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1949 : 17

A total of 17 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
27 Jan 49 Auster Lt A D Singh +
 ARMY - 2 A
28 Jan 49 Spitfire Flt Cdt K Abraham +
 AFS(I)
08 Mar 49 Spitfire Flt Cdt S B Borkar +
 AFS(I)
29 Mar 49 Devon Flt Lt Krishnarao Joshua Bhim Rao
 Click to View Record AHQ Comm S Crash landed 50km from Jodhpur - aircraft written
07 Apr 49 Tigermoth DH-82 Flt Lt Trilok Nath Bhanot +
 Click to View Record FIS Crashed as aircraft did not recover from spin
03 May 49 Tempest II Flt Lt Arthur Srihari +
 Click to View Record 7 Sqn Crash 7 miles from Rohtak
29 Jul 49 Tempest II HA-536 Plt Offr Geoffrey Derek Gannon +
 3 Sqn Cr 18m from Dhond Source: http://pibarchive.nic.i
26 Oct 49 Tempest II HA-444 Fg Offr Percy Edward Harrington
 Click to View Record 1 BRD Possibly Repaired Belly landed - Undercarraige collapse
29 Oct 49 Spitfire VIII JG686 Plt Offr Chandra Kant Mankar +
 1 AFA In Memoriam
01 Nov 49 Tempest II Sqn Ldr Ramchandra Vasudeo Ghisad +
 4 Sqn failed to pull out of dive - Hyd FPD
03 Nov 49 Tempest II HA-575 Flt Lt Potula Venkata Sobhan Ram
 Click to View Record 1 AFA Baled out after colliding with Tempest - Second ba
03 Nov 49 Tempest II Plt Offr Kapal Dev Khanna +
 1 AFA Collided with Tempest flown by PVS Ram - killed
11 Nov 49 Tigermoth DH-82 Flt Cdt Gurdev Singh +
 2 AFA In Memoriam
16 Nov 49 Tempest II Flt Lt Baldev Singh Dogra
 Click to View Record 10 Sqn collided with above - Plt BO
16 Nov 49 Tempest II Fg Offr Neville Wyse Harrison +
 10 Sqn Bird hit and MAC with wingman over Cal 11k in all
21 Dec 49 Tigermoth DH-82 Flt Cdt Kitto +
 2 AFA In Memoriam
29 Dec 49 Tempest II Fg Offr Madan Lal Jhingan +
 8 Sqn In Memoriam

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