DATE

NAME

UNIT

A/C

CAUSE

STATUS

AREA

REMARKS

4-Dec

F/L Jayant Rishi

101 Sqn

Su-7

Accident - NCR

Fatal

Adampur

Caught fire on take-off after tyre burst

4-Dec

F/L Gurdip Singh

101 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

EOT

Chamb

 

4-Dec

F/O Sudhir Tyagi

27 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-86

KIA

Duman

Shot down by F/L Mujahid Salik

4-Dec

F/L D R Nathu

108 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

EOT

Halwara

 

4-Dec

F/L P N Saksena

222 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

Escaped

Suleimanki

 

4-Dec

F/O K P Muralidharan

20 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-86

KIA

Peshawar

Shot down by F/L Saleem Baig

4-Dec

F/L P V Apte

220 Sqn

HF-24

SD - AAA

KIA

Naya Chor

 

4-Dec

F/L M S Grewal

32 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

POW

Rafiqui

 

4-Dec

F/L Harvinder Singh

222 Sqn

Su-7

SD - Combat, F-6

KIA

Rurala

Shot down by F/L Javed Latif

4-Dec

F/O V S Chati

27 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-6

POW

Sakesar

Shot down by F/O Qazi Javed

4-Dec

F/L A R Da Costa

7 Sqn

Hunter

SD - AAA

KIA

Lalmunirhat

 

4-Dec

S/L S K Gupta

7 Sqn

Hunter

SD - AAA

EOT

Lalmunirhat

 

4-Dec

S/L A B Samanta

37 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-86

KIA

Tezgaon

Claimants include S/L Javed Afzaal and F/L Schames-ul-haq;
who shot whom has not been determined 

4-Dec

F/L S G Khonde

37 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-86

KIA

Tezgaon

4-Dec

S/L S V Bhutani

221 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

POW

Tezgaon

 

4-Dec

S/L K D Mehra

14 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-86

Escaped

Tezgaon

Shot down by F/O Shams-ul-haq

4-Dec

F/L K Tremenheere

14 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-86

POW

Tezgaon

Shot down by S/L Dilawar Hussain

4-Dec

?

?

Hunter

Hit - AAA

Survived

?

Crashed on landing; aircraft written off

4-Dec

 

F/L L M Sasoon

JBCU

 

Canberra

 

SD - Combat, Mir-III

 

KIA

Jabbi

 

Shot down by F/L Naeem Ata; night kill

 

F/L R M Advani (N)

KIA

5-Dec

F/L A V Pethia

3 Sqn

Mystère

SD - AAA

POW

Chishtian

 

5-Dec

S/L D S Jafa

26 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

POW

Lahore

 

5-Dec

F/L J L Bhargava

220 Sqn

HF-24

SD - AAA

POW

Naya Chor

 

5-Dec

F/L V V Tambay

32 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

KIA

Rafiqui

Still listed as MIA

5-Dec

S/L Jal M Mistry

20 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, Mir-III

KIA

Sakesar

Shot down by F/L Safdar Mahmood & F/O Suhail Hameed

5-Dec

F/L G S Rai

27 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-6

KIA

Sodhi

Shot down by W/C Sa'ad Hatmi

5-Dec

F/O K L Malkani

27 Sqn

Hunter

SD - Combat, F-6

KIA

Katha Saghral

Shot down by F/L Shahid Raza

5-Dec

-

-

Alouette

Destroyed on ground

-

Srinagar

26 Sqn raid

5-Dec

F/L Harish Sinhji

29 Sqn

MiG-21FL

SD - AAA

POW

Suleimanki

 

5-Dec

 

F/L S C Sandal

35 Sqn

 

Canberra

 

SD - AAA

 

KIA

Arabian Sea

 

 

 

F/L K S Nanda (N)

KIA

5-Dec

 

F/L S K Goswami

5 Sqn

 

Canberra

 

SD - AAA

 

KIA

Bhalwal

 

 

 

F/L S C Mahajan (N)

KIA

6-Dec

F/L J Bhattacharya

101 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

Escaped

Chamb

 

6-Dec

F/L V K Wahi

101 Sqn

Su-7

SD - Combat, Mir-III

KIA

Jammu

Shot down by F/L Saleem-uddin

6-Dec

F/O K C Kuruvilla

222 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

POW

Jassar

 

