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India - Draft Listing - alterations and additions will be forthcoming - if you can help please contact me |
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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 31st March 1958 |
 Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-212 | 17 Sqdn | MAC during Aerobatics Practice Pilot ejected Palam | Flt Lt Harry Bhagat | Martin-Baker | |
| 31st March 1958 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-216 | 17 Sqdn | MAC during Aerobatics Practice Pilot ejected Palam | Flt Lt A B Lamba | Martin-Baker | |
| 1st June 1958 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 3 Sqdn | Ejected during exercise DNE | Fg Offr Sahni | S.N.C.A.S.O. | ||
| 10th April 1959 |
Indian A. F. |
Canberra | B | 106 Sqdn | Strayed into Pak SD By F86 BO at Rewal. Both Crew Ejected and were repatriated the next day. India Claimed that the Canberra Was on a Weather Mission | Sqn Ldr J C Sen Gupta |
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Martin-Baker |
| Navigator Flt Lt S N Rampal. | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 23rd September 1959 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-251 | 27 Sqdn | Aircraft suffered engine compressor failure. Engine failure Plt Ejected | Pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |
| 24th February 1960 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1069 | AATU | Pilot Ejected at 12000 ft - Kanpur | Flt Lt Padmanabha Ashoka |
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Folland |
| 19th March 1960 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1070 | 23 Sqdn | Engine failure Pilot ejected near Kanpur | Sqn Ldr S Raghavendran |
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Folland |
| 4th June 1960 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1063 | AATU | Engine Flame Out | Sqn Ldr A Sudhakaran Late Ejection - killed |
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Folland |
| 19th January 1961 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | Engine flame out after TO from Jamnagar | Flt Lt K S S Kalsia - Killed |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| 17th May 1961 |
Indian A. F. |
Toofani(Dassault Ouragon) |
IC 870 |
2 Sqdn Halwara |
While doing aerobatics went into a flat spin and the a/c would not recover Took a decision to abandon at 8000ft | F/O K C Shekhar ejected around 3000ft - no injuries |
manual separation (checking whether M-B or SNCASO) |
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11th June 1961 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | N-161 | 300 Sqdn | Cr in Sea off Brawdy, Isle of Wight | Lt A G Jog | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th September 1961 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1111 | Engine flame, out crashed at Ambala | Pilot Flt Lt Thomas Andrew Kenneth Taylor Ejected |
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Folland | |
| 1st January 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | ASTE | B'lore | Flt Lt Jagat Lowe | Folland | ||
| 15th March 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-359 | 17 Sqdn | MAC with Hunter Poona - Jamnagar Ejected | Flt Lt K A Hariharan |
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Martin-Baker |
| 15th March 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 17 Sqdn | MAC with Hunter Poona-Jamnagar | Flt. Lt. K. S. Vohra ejected Injured | Martin-Baker | ||
| 24th July 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | IA-1313 | 3 Sqdn | Pilot was doing Air Combat training with another Mystere when the aircraft flicked into an inverted spin. Pilot was unable to recover aircraft and had to eject quite close to the ground and survived. Aircraft was from Kalaikunda | Flt Lt C S Doraiswami | S.N.C.A.S.O. | |
| 18th May 1963 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1108 | Folland | ||||
| 21st December 1963 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21F | 28 Sqdn | MAC with another Mig 21 F near Ambala. | Sqn Ldr Malcolm S Dundas Wollen | |||
| 21st December 1963 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21F | 28 Sqdn | MAC with another Mig 21 F near Ambala. | Sqn Ldr Arun Kanti Mukherjee |
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| 6th January 1964 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | 300 Sqdn | Lt D K Yadav | Martin-Baker | |||
| 7th September 1964 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IN-162 | 23 Sqdn | TO from Santa Cruz - Pilot Ejected 1600 Hrs | Folland | ||
| 20th September 1964 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-345 | 14 Sqdn | Engine flameout - Pt Ejected Date 15-30 Sep | Fg Offr K S Sahwney | Martin-Baker | |
| 2nd January 1965 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | S./LT A.D.Bansod ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 12th April 1965 |
India A. F. |
Gnat Mk.1 | E-1204 | 2 Sqdn | Ac overshot runway | Flight Lieutenant P. Singh | Folland | |
| 25th May 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | Flt. Lt. V. Pais ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 6th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-289 | 7 Sqn | Shot down by F-86 near Halwara | Fg Offr Prakash S Pingale ejected |
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Martin-Baker |
| 6th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-251 | 7 Sqn | shot down over Halwara, India | Fg Offr Adi Rustom Gandhi ejected |
