The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan and West Pakistan from 3 December 1971 to the Fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971. The war saw intense use of aerial assets by both sides and proved to be instrumental in the Indian victory in East Pakistan (Bangladesh).
The following lists contains aerial victories credited to both Indian as well as Pakistani pilots.
Eastern sector (Bangladesh)
Probable or Unconfirmed kills are in italics text
Pilot | Country | Date | Fighter Type | Victim Pilot | Victim Aircraft | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flt Lt M. A. Ganapathy | India | 22 Nov | Folland Gnat | Fg Offr Khail Ahmad | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Fg Offr Ahmad POW |
Fg Offr Donald Lazarus | India | 22 Nov | Folland Gnat | Flt. Lt. Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Flt Lt Qureshi taken POW |
Flt Lt Roy Andrew Massey | India | 22 Nov | Folland Gnat | Wg Cdr Afzal Chaudhry. | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Chaudhary's Sabre was severely damaged and but claimed to have returned to base, however Massey's wingman claimed to have seen Chaudhary eject. |
Wg Cdr Narinder Chatrath | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Wg Cdr SM Ahemd (KIA) | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | PAF pilot KIA[2][3] |
Flt Lt Jayendra Sukrut Raj | India | 4th Dec | MiG-21 | Unidentified Pilot | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Although not officially credited by PAF, a post-war survey by IAF found 7 F-86s of the original total 16 missing. Of these 6 were credited to indian pilots. The last unaccountale F86 was probably shot down by Sukurut Raj |
Flt Lt Vinod Kumar Neb | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Unidentified Pilot | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | [4] |
Fg Offr Harish Masand | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Flt Lt Saeed Afzal | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Flt Lt Saeed Afzal KIA[3] |
Wg Cdr Ramaswamy Sundaresan | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Fg Offr Sahibzada Sajjad Noor | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | [5] |
Sqn Ldr Dilwar Hussain | Pakistan | 4th Dec | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Flt Lt K.C Tremenhere | Hawker Hunter | Tremenhere taken POW [6][5] |
Unidentified Pilot | Pakistan | 4th Dec | Canadair Sabre Mk6 | Sqn Ldr KD Mehra | Hawker Hunter |
Western sector
Probable Kills or Unconfirmed kills are in italics text;
Pilot | Country | Date | Fighter Type | Victim Pilot | Victim Aircraft | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flt Lt Javed Latif | Pakistan | 4th Dec | Shenyang F6C | Flt Lt H V Singh | Sukhoi Su7 | Flt Lt H V Singh KIA[7][3] |
Fg Off Qazi Javed | Pakistan | 4th Dec | Shenyang F6C | Fg Off V Chati | Hawker Hunter | Chati taken POW[8][9] |
Fg Off S B Mirza | Pakistan | 4th Dec | F-86F | Flt Lt K P Muralidharan | Hawker Hunter | [10][11] |
Flt Lt Mujahid | Pakistan | 4th Dec | F-86F | Fg Off Sudhir Tyagi | Hawker Hunter | Tyagi KIA[12][13] |
Fg Off Naseem Ata | Pakistan | 4th Dec | Dassault Mirage III | Flt Lt L M Sasoon;
Flt Lt R M Advani |
English Electric Canberra | Both Indian Pilots KIA[14] |
Wg Cdr C V Parker | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Unidentified Pilot | F-86E | |
Wg Cdr C V Parker | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Flt Lt Nayyar Iqbal | F-86E | Pilot KIA. According to Pakistani accounts and sources, the aircraft suffered an accidental flameout[15] |
Fg Off Sudhir Tyagi | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Unidentified Pilot | F-86E/Mirage III | [13] |
Flt Lt C S Dhillon | India | 4th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Unidentified Pilot | F86E | |
Wg Cdr Johnny Greene | India | 4th Dec | Folland Gnat F.1 | Unidentified Pilot | Mirage III | Intercepted and photographed. No claim.[16] |
Sqn Ldr K K Bakshi | India | 05 Dec | HAL HF24 Mk1 | Unidentified Pilot | F-86E | Some historians claim the unidentified pakistani pilot was Fg Off Hamid Khawaja[17][18] |
