Aircraft Attrition

A total of 27 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date Aircraft Cat Rank, Name & Photo Unit Serial Remarks

28 Aug 47 Tempest II F Sqn Ldr Mohan Dev Suri* 3 Cr in bad weather on ferry flight Bom to Pune 11 Nov 47 Tempest II F Sqn Ldr Anand Ramdas Pandit DFC 3 PR-836 Injured in Crash at Pune 29 Jan 48 Tempest II F Fg Offr Amrit Singh Bakshi 8 ac crashed landing at jammu caught fire 15 Mar 48 Tempest II F Fg Offr Donald Michael 8 PR-749 Battle Damage, Ac Cr and overturned Jammu 16 Mar 48 Tempest II F Fg Offr Balwant Singh* 8 PR-597 SD by AA fire ...More 22 Mar 48 Tempest II F Flt Lt Sardindu Das Gupta* 10 PR-660 during an operational sortie in Kashmir 12 May 48 Tempest II F Fg Offr Derek Austin O'Brien* 8 PR-601 Stuck throttle on Ldg at Jammu. Crashed 01 Jul 48 Tempest II F Plt Offr R D Coelho* 3 K in Crash at Pune 08 Aug 48 Tempest II F Flt Lt Aloysius William Barrette* 8 HA-431 AC cr on TO at Jammu during airtest 12 Sep 48 Tempest II F Fg Offr D G Baptiste* 7 HA-411 SD by AA Fire Kishen Ganga Valley 14 Sep 48 Tempest II F 3 Hyd Ops Sortie to Hospet ran out fuel Plt BO ...More 14 Sep 48 Tempest II F 3 Hyd Ops Sortie to Hospet ac CrL at Sholapur ...More 03 Oct 48 Tempest II F Fg Offr U G Wright 7 HA-363 SD over Kishenganga, Baled Out. ...More 05 Nov 48 Tempest II F Plt Offr Ivor Patrick Carrapiett* 10 HA-416 Accident DNE 03 May 49 Tempest II F Flt Lt Arthur Srihari* k in crash 07 Nov 49 Tempest II F Sqn Ldr R V Ghisad* 4 failed to pull out of dive - Hyd FPD 16 Nov 49 Tempest II F collided with above - Plt BO ...More 16 Nov 49 Tempest II F Fg Offr Neville Harrison* Bird hit and MAC with wingman over Cal 11k in all ...More 01 Apr 50 Tempest II F 4 Cr in Mothamulla River Pune. DNE ...More 28 Apr 50 Tempest II F Sqn Ldr K M David VrC* 3 Cr ferrying a snagged aircraft to Pune ...More 15 May 50 Tempest II F Fg Offr Y Dutt 3 BO at 1000 feet when aircraft caught fire Pune 07 Feb 51 Tempest II F Plt Offr Stephen Patrick Michael* 4 Prop detached, BO over Western Ghats ...More 05 Apr 51 Tempest II F Plt Offr Kishen Advani CTU HA-578 Ambala Wheel came off during ldg, nosed over ...More 24 Nov 51 Tempest II F Fg Offr Hugo Gracias 3 flew into tree during LL flying Halwara 01 Aug 52 Tempest II F 3 Pilot killed in Crash 28 Oct 52 Tempest II F Flt Cdt C V Parker FTW HA-596 bo after to from hakimpet ...More 28 Apr 54 Tempest II F Plt Offr P N B Bali* 4 k in cr Poona

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