Ac)
24 Feb 45	Defiant TT II	AA483	F Sgt L R M Tibble	22AACU	Port wing stuck windsock pole due to brake failure
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IIC	LE688	Fg Offr K C Sarkar	1SFTS	1100 hrs. struck a kite hawk with port main plane
26 Feb 45	Hurricane IV	LF454	Fg Offr Jagbir Singh	151OTU	BL after fuel exhaustion. Failed to switch to main

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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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