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1st Listing - lots of
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Chronological Listing of Nigerian Ejections |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 10th November 1983 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet ?? | Near Kano, Nigeria |
FLYING OFFICER
Olufemi Fayolin [In 2007 AIR VICE MARSHAL OLUFEMI FALOYIN] |
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Stencel | ||
| 7th November 1988 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet ?? | At Tchadlac, Nigeria | FLT. LT. AKOGUN | Stencel | |||
| FLT. LT. RINDABAS | Stencel | |||||||
| 12th October 1990 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet ?? | At Makurdi, Nigeria | FL. LT. BALOGUN | Stencel | |||
| Stencel |
LOSSES OF NIGERIAN AIRCRAFT FITTED WITH EJECTION SEATS - NO DETAILS IF ANY EJECTION ATTEMPTS WERE MADE
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 1966 |
NAF |
Piaggio 149D | crashed at Ibadan | Lieutenant Onyirimba killed | ||||
| Lieutenant Onyeji killed | ||||||||
| late 1967 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | Plunged and crashed while returning to base from a bombing raid to Onitsha in support of the 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army | Lt Jide Akerele killed | no ejection | |||
| 1967 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | 2/Lt G Ozieh killed | |||||
| 1967 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | 2/Lt S Lawal killed | |||||
| 1968 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | T/Capt O Aiyelagbe killed | |||||
| 1968 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | Lt U Abiolakilled | |||||
| 1968 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | Capt J Ayinla killed | |||||
| 1968-69 |
NAF |
Ilyushin IL-28 Bomber [ex-Egyptian] |
DETAILS APPRECIATED may have been ground loss |
probably an Egyptian or mercenary crew | ||||
| 1968-9 |
NAF |
Ilyushin IL-28 Bomber [ex-Egyptian] |
DETAILS APPRECIATED may have been ground loss |
probably an Egyptian or mercenary crew | ||||
| 1968 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | T/Capt E Smith killed | |||||
| 1969 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | Commenting on the circumstances that led to his death, Brigadier Ikwue stated that he was on a solo flight in an L-29 aircraft in the South-western part of the country when he ran into bad weather and subsequently ran out of fuel. He was then said to have made an emergency landing but unfortunately ran into a tree and died in the process. In appreciation of his selfless service to the country, the Federal Government post- humously honoured him in October 1982 with the national award of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR). | Col S A Alao killed | yes | |||
| 1970 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | Maj I Maina killed | |||||
| 1971 |
NAF |
MiG-17 | Maj D Ato killed | |||||
| 1976 |
NAF |
MiG-21 | Flt Lt D Shekoni killed | |||||
| 1976 |
NAF |
MiG-17 | Fg Offr JC Nwatarali killed | |||||
| 1978 |
NAF |
Aero L-29 Delfin | Flt Lt I Ganiyu killed | |||||
| 1st March 1978 |
NAF |
MiG-21U trainer | In collision with Nigerian Fokker F-28 Friendship 1000. All 5 crew and 11 passengers were killed. Near Runway 05 Kano Airport, Nigeria | pilot killed | no ejections | |||
| crew member killed | ||||||||
| 1978 |
NAF |
MiG-21 | Fg Offr VOT Ladoye killed | |||||
| 1983 |
NAF |
MiG 21 | Fg Offr J A Yussuf killed |
13 May 1983 Flying Officer Babatunde Yussuff died prematurely in a MiG 21 crash in Maiduguri on 13 May 1983 |
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| 1984 |
NAF |
Jaguar | Flt Lt Shaman Musa killed | |||||
| 1985 |
NAF |
MiG-21 | Fg Offr J Akpogu killed | |||||
| 1985 |
NAF |
MiG-21 | Sqn Ldr AB Ogboye killed | |||||
| 1986 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet | Fg Offr Imadoumwoyin killed | |||||
| 1986 |
NAF |
MiG-21 | Flt Lt K Lawal killed | |||||
| 1988 |
NAF |
MiG 21 | Fg Offr F Olubode killed | |||||
| 1988 |
NAF |
MiG 21 | Flt Lt Ogu killed | |||||
| 1989 |
NAF |
MiG 21 | Fg Offr McDavid killed | |||||
| 1989 |
NAF |
L-39ZA Albatros | Flt Lt D Okunrinyo killed | |||||
| 1989 |
NAF |
L-39ZA Albatros | Fg Offr BE Ahodu killed | |||||
| 1989 |
NAF |
MiG-21 | Flt Lt Shoyebi killed | |||||
| 1990 |
NAF |
L-39ZA Albatros | Sqn Ldr NA Abdallah killed | |||||
| 1990 |
NAF |
Jaguar | Sqn Ldr Garba killed | |||||
| 1990 |
NAF |
L-39 ZA Albatros | Fg Offr Mshel-Bwala killed | |||||
| 1998 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet E | Wg Cdr Ado Bashir killed | |||||
| 1999 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet E | Sqn Ldr A Mohammed killed | |||||
| 2003 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet E | Wg Cdr E Scott killed | |||||
| 2003 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet E | Wg Cdr A Eniaye killed | |||||
