|
PAF
Aircraft Lost in Air-to-Air Combat
|
Date
|
Aircraft
|
Unit
|
Pilot
|
Status
|
Remarks
|
|
22-Nov-71
|
F-86E
|
14 Sqn
|
F/L
Pervez M Qureshi
|
POW
|
SD
by F/L Donald Lazarus while flying a Gnat
|
|
22-Nov-71
|
F-86E
|
14
Sqn
|
F/O
Khalil Ahmed
|
POW
|
SD
by F/L M A Ganapathy
|
|
04-Dec-71
|
F-86E
|
-
|
W/C
S M Ahmed
|
KIA
|
SD
by either W/C N Chatrath, S/L V K Neb, F/L S Jayendra or F/O Masand
while flying Hunters
|
|
04-Dec-71
|
F-86E
|
14
Sqn
|
F/L
Saeed Afzal
|
KIA
|
|
04-Dec-71
|
F-86E
|
14
Sqn
|
F/O
Sajjad Noor
|
EOT
|
SD
by W/C R Sundaresan in Tezgaon
area while flying a Hunter
|
|
10-Dec-71
|
F-86F
S.No.
3856
|
26
Sqn
|
S/L
Aslam Choudhry
|
KIA
|
SD
by S/L R N Bharadwaj in the Chamb area while flying a Hunter
|
|
12-Dec-71
|
F-104A
S.No.
773
|
9
Sqn
|
W/C
M L Middlecoat
|
KIA
|
SD
by F/L Bharat B Soni in the
Jamnagar
area while flying a
MiG-21
|
|
12-Dec-71
|
F-6
S.N. 1703
|
23
Sqn
|
F/L
Ejazuddin
|
EOT
|
SD
by F/L S S Malhotra in Risalewala area while flying a Su-7
|
|
13-Dec-71
|
F-86E
S.N. 1718
|
19
Sqn
|
F/O
N N A Baig
|
KIA
|
SD
by F/L Farokh J Mehta in Talhar area while flying a Hunter
|
|
17-Dec-71
|
F-104A
S.N. 787
|
9
Sqn
|
F/L
Samad Changezi
|
KIA
|
SD
by F/L Aruna K Datta in Naya Chor area while flying a MiG-21
|
PAF Aircraft Lost to Enemy AAA
|
Date
|
Aircraft
|
Unit
|
Pilot
|
Status
|
Remarks
|
|
05-Dec-71
|
F-104
S.N. 804
|
9 Sqn
|
S/L
Amjad Hussain
|
POW
|
SD
by AAA in
Amritsar
area
|
|
06-Dec-71
|
B-57
S.N
3948
|
7
Sqn
|
F/L
Javed Iqbal – P
|
KIA
|
SD
by AAA in
Amritsar
area
|
|
F/L
G M Malik – N
|
KIA
|
|
06-Dec-71
|
B-57
S.N.
3943
|
7
Sqn
|
S/L
I Hameed – P
|
KIA
|
SD
by AAA in Bhuj area
|
|
S/L
Z Ahmed – N
|
KIA
|
|
06-Dec-71
|
B-57
S.No.
3939
|
7
Sqn
|
S/L
Khusro – P
|
KIA
|
SD
by AAA in
Jamnagar
area
|
|
S/L
Peter Christy – N
|
KIA
|
|
07-Dec-71
|
F-6
S.No.
4110
|
11
Sqn
|
F/L
Wajid Ali Khan
|
POW
|
SD
by AAA in Marala area
|
|
08-Dec-71
|
F-86F
S.N.
4109
|
26
Sqn
|
F/L
Fazal Elahi
|
KIA
|
SD
by AAA in Zafarwal area
|
|
17-Dec-71
|
F-6
S.N.
4108
|
25
Sqn
|
F/L
Shahid Raza
|
KIA
|
SD
by AAA in Shakargarh area
|
PAF
Aircraft Lost on Ground
|
Date
|
Aircraft
|
Unit
|
Base
|
Status
|
Remarks
|
|
04-Dec-71
|
F-86F
S.N. 1187
|
-
|
Murid
|
-
|
Destroyed
in raid by No. 20 Squadron (Hunters)
|
|
06-Dec-71
|
RB-57
S.No.
3934
|
-
|
Masroor
|
-
|
Destroyed
in night raid by Canberras
|
|
08-Dec-71
|
5xF-86F
S.N. 1095
S.N. 3839
S.N.
3848
S.N.
3851
S.N. 4018
|
-
|
Murid
|
-
|
Destroyed
in raid by No. 20 Squadron (Hunters)
|
PAF
Aircraft Lost in Accidents
|
Date
|
Aircraft
|
Unit
|
Pilot
|
Status
|
Remarks
|
|
04-Dec-71
|
F-86E
S.N. 1689
|
17 Sqn
|
F/L
Nayyar Iqbal
|
Fatal
|
Flamed-out
after take-off from Rafiqui
|
|
07-Dec-71
|
F-86F
S.No.
4030
|
15
Sqn
|
F/O
Hamid A Khawaja
|
EOT
|
Flamed-out
while chasing Hunter in Khushalgarh area
|
|
07-Dec-71
|
F-86F
S.N. 1657
|
18
Sqn
|
S/L
Cecil Choudhry
|
EOT
|
SD
by own AAA in Zafarwal area
|
|
08-Dec-71
|
B-57
S.N. 3945
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Caught
fire during servicing at Mianwali
|
|
08-Dec-71
|
F-6
S.N. 1508
|
23
Sqn
|
F/L Afzal J Siddiqui
|
KIA
|
SD
by own AAA or possible fratricide by Leader
|
|
16-Dec-71
|
11xF-86E
2xT-33
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Destroyed
by Self before surrender in
East Pakistan
to stop them
falling in enemy hands.
|
Summary of PAF Losses
|
Aircraft
Lost in Air-to-Air Combat
|
10
|
|
Aircraft
Lost to AAA
|
7
|
|
Aircraft
Lost on Ground
|
7
|
|
Aircraft
Lost in Accidents – Destroyed by Self
|
18
|
|
Total:
|
42
|
____________________________
Acknowledgment
Internet
PAF
Combat Heritage Site: www.PAFCombat.com
Books
Shaheen Foundation, Story of the
Pakistan
Air Fore (1948 –
1988)
Air
Cdr (Retd.) Rais A Rafi,
PAF
Bomber Operations, PAF Book Club
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