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Martin-Baker |
| 7th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 1 Sqdn | Failed to return from raid on Sargodha | Sqn Ldr Ajamada B Devayya |
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S.N.C.A.S.O. | |
| 7th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-330 | 27 Sqn | Booster Pump Failurenear Sargodha | Sqn Ldr Onkar Nath . Kackar ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 7 Sqn | AAA Shotdown ground fire near Lahore. Pt POW | Fg Offr Mohinder Vir Singh ejected (POW) | Martin-Baker | ||
| 8th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | Pilot ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 8th or 10th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 31 Sqdn | hit by ground fireAA Fire ejected in enemy territory. Walked back | Flg. Off. D. P. Chinoy ejected in Pakistan, escaped to India | SNCASO | ||
| 9th or 11th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 32 Sqdn | hit by ground fire | Flt. Lt. I. F. Hussain ejected in Pakistan, escaped to India | SNCASO | ||
| 13th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat Mk.1 | 2 Sqn | SD by Flt Lt Yusuf Khan, F-86 | Flt Lt A N Kale | Folland | ||
| 13th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 8 Sqn | AAA Lahore | Flt Lt L Sadarangani Lal ejected (POW) | SNCASO | ||
| 14th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1206 | Crashed into Ground during egress | Sqn Ldr N K Malik - killed |
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Folland | |
15th September
1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-207 | 27 Sqdn | Birdhit on TO from Halwara - | Flt Lt Thapen Kumar "Chau" Chaudhuri ejected successfully but was blown back onto the burning wreckage |
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Martin-Baker |
| 19th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | 9 Sqdn | Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | Fg Offr Vijay Mayadev | Folland | ||
| 20th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 7 Sqdn | combat in Taran Taran, Pakistan Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | Flt Lt S. K. Sharma ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| 21st September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Canberra B(I) 58 | IF-970 | 5 Sqn | Shotdown by F-104. | Pilot Flg. Off. M. M. Lowe ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| Nav Fg Off K K Kapur Killed |
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| 22nd September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 20 Sqn | AAA Lahore | Flt. Lt. K. C. Cariappa ejected (POW) | Martin-Baker | ||
| 22nd September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | IA-1339 | 3 Sqn | Own AAA Lahore | Flt Lt P R Ramchandani. Pilot died of wounds |
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SNCASO |
| 29th March 1966 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. Y. M. Bhide | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 27th September 1966 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. A. Sinha | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 1st January 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | ASTE | Srinagar | Flt Lt A S Lamba | Folland | ||
| 1st June 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | 24 Sqdn | Flame out after TO from Kalaikunda | Flt Lt P C Prasad | Folland | ||
| 1st August 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | 10 Sqdn | Lost way BO Jamnagar after Fuel went out DNE By error of Navigation could not find airfield ejected Date Not Exact | Wg Cdr V Krishnamurthy | Martin-Baker | ||
| 26th October 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | Eng Flame out during practice dogfight pkt | Flt Lt Satwant Singh | Folland | |||
| 8th April 1968 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | ASTE | Ejected over Kanpur | Flt Lt I J S Sandhu | Martin-Baker | ||
| 1st January 1969 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7U | At Bareilly | Wg CdrKoko Sen | Date Incorre | |||
| Flt Lt Bamzai | ||||||||
| 20th August 1969 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | Lt. Kanjilal | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 10th January 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | HAL Industries | Cockpit Canopy unlocked during TO. Canopy failed to separate from aircraft failing to arm the ejection seat. Explosive cartridge problem was suggested at the time | Gp Capt Suranjan Das was unable to eject |
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Folland | |
| 17th January 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1202 | ejected safely after malfunctions | Flt Lt K De | Folland | ||
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1st
November 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | 27 Sqdn | Birdhit during TO Hindon Ejected | Wg Cdr M N Singh | Dte Not Exact | ||
| 19th December 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter T.66 | S-575 | 20 Sqdn | flame out on practise go arounds Ejected Hindon AFB at 200' AGL. | Sqn Ldr F J Mehta ejected at low level | Martin-Baker | |
| Fg Off K K Bakshi ejected at low level | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 4th February 1971 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. M. Bhada | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 21st July 1971 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. T. K. Pal | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 221 Sqdn | SD AA Fire over Tejgaon, Pilot POW. | Sqn LdrV Bhutani | |||