| 2004 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet E | Wg Cdr RO Adeniyi killed | |||||
| 8th January 1999 |
NAF |
Alpha Jet E |
ECOMOG [Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group } Originally based at 99 Air Weapon School (99 AWS), Kainji |
Claimed to have been shot down by AAA in Sierra Leone by rebel fighters LOSS DENIED by NAF |
Stencel | |||
| 22 of May 1969 | Mig 17F | NAF 620 | Porth Harcourt airbase | Hit on ground by Biafran air attack. Written off | no ejection | |||
| 24 of May 1969 | Mig 17F | Benin airbase | Claimed hit on ground by Biafran air attack | no ejection | ||||
| 26 of May 1969 | Mig 17F | Enugu airbase | Claimed hit while taking off by Biafran air attack | no ejection | ||||
| 26 of May 1969 | Il-28 | Enugu airbase | Claimed hit on ground by Biafran air attack | no ejection | ||||
| 12th November 1969 | 3 MIG 17s | Port Harcourt airbase | Claimed hit on ground by Biafran air attack | no ejection |
Known Nigerian Aircraft fitted with ejection seats- but not their fates
| MiG-15UTI | NAF 601 | |||||||
| MiG-15UTI | NAF 602 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 603 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 604 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 605 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 606 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 607 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 608 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 609 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 610 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 611 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 612 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 613 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 614 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 615 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 616 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 617 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 618 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 619 | |||||||
| 22 of May 1969 | Mig 17F | NAF 620 | Porth Harcourt airbase | Hit on ground by Biafran air attack. Written off | no ejection | |||
| Mig 17F | NAF 621 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 622 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 623 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 624 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 625 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 626 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 627 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 628 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 629 | |||||||
| Mig 17F | NAF 630 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 631 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 632 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 633 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 634 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 635 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 636 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 637 | |||||||
| Mig 17A | NAF 638 | |||||||
| f | Alpha Jet E | NAF 452, 457, 459, 463, 471 | 24 | |||||
| f | Chengdu F-7N | 12 | ||||||
| f | Chengdu F-7N Trainer | 3 | ||||||
| f | Ilyushin IL-28 | 6 | ||||||
| f | MiG-21 | 32 | ||||||
| f | Sepecat Jaguar SN | NAF 703, 705, | 13 | Martin-Baker Mk 9B zero zero | ||||
| f | Sepecat Jaguar BN | 5 | ||||||
| t | MB-339 | 12 | ||||||
| t | L-29 | 26 | ||||||
| t | L-39 | 24 | ||||||
| t | MiG-15 | 20 | ||||||
| t | MiG-27 | 27 | ||||||
| Jet Provost |
Nigerian Air Force (13 Jaguar SNs & 5 Jaguar BNs)
Van's RV-6A Air Beetle two seat trainer - egress system not known
There may have been 33 MiG-17Fs in total.
One of the MiG-17A may have been a MiG-17PF
Known Nigerian Air Force Losses - no ejection seat fitted aircraft.
| ? | AT624 | C-130H | Nigerian Air Force |
| 26th September 1992 | Hercules C130 | NAF 911 | Nose-dived into the Ejigbo swamp in Lagos | At least 160 killed in crash | ||||
| 23rd April 1995 | Fokker 27 | Nigeria Air Force Presidential Fleet | crashed near Kano | all 14 persons on board killed | ||||
| 12th September 1997 | Dornier 228 | collided with a tree on take-off | no loss of life | |||||
| Sunday, 17th September 2006 | DORNIER 228 | crashed on Mount Ngokugh, near Mbanunu village in Shangev-Ya area of Kwande local government, Benue state | 13 military personnel killed, 5 survived | |||||
| 10th October 2006 | ???? | 5N CBF | Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria | Crashed shortly after take-off | no loss of life |
1996: Ibrahim Abacha, the eldest son of Nigeria's military ruler, and 14 others were killed when their HS-125 jet crashed in Nigeria.
suggested link http://www.nigerianairforce.net/