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Chronological Listing of Bangla-Deshi Air Force |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat | ||||||
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Friday 20th August 1971 |
Lockheed T-33 belonging to the Pakistan Air Force |
East Pakistani Instructor pilot,
M. Mati-ur Rahman
attempted to hijack a PAF T-33 aircraft to India.
The Student Plt. Off. Rashid attempted to stop his instructor and in the process deliberately brought the aircraft down 32 miles short of the Indian border |
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| Mati-ur Rahman is seen by many in Bangla Desh as one of their first aviation losses and considered a martyr | ||||||||||||||
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Bangla Desh Air
Force Founded during the
Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 21st September 1971 is given as the founding date |
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| 12 July 1976 |
 Bangladesh Air Force |
Type ??? | ||||||||||||
| 1st September 1976 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
NZAI Air Tourer |
Crashed during an inaugural flight on the opening of Flying Instructors School
at BAF Dhaka Base Ac took off, did a circuit and then approached the runway, it then suddenly went into a roll and crashed nose down into the airfield. Both occupants killed instantly |
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| Air Vice Marshal M Khademul Bashar killed |
Sqn Ldr Mofizul Haq killed |
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Additional information from Jagan
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| ???? |
Bangladesh Air Force |
NANCHANG A5 | ejected | |||||||||||
| 25th April 1980 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
S YANG F6 | ejected | |||||||||||
| 31st July 1980 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
S YANG F6 | ejected | |||||||||||
| 5th August 1984 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Fokker 27 S2-ABJ |
crashed at Dacca, Bangladesh | 49 on board killed | ||||||||||
| 30th April 1991 | Cyclone caused massive tidal bore across the low lying airport at Chittagong destroying significant numbers of BAF aircraft | |||||||||||||
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Bangladesh Air Force |
40 x F-6 [MiG 19] |
Chittagong | ||||||||||||
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Bangladesh Air Force |
4 x Helicopters | Chittagong | ||||||||||||
| ??-??-1993 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
FT –5 | Flight Lt Quddus killed | |||||||||||
| 18th November 1993 | PC-7 |
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Kendah State, Malaysia |
BanglaDeshi Student made forced landing |
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| 4th September 1994 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
F-7 | DETAILS ?? | |||||||||||
| ??-??-1996 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
PT-6I Trainer | Collision | Wing Commander Haque killed | ||||||||||
| ??-??-1996 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
PT-6I Trainer | Squadron leader Islam killed | |||||||||||
| Flying Officer Masud killed | ||||||||||||||
| 8th May 1996 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
MiG-21 | ||||||||||||
| 26th October 1998 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Chengdu FT-7M | crashed at Modhupur in Tangail | Pilot ??? killed | ||||||||||
| 17th November 1998 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
A-5C | ||||||||||||
| 7th January 2001 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Chengdu FT-7B | 1433 | crashed at Dhaka’s Zia International Airport. | ||||||||||
| Squadron leader Mohammad Mohsin killed |
Sq Ldr Reza
Mohammad Emdad, [Reza Amdad Khan] injured |
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| 30th July 2002 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
A-5C | Crashed at Banshkhali, Chittagong, a coastal fishing settlement, igniting three mud and straw huts. Ground fatalities and injuries |
Flight Lieutenant Adnan Mukid killed |
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19th October 2002 16:35 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
MI-17-200 helicopter |
Sergeant Zuhurul Haq Airbase in Chittagong | collided with a television relay station tower at Ukhiya, crashed in Cox's Bazaar | Wing commander Kazi Kamrul Newaj | |||||||||
| Flying Officer M Sabbir Ahmed | ||||||||||||||
| Warrant Officer Zahir Hossain | ||||||||||||||
| Sergeant Abdus Samad | ||||||||||||||
| All crew were killed | ||||||||||||||
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25th February 2003 1618 (local time) |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Chengdu FT-7B |
430 or 1431 confirm ?? |
Left wheel collapsed on take off for an Advanced Combat Manoeuvre (ACM.) Zia, International Airport, Dhaka, BanglaDesh | Martin-Baker | |||||||||
| Squadron Leader Ahsanul Kabir ejected safely | Flight Lieutenant A A M M Shamsuzzahan ejected safely sustained minor injuries | Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||
| 15th November 2003 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Piper Cessna S-2 | belly landing | pilot Tapash OK | ||||||||||
| captain Ahsan OK | ||||||||||||||
| co-pilot Anwar OK | ||||||||||||||
| ?? ?? 2003 ? | Training Aircraft | Emergency landing at Abahani ground of Dhanmondi | ||||||||||||
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Monday 7th February 2005 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
training aircraft | Skidded off the Jahurul Huq Airfield during take off | |||||||||||
| pilot escaped unhurt | co-pilot escaped unhurt | |||||||||||||
| Tuesday 7th June 2005 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Chengdu F7MB | Crashed on a thatched home in Uttara at Fayedabad area of Uttara in Dhaka. Ground fatality and injuries. | Flight Lieutenant Ahsanul Kabir ejected safely | ||||||||||
| Monday 24th April 2006 11:20am |
Bangladesh Air Force |
 photo: Focusbangla |
 Flight Cadet Wing Under Officer Md Taniul Islam, was killed |
no ejection seats fitted to this type of aircraft | ||||||||||
| PT-6I Trainer | 6106 | Air Force Academy Jessore | training mission. rashed in a jute field at Kotchandpur in the south-western district of Jhenaidah in the village of Moharrampur | |||||||||||
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Monday 9th April
2007 12:00 p.m. |
Bangladesh Air Force |
 photos: Ittefaq |
 Pilot, flight cadet Faisal Mahmud killed Solo flight - no other crew |
no ejection seats fitted to this type of aircraft | ||||||||||
| PT-6I Trainer | Jessore Airport | Crashed in Jessore district of western Bangladesh | ||||||||||||
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Tuesday 8th April 2008 12:22pm |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Chengdu F-7 | Kurmitola Airforce base | crashed at Paharia village in the Tangail district 100 km north of the capital Dhaka |
Squadron Leader Morshed
Hassan ejected but died later at hospital of his injuries |
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JALI | |||||||
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Monday 9th March 2009 08:30 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
helicopter | Jessore | Flying to Mymensingh cantonment from Jessore cantonment. Hit an electric pole and crashed about 100 miles north of Dhaka at Alenga in Kalihati Upazila | ||||||||||
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Tuesday 16th June 2009 11:40 |
Bangladesh Air Force |
Shenyang FT-6 | Crashed at Patenga in Chittagong in the Karnaphuli estuary | |||||||||||
| Flight
Lieutenant Mamun ejected safely landing in river |
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