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Accidents List for WW2

A total of 446 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date Aircraft Cat Rank, Name & Photo Unit Serial Remarks
04 Sep 33 Wapiti IIA AC Plt Offr Bhupender Singh* 1 Cr during Spin at Padidan AF P/O A Singh kil ...More
04 Jan 35 Wapiti IIA AC Fg Offr H C Sircar 1 J9738 Cr after hitting troops on ground during low pass ...More
03 Oct 38 Wapiti IIA AC 1 Ac overshot on landing at Miranshah - wrecked
06 Oct 38 Wapiti IIA AC Fg Offr Mehar Singh 1 Ac shot down by rebels at NWFP Gnr Ghulam Ali? ...More
21 Oct 40 Wapiti IIA AC 6CDF K2294 1s crashed at Drigh Rd, 21 Oct 40, repaired ...More
27 Nov 40 Wapiti IIA AC 2CDF K2304 Plt Offr Russell/Johnson crashed Juhu 27 Nov 40. G ...More
12 Mar 41 Audax (India) AC 1 K5576 1s Stalled on app and hit ground Miramshah 12-3-41 ...More
19 Mar 41 Hart (India) AC 1SFTS K2088 EngCut, Cr FL Lalru 19-3-41 ...More
10 Apr 41 Audax (India) F 1 K5571 FL near Spinwan - Pilot escaped ac set on fire ...More
12 Apr 41 Miles Master T Plt Offr Gurbachan Singh* 9SFTS T7959 UK- Crashed after hitting Telephone lines ...More
14 Apr 41 Hart (India) AC 1SFTS K2097 lost ht and cr at Amblaa 14-4-41 ...More
13 May 41 Hart (India) AC 1SFTS K8731 engine cut; stalled in forced landing and undercar ...More
15 May 41 Hurricane I F Plt Offr Edwin Nazirullah 56OTU W9207 Baled out. Dislocated Shoulder
30 May 41 Audax (India) AC 1 K5582 1s hit obstr on night take off miramshah 30-5-41 R ...More
10 Jun 41 Wapiti IIA AC 5 CDF K2289 1SFTS 5CDF hit rock in FL non night navex Jungshah ...More
14 Jun 41 Hart (India) AC 1SFTS K2102 swung on ldg and tipped up Ambala 14-6-41 ...More
14 Jun 41 Tigermoth II T 1SFTS T1782 While taking off from a field near Saharanpur, col ...More
18 Jun 41 Whitley B Plt Offr Ali Raza Khan Pasha* 10OTU N1474 UK- P/O K P Chaudhary K, Cr Abingdon Air Field ...More
30 Jun 41 Wapiti IIA AC K1289 1s EC FL Pushtakhara, nr Peshawar30-6-41 ...More
09 Jul 41 Wapiti IIA AC 1 K1257 2s 1s undershot FL while lost, Razmak 9-7-41 ...More
11 Jul 41 Hurricane I F Plt Offr Anandraj Samuel Gnanamuthu* 32RAF Z2519 Failed to Return from Oprational Sortie
31 Aug 41 Wellington B Plt Offr Rustom Nariman Dastur* 12RAF W5577 FRANCE - FTR from mission over Dieppe ...More
18 Sep 41 Audax (India) AC Plt Offr K M Mukerjee* 2 K5577 2s Lost ht in turn during LL practice Kohat Bombin ...More
27 Sep 41 Audax (India) AC 1 K4852 1s engcut FL overturned Miramshah 27-9-41 ...More
04 Oct 41 Wapiti IIA AC 5CDF K1260 Over Delhi , force landed Bhuj 4 Oct 41 ...More
06 Oct 41 Audax (India) AC Fg Offr Arjan Singh 2 K4861 1s 2s dam by ground fire and hit boulder landing i ...More
08 Oct 41 Hart (India) AC K2103 Crashed, 8 Oct41, at Tanjore. ...More
24 Oct 41 Douglas DC2 C Fg Offr Mehar Singh 31RAF DG471 aborted TO at Drigh Road, uc collapse and ac dest ...More
30 Oct 41 Wapiti IIA AC 4CDF K1269 crashed Drigh Rd 30 Oct 41 ...More
03 Nov 41 Hurricane II F Plt Offr Hukum Chand Mehta* 43RAF Z3150 Cr into High ground at Roxburgshire
04 Nov 41 Hart (India) AC 1SFTS K2099 cr on ldg overturned Drigh Road 4-11-41 ...More
05 Nov 41 Tigermoth II T 1EFTS DG530 VT-APR Pilot tried to loop at 1000 ft AGL without ...More
07 Nov 41 Audax (India) AC Plt Offr Daniel* 2 K5564 2s 1s eng smoke dived into hill near Razami 7-11-4 ...More
07 Nov 41 Wapiti IIA AC 4 CDF K2276 crashed Drigh Rd 7 Nov 41 ...More
13 Nov 41 Audax (India) AC 1SFTS K3077 Hit trees at night Ambalal 13.11.41 1k ...More
14 Nov 41 Audax (India) AC 1SFTS K7357 abandoned on night navex Bhiwani 64m WNW Delhi 14- ...More
22 Nov 41 Hart (India) AC 1SFTS K2105 Flew into ground during low level bombing practice ...More
18 Dec 41 DH86A C Sqn Ldr Bishop RAF Co-Pilot Plt Offr PC Lal - ac swung on TO
20 Dec 41 Audax (India) AC 1SFTS K5255 Swung on appra and overturned Ambala 20-12-41 ...More
20 Dec 41 Lysander I AC Plt Offr Paljor Namgyal* 1 Undershot runway at Peshawar - ac flipped over fir
30 Dec 41 Wapiti IIA AC 4CDF Dest by Jap Air Raid (Part of four ac dest)
30 Dec 41 Wapiti IIA AC 4CDF Dest by Jap Air Raid (Part of four ac dest)
20 Jan 42 Blenheim I B 3CDF L4912 Dam in Air Raid on Moulmein AC dest by crew
27 Jan 42 Audax (India) AC 1SFTS K3097 Overturned in FL 1m SW of Thanasar 27-1-42 ...More
31 Jan 42 Audax (India) AC Plt Offr O P Mehra 3 K4849 Cr on L at Miranshah, Gunner Sgt Muralidhar
02 Feb 42 Beaufort B Plt Offr Mehdi Khan* 86 RAF AW253 Cr in sea off france after hit by marine AA ...More
08 Feb 42 Lysander II AC Plt Offr Amber 2 L4740 Landed and overturned after hitting drain ...More
12 Feb 42 Lysander I AC Flt Lt Niranjan Prasad 1 Baled out after being hitby our own AA fire
15 Feb 42 Lysander I AC Plt Offr Yeshwant Vinayak Malse 1 P9120 DNE Ac destroyed in Jap Raid on Magwe
20 Feb 42 Wapiti IIA AC Plt Offr Arora 5CDF K1308 Ditched in Sea of Cochin, P/O Sandhu OK

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