Aircraft Attrition

A total of 87 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date Aircraft Cat Rank, Name & Photo Unit Serial Remarks

29 Mar 58 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt Harry Bhagat 17 BA-212 MAC during Aerobatics Practice Pilot ejected Palam ...More 29 Mar 58 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt A B Lamba 17 BA-216 MAC during Aerobatics Practice Pilot ejected Palam ...More 14 May 58 Hunter F56 F BA-215 04 Jun 58 Hunter F56 F BA-226 24 Dec 58 Hunter F56 F BA-265 Chute deploy on TO Jamnagar, Cr Plt killed ...More 23 Sep 59 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt A K Ghosh BA-251 Engine failure Plt Ejected - Martin Baker list ...More 23 Oct 59 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr R R Kumar* K in Crash, TO from Ambala ...More 19 Nov 59 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr B P Singh* K in Crash, TO from Ambala 04 Oct 60 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt K P Singh* K in Crash, TO from Ambala 09 Nov 60 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Carlos Ireland* Killed in Night sortie near Jaipur 19 Jan 61 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt K S S Kalsia* Engine flame out after TO from Jamnagar ...More 04 Aug 61 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt R S Rana Martin Baker List 15 Mar 62 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt K A Hariharan 17 BA-359 MAC with Hunter Poona - Jamnagar Ejected 15 Mar 62 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt K S Vohra 17 MAC with Hunter Poona-Jamnagar Pt Ejected Injured 24 Apr 62 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr A K Janmejai* K in Crash, TO from Ambala 03 Dec 63 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr K S Cheema* K in Crash, TO from Ambala 17 Feb 64 Hunter 9 F Flt Lt Rao* RAF 229OCU Chivenor - Crashed into EC ...More 22 Jun 64 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Parikshit Sardari Lal* 20 K in Crash, TO from Ambala 18 Sep 64 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr K S Sahwney 14 BA-345 Engine flameout - Pt Ejected Date 15-30 Sep 13 Nov 64 Hunter T66 F Fg Offr Derrick Roach* 37 Aerobatics at LL - Jorhat - Fg Off SK Savol k ...More 20 Nov 64 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Rusi Chinoy* 37 Cr during airtest before ferry at Pune-Mumbai. ...More 25 May 65 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt V Pais Martin Baker List 06 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Prakash S Pingale 7 BA-289 Shot down by F-86 near Halwara 06 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Adi Rustom Gandhi 7 BA-251 Shot down by F-86 near Halwara 06 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Sqn Ldr Ajit Kumar Rawlley* 7 Hit ground during Aircombat with F-86 at Tarn Tarn 07 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Sqn Ldr Onkar Nath Kacker 27 BA-330 Booster Pump Failure Ejected near Sargodha 07 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Sqn Ldr Satish B Bhagwat* 7 Failed to return from Air combat near Sargodha 07 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Jagdev Singh Brar* 7 Failed to return from Air combat near Sargodha 08 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Mohinder Vir Singh 7 Shotdown ground fire near Lahore. Pt POW 09 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Gurbux Singh Ahuja* 27 BA-236 Mid Air Collision with Hunter over Halwara 14 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F 7 Dest on ground at Halwara by B-57 14 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F 7 Dest on ground at Halwara by B-57 14 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Dest on ground at Jamnagar by B-57 15 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt Thapen Kumar Chaudhary* 27 BA-207 Birdhit on TO from Halwara - Ejected 16 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr Farokh Dara Bunsha* 20 Shotdown by F-86 in aircombat at Halwara 20 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Sqn Ldr D P Chatterjee* 7 Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore 20 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt S K Sharma 7 Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore 22 Sep 65 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt K C Cariappa 20 Shotdown by AA fire Lahore 13 Oct 66 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt N K Bhasin Martin Baker List 05 Oct 67 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr R M S Datta Martin Baker List 01 Mar 69 Hunter F 20 Cr while landing at Jamnagar. ...More 11 Jul 69 Hunter F56 F Plt Offr V Rajan 7 Cr after Engine Expl on TO from Tezpur 13 Jul 70 Hunter F Plt Offr D V Singh* OCU Cr in Jamnagar Rly Stn 15 killed on ground 01 Nov 70 Hunter F Wg Cdr M N Singh 27 Birdhit during TO Hindon Ejected ...More 19 Dec 70 Hunter T66 F Sqn Ldr F J Mehta 20 S-575 Ejected Hindon AFB at 200' AGL. ...More 17 Mar 71 Hunter F Plt Offr J P S Talwar Martin Baker List 04 Dec 71 Hunter F56 F Sqn Ldr A B Samanta* 37 BA-252 SD over Tejgaon, 04 Dec 71 Hunter F56 F Fg Offr S G Khonde* 37 BA-266 SD over Tejgaon, 04 Dec 71 Hunter F56 F Sqn Ldr K D Mehra 14 SD near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre. 04 Dec 71 Hunter F56 F Flt Lt K C Tremenhere 14 SD near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre.

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