6-Dec

S/L Rao

4 Sqn

MiG-21FL

SD - AAA

EOT

Gauhati

 

7-Dec

F/O M M Singh

9 Sqn

Gnat

Accident - CR

KIA

Amritsar

Hit ground while reacting to fake interception by 403 Radar Sqn

7-Dec

F/L L H Dixon

17 Sqn

Hunter

SD - AAA

EOT

Dum Dum

 

7-Dec

S/L Jiwa Singh

26 Sqn

Su-7

SD - Combat, F-6

KIA

Samba

Shot down by F/L Atiq Sufi

8-Dec

S/L Denzil Keelor

45 Sqn

MiG-21FL

SD - AAA

Escaped

Chamb

 

8-Dec

W/C B A Coelho

7 Sqn

Hunter

SD - AAA

POW

Fazilka

 

8-Dec

F/L R G Kadam

TACDE

Su-7

SD - Combat, F-6

KIA

Jaranwala

Shot down by W/C S M H Hashmi

9-Dec

F/L N Shankar

32 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

KIA

Amritsar

 

9-Dec

S/L A V Kamat

10 Sqn

HF-24

SD - AAA

POW

Hyderabad

 

10-Dec

S/L M K Jain

27 Sqn

Hunter

SD - AAA

KIA

Chamb

 

10-Dec

F/L S K Chibber

108 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

KIA

Sadiqganj

 

10-Dec

F/L Dilip Parulkar

26 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

POW

Zafarwal

 

10-Dec

?

?

Hunter

SD - AAA

Escaped

Lalmunirhat

 

10-Dec

S/L R C Sachdeva

14 Sqn

Hunter

SD - AAA

KIA

Narayanganj

Gunboat AAA?

11-Dec

S/L K L Bajaj

114 HU

Alouette-3

Accident - NCR

Fatal

Kargil

 

11-Dec

F/L K K Mohan

26 Sqn

Su-7

SD - Combat, F-86

KIA

Shakargarh

Shot down by W/C A I Bukhari

11-Dec

-

-

HF-24

Destroyed on ground

-

Uttarlai

9 Sqn raid; destroyed by S/L Amanullah

11-Dec

 

 

F/L R D Naithani

5 Sqn

 

 

Canberra

 

 

Accident - CR

 

 

KIA

Bikaner

 

 

Crashed due to possible AAA damage;
spatial disorientation during egress not ruled out

  

F/L G Theophilus (N)

KIA

F/L Manohar Purohit (N)

KIA

11-Dec

F/L A B Dhavle

1 Sqn

MiG-21FL

Accident - CR

KIA

Gurdaspur

Shot down by another MiG-21 during night intercept of  Mirage-III

12-Dec

F/O P K Sahu

47 Sqn

MiG-21FL

Accident - NCR

Fatal

Palam

Undershot on landing

13-Dec

W/C H S Gill

47 Sqn

MiG-21FL

SD - AAA

KIA

Badin

 

13-Dec

S/L J D Kumar

3 Sqn

Mystère

SD - AAA

KIA

Suleimanki

 

13-Dec

S/L P S Gill

28 Sqn

MiG-21FL

SD - AAA

Escaped

Tezgaon

 

14-Dec

F/O N J S Sekhon

18 Sqn

Gnat

SD - Combat, F-86

KIA

Srinagar

Shot down by F/L Saleem Baig

15-Dec

-

-

Vampire

Destroyed on ground

-

Srinagar

26 Sqn raid

15-Dec

 

F/O B R E Wilson

16 Sqn

 

Canberra

 

SD - AAA

 

KIA

Tezgaon

 

 

 

F/L R B Mehta (N)

KIA

16-Dec

F/L T S Dandass

26 Sqn

Su-7

SD - AAA

KIA

Narowal

 

17-Dec

F/L Tejwant Singh

45 Sqn

MiG-21FL

SD - Combat, F-86

POW

Pasrur

Shot down by F/L Maqsood Amir

?

S/L Anukul

3 Sqn

Mystère

SD - AAA

EOT

Fazilka

 

?

F/L Das

3 Sqn

Mystère

SD - AAA

EOT

Fazilka

 

(N) 

-

 Navigator

CR 

-

 Combat Related

NCR 

-

 Non Combat Related

EOT 

-

 Ejected Own Territory

KIA 

-

 Killed In Action

POW 

-

 Prisoner Of War

SD 

-

  Shot Down

   

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