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Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 14 Sqdn | Shot down near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre. |
Sqn Ldr K D Mehra
ejected. Sustained injuries that grounded him from further flying. photo via Bharat Mehra |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| On 13th May 1992 during a simulated 2 vs 1 combat mission Sqn Ldr K D Mehra's son, Fg. Offr. Bharat Mehra, had to eject. | ||||||||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 14 Sqdn | SD near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre. | Flt Lt K C Tremenhere | Martin-Baker | ||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-287 | 7 Sqdn | Dam AAA Fire Ejected at base at Baghdogra | Sqn Ldr S K Gupta | Martin-Baker | |
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 101 Sqdn | AAA Dam Ejected Tac Supp Ejected | Flt Lt Gurdip Singh | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 108 Sqdn | AAA Dam Ejected Tac Supp Ejected | Flt Lt D R Natu | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | Sqdn222 | SA fire 1728 Hrs Ejected in Pak Terr - Suleimanke | Flt Lt P N Saxena | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 32 Sqdn | AAA Fire 1400 Hours at Shorkot | Flt Lt M S Grewal | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F |
Hunter F56a | A-479 | 27 Sqdn | Shotdown by F-6 near Mianwali | Fg Offr Vidyadhar Chati | Martin-Baker | |
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | D-1193 | 220 Sqdn | Shotdown by AA Dharnaro RS Nayachor | Flt Lt Pradeep Vinayak Apte |
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| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F |
HF-24 Marut | 220 Sqdn | Shotdown by AA | Flt Lt J L Bharghava | Martin-Baker | ||
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5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | IA-954 | 3 Sqdn | SD AAA 0715 Hrs Bhawalnagar | Flt Lt Aditya Vikram Pethia | ||
| 5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56a | A-1014 | 20 Sqdn | SD MirageIIIs | Sqn Ldr Jal Manikya Mistry |
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Martin-Baker |
| 5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | C-764 | 29 Sqdn | SD AAA 1530 Hrs Suliemanke | Flt Lt Harish Singhji | ||
| 5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | B-891 | 26 Sqdn | SD AAA 1555 Hrs Lahore | Sqn Ldr Dhirendra Singh Jafa | ||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 4 Sqdn | AAA fire damage, ran out of fuel. Gauhati | Sqn Ldr Dopey Rao | |||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | B-854 | 222 Sqdn | SD AAA 1025 Hrs Jassar Bridge Dera Baba Nanak | Fg Offr K C Kuruvilla |
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| K C Kuruvilla also ejected from IAF Sukhoi's on 24th October 1980, and in 1982. This makes him one of, if not the only person, to have safely ejected three times from an Su-7 | ||||||||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 101 Sqdn | SD 1225 Hrs. Chamb | Flt Lt J K Bhattacharya | |||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | Engine Failure over Haveli | S.N.C.A.S.O. | ||||
| 7th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 14 Sqdn | Ran out of fuel at Dum Dum | Pilot Ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| 8th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-329 | 7 Sqdn | SD over Hasilpur 120 Hrs0 | Wg Cdr B A Coelho | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 FL | No.45 Squadron Pathankot | Pakistan AAA in the Chamb area | Sqn Ldr Denzil Joseph Keelor VrC. ejected spine was injured |
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KM-1 | |
| 8th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | SD near Haveli | Sqn Ldr A V Kamat | S.N.C.A.S.O. | |||
| 9th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | BD-859 | 10 Sqdn | SD AAA Kotri near Hyderabad | Martin-Baker | ||
| 10th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-275 | 14 Sqdn | Engine flamed out flying over Hilli region in East Pakistan |
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Martin-Baker | |
| SD Narayanganj Ejected | Sqn Ldr R C Sachdeva ejected from the aircraft but was killed | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 10th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | SD AAA Lal Munir Hat. | Pt Ejected Rescued | Martin-Baker | |||
| 10th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 26 Sqdn | SD AAA Zafarwal Area | Flt Lt Dilip Kumar Parulkar VM | |||
| 12th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 28 Sqdn | AAA Dam Ejected on way to Agartala | Sqn Ldr K J S Gill | |||
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13th December 1971 |
Indian A. F |
Mystere IVa | IA-1331 | 3 Squadron | shot down by AA fire on a photorecce sortie over the Fazilka area. | Sqn Ldr J D Kumar tried to eject but was killed |
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SNCASO OR Martin-Baker |
| 14th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | E-257 | 18 Sqdn | SD by F-86 Srinagar 0750 Hrs | Fg Offr Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon | ||
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Fg Offr Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon - Ejection on 14 Dec 1971. He was
the first and the only awardee of highest Indian gallantry award - Param Vir | ||||||||
Chronological Listing of Indian Air Force, Naval Air Force and
related Ejections