IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database

1946 : 87

A total of 87 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date	Aircraft Type	Tail No	Pilot/Crew	Unit	Remarks
08 Jan 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD402	Fg Offr R L Suri	10 Sqn	engine trouble, bl in field 19.18N 90.17E at Yedas
08 Jan 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ156	Plt Offr T O Wynne	6 Sqn	became lost during Sqdn move fm Kohat to Ranchi, F
09 Jan 46	Spitfire		Fg Offr S K Mukerjee DFC +	IAFDF	No, not quite forgotten by D. K. Mukerjee THERE ha
15 Jan 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ107	- -	8 Sqn	Caught fire duringservicing, burnt out at Mingalad
21 Jan 46	Spitfire XIVe	SM897	Plt Offr D G King-Lee	8 Sqn	swung on TO from Mingaladon, hit ditch and steamro
24 Jan 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JF764	Flt Lt D A Shah +	151OTU	Fatal dive bombing sortie at bombing range. aircra
30 Jan 46	Spitfire VIII	MV232	Plt Offr Surinder Singh	3 Sqn	Collision between MV232 and JC678 (Plt Offr Pendse
31 Jan 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD333	Plt Offr R D Law	10 Sqn	U/c fail Hmwabi BUrma
07 Feb 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JG654	Plt Offr G C Walker +	151OTU	Fatal accident over Nowshera. aircraft went into s
14 Feb 46	Spitfire VIII	NH651	Plt Offr G E Wilkes	7 Sqn	A/C overran runway and tipped on nose
02 Mar 46	Spitfire VIII	MT739	Plt Offr G V Francis	3 Sqn	15m S of Kolar ac caught fire at 3800 feet FL ac b
05 Mar 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ162	Fg Offr T R Healey	6 Sqn	engine failed, BL at Guldhar. ac later dest by nat
09 Mar 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MT615	Plt Offr A F E Fernandez	6 Sqn	engine cut after TO BL in feild 1 m NW of Ranchi
15 Mar 46	Hurricane II	KZ523	Fg Offr Shamim Ul Zafir Khan +	2 Sqn	Airtest in Hurri and ferry flight to Allahabad. Bu
19 Mar 46	Spitfire XIVe	NH793	Plt Offr C T Muthayah +	8 Sqn	Engine cut, BL near level crossing at Trichnopoly,
19 Mar 46	Spitfire XIVe	NH846	Plt Offr P K Ghosh	9 Sqn	BL in error, ac caught fire at Gurgaon.
28 Mar 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MV436		3 Sqn	AC belonged to Boss OP Mehra, AC W/O.
29 Mar 46	Spitfire XIV	TZ108	Plt Offr J R Bankapur	7 Sqn	Maharajpur - swung to port on TO ac hit soft groun
29 Mar 46	Hurricane IV	KZ676	A/Plt Offr Zafar Ali Syed +	1SFTS	Ambala - eng fail onTO pilot turned around to FL
03 Apr 46	Spitfire XIVe	NH795	Fg Offr W R N Dani	4 Sqn	undershot, hit telegraph wires, u/c collapse, over
03 Apr 46	Spitfire VIII	JG314	Fg Offr R L Jebb	10 Sqn	ac landed with tailwheel retrcted at Baigachi in B
09 Apr 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ152	Fg Offr C A Hall +	6 Sqn	unauthorised aircombat practice, cr 4 m E of Namku
11 Apr 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JG527	Fg Offr S Jamaluddin	3 Sqn	engine caught fire on startup at Kolar, ac burnt o
11 Apr 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ167	Plt Offr C Shortlands	1SFTS	engine failed, crashed BL in field 1 m NW of Thane
11 Apr 46	Spitfire VIIIc	LV732	Plt Offr S R Powar	1 Sqn	tyre burst on take off, tippued up trying to stop.
12 Apr 46	Spitfire XIVe	RN149	Flt Lt P K Sarkar	7 Sqn	Overshot into rough ground, uc collapse at maharaj
20 Apr 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD400	Fg Offr B S Dogra	1 Sqn	hit slipstream of leading ac in frm, lost control,
23 Apr 46	Harvard IIB	FE603	Flt Lt Kelvington A/Plt Offr G D Clarke	1SFTS	Abandoned after engine failure Ambala
23 Apr 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JF782	Plt Offr A M Palamkote	2 Sqn	Ferrying from Kohat, landed at runway edge, ran of
27 Apr 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JG678	Fg Offr R S Randhawa	3 Sqn	Engine failure, forcelanded at Kolar AC Cat E
04 May 46	Spitfire XIVe	TX976	Plt Offr S Jena	1SFTS	stalled on landing, uc collapse at ambala
06 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD347	Plt Offr W H Walmsley	1SFTS	heavylanding in low cloud, BL at Bhopal, Recat E
11 May 46	Hurricane	LE796		22AACU	Hit tree during attempted FL in bad weather at Ore
12 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MT744	Fg Offr Randhir Singh	3 Sqn	Sntacruz UC failed to lock down - collapse on land
13 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE471	Fg Offr Frank Anthony Micetech +	1SFTS	Crashed on overshoot during practice forced landin
13 May 46	Spitfire XIVe	RM786	Plt Offr S D Singh	1SFTS	lost in bad weather, ran out of fuel, BL 1m S of K
17 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD219	Fg Offr K L Suri	2 Sqn	formation flying, engine cut, BL near Mirali FA/E
18 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MT728	Plt Offr G Haider	1SFTS	forgot to lower U/C at Bhopal Re-Cat E
19 May 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MD328	Flt Lt A Hussain	8 Sqn	lost on crosscountry, shoft of fuel, FL, tipped up
28 May 46	Spitfire XIVe	NH865	Fg Offr J R Bearcroft	9 Sqn	engine cut at 200 feet, bl 12 m W of Hungu
30 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE424	A/Plt Offr J C Plomer A/Plt Offr M D Rathan	1SFTS	Ambala pilot hit FE 712 during Taxi
30 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE712	- -	1SFTS	Hit on ground by FE424 while parked
30 May 46	Harvard IIB	FE432		1SFTS	Crashed on overshoot. Aircraft bounced on landing
04 Jun 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MV236	Fg Offr C K Singha	9 Sqn	engine cut on TO, hit ditch overturned at Peshawa
06 Jun 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MT987	Flt Lt A K Ganguly	1 Sqn	Struck JG489 at Samungli
06 Jun 46	Spitfire VIIIc	JG489	Plt Offr K R Jolly	1 Sqn	Run into by Spitfire MT987 at Samungly Pt Injured
09 Jun 46	Spitfire XIVe	TZ186	Fg Offr V J Clowsley	8 Sqn	engine cut in circuit, BL 4 m SSE of Trichnopoly
13 Jun 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MB971	Fg Offr W V A Lloyd	2 Sqn	ferry from Kohat to Miranshah. uc collapse on land
19 Jun 46	Harvard IIB	FE719	Plt Offr Sarwan Singh +	1SFTS	AC hit ground 15 M NE of Jalandhar
23 Jun 46	Spitfire VIIIc	MV403	Flt Lt Phiroze Shah Mehta	1 Sqn	unit move, undershot runway, grass landing, overtu

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