IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1948 : 25

A total of 25 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
28 Jan 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Tilak Raj Behal
3 Sqn Crashed on Forced Landing
29 Jan 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Amit Singh Bakhshi
8 Sqn ac crashed landing at jammu caught fire
15 Mar 48 Tempest II PR749 Fg Offr Donald George Michael
Click to View Record 8 Sqn Battle Damage, Ac Cr and overturned Jammu
16 Mar 48 Tempest II PR597 Fg Offr Balwant Singh +
Click to View Record 8 Sqn Shot Down by Anti-Aircraft fire
21 Mar 48 Dakota C-47 VP914 Wg Cdr Karori Lal Bhatia
Fg Offr Das
Click to View Record 12 Sqn w/o dam by arty fire Poonch airstrip
22 Mar 48 Tempest II PR660 Flt Lt Saradindu Das Gupta +
10 Sqn Crashed during an operational sortie in Kashmir
05 Apr 48 Tempest II
7 Sqn Pilot Ejected
12 May 48 Tempest II PR601 Fg Offr Derek Austin O Brien +
8 Sqn Crashed due to stuck throttle on landing at Jammu
14 May 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Dilip Kumar Sen +
4 Sqn
12 Jun 48 Spitfire Flt Cdt Santosh Bhattacharjee +
AFS(I) Caught fire and crashed near Shahbad, Karnal
01 Jul 48 Tempest II PR621 Plt Offr Vijendra Nath Bhargava +
4 Sqn Aircraft overturned after landing.
04 Jul 48 Tempest II HA-443 Plt Offr Leonard Dewin Coello +
3 Sqn
20 Jul 48 Harvard IIB HT-313
Fg Offr Chaman Lal Dutta
Click to View Record AFS(I) Accdent
01 Aug 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Jesse Walter Davidson +
3 Sqn
08 Aug 48 Tempest II HA-431 Flt Lt Aloysius William Barrette +
Click to View Record 8 Sqn Crashed on Take-off during airtest. 1320 Hours
24 Aug 48 Spitfire Fg Offr Chandan Singh
Click to View Record AFS(I) On landing lost control and flipped over
12 Sep 48 Tempest II HA-411 Fg Offr Donald George Baptiste +
7 Sqn Shot Down by Anti-Aircraft fire at Kishen Ganga Va
14 Sep 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Melville Vivian Ducasse
3 Sqn Hyd Ops Sortie to Hospet ac CrL at Sholapur
14 Sep 48 Tempest II Fg Offr Tilak Raj Behal
3 Sqn Hyd Ops Sortie to Hospet ran out fuel Plt BO Bagal
24 Sep 48 Spitfire VIII JG325 Flt Cdt S C Samuel +
AFS(I) Crash near Jagadhri due to Mid-Air-Collision durin
03 Oct 48 Tempest II HA-363 Fg Offr Urmston George Wright
7 Sqn SD by our own AA over Kishenganga, Baled Out.
05 Nov 48 Tempest II HA-416 Plt Offr Ivor Patrick Carrapiett +
10 Sqn
09 Dec 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Terence Roy Frantz +
4 Sqn
09 Dec 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Sigamany Lokanathan +
4 Sqn
21 Dec 48 Tempest II Plt Offr Nevile Charles Isacke +
4 Sqn

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