Unidentified Pilot | Pakistan | 05 Dec | F-86 | Unidentified Pilot(s) | Alloutte III | Alloutte pilots safely bailed out |
Unidentified Pilot | Pakistan | 06 Dec | F-86 | Flt Lt V K Wahi | Sukhoi Su7 | |
Unidentified Pilot | India | 07 Dec | Hawker Hunter | Fg Off Hamid Khawaja | F-86E | Pilot crashed while chasing Hunter, acc. to the PAF. |
Flt Lt Cecil Choudhary | Pakistan | 07 Dec | F-86 | Fg Off A R Gandhi | Su-7 | [11] |
Fg Off Atiq Sufi | Pakistan | 07 Dec | Shenyang F6C | Sqn Ldr Jiwa Singh | Sukhoi Su7 | |
Wg Cdr M H Hashmi | Pakistan | 08 Dec | F-86E | Flt Lt R G Kadam | Sukhoi Su7 | |
Flt Lt R G Kadam | India | 08 Dec | Sukhoi Su-7BMK | Flt Lt A J Siddiqui | Shenyang F-6 | F/L AJ Siddqui is claimed by the PAF to have been shot while chasing Kadam's formation. The pilots of both sides were KIA.[3] |
Unidentified pilot | India | 09
Dec |
MiG-21FL | Unidentified Pilot | Mirage-IIIEP | 2 K-13 AAMs were launched and a proximity hit recorded. Target disappeared from radar. Listed as 'Probable' |
Sqn Ldr R N Bharadwaj | India | 10 Dec | Hawker Hunter | Sqn Ldr Aslam Chaudhry / KIA | F-86E | [19] |
Wg Cdr Arif Iqbal | Pakistan | 10 Dec | F-104A | Lt Cdr Ashok Roy ;
Lt H S Sirohi |
Bréguet Br.1050 Alizé | The Alize belonged to the Indian Naval Air Arm |
Flt. Lt. Bharat Bhushan Soni | India | 12th Dec | MiG-21 | Wg Cdr Mervyn L Middlecoat[3] | F-104A | Flt Lt Soni had spotted Middlecoat bail out and had rushed a rescue team from the nearest IAF station.[3] However the rescue team found no trace of Middlecoat. He had ejected over shark infested waters, it was highly unlikely that he survived.[20][21][22] |
Sqn Ldr V Kapila | India | 12th Dec | MiG-21FL | Unidentified Pilot | F-104A/F-86E | F-104A mentioned in official records |
Flt Lt S.S. Malhotra | India | 12
Dec |
Su-7BMK | Flt Lt Ejazuddin | Shenyang F-6 | Although initially PAF did not credit the kill but later accepted the loss of one F-6 over the general area of dogfight[23][21] |
Sqn Ldr F J Mehta | India | 13th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Fg Off Nasim Nisar Ali Baig | F-86 | [3][23][24] |
Flt Lt K S Suresh | India | 13th Dec | Hawker Hunter | Unidentified Pilot | F-86 | |
Fg Off S B Mirza | Pakistan | 14 Dec | F-86 | Fg Off Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon | Folland Gnat | Fg Off Sekhon had single handedly faced a raid of up to 6 PAF Sabres. He was eventually shot down in the 4 to 1 dogfight that ensued. It was claimed that Sekhon shot down at least one Sabre and severely damaged another. However PAF denies these claims. |
Sqn Ldr S Gauhar | Pakistan | 14
Dec |
F-86 | Capt P K Gaur | HAL Krishak | Observation Aircraft belonging to Indian Army[25] |
Wg Cdr M N Singh
Sqn Ldr F J Mehta (Shared) |
India | 15 Dec | Hawker Hunter T.66
(Two-seater) |
Unidentified Pilot | F-86 | Maneuver kill. Target flew into the ground.[4] |
Flt Lt S B Shah | India | 16 Dec | Mig-21FL | Unidentified Pilot | Shenyang F-6 | F-6 Wreckage found by Indian Army |
Virendera Singh Pathania | India | 16 Dec | Folland Gnat | Unidentified Pilot | North American F-86 Sabre | Unconfirmed Kill[26] |
Flt Lt Maqsood Amir | Pakistan | 17 Dec | F-86 | Flt Lt Tejwant Singh | Mig-21 | |
Flt Lt A K Dutta | India | 17 Dec | MiG-21FL | Flt Lt Samad Ali Changezi | F-104A | [3][23] |
Unidentified Pilot | India | 17 Dec | Hawker Hunter | Unidentified Pilot(s) | 2x Cessna 0-1 | Confirmed by PAF chronicler, John Fricker's, records[27] |
List of aircraft mentioned
India
Aircraft | Country of Origin |
---|---|
Aérospatiale Alouette III | France |
Bréguet Br.1050 Alizé | France |
English Electric Canberra | United Kingdom |
Folland Gnat | United Kingdom |
Hawker Hunter | United Kingdom |
HAL HF-24 Marut | India |
HAL Krishak | India |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL | Soviet Union |
Sukhoi Su-7BMK | Soviet Union |
Pakistan
Aircraft | Country of Origin |
---|---|
Canadair Sabre | Canada |
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog | USA |
Dassault Mirage III | France |
Lockheed F-104A | USA |
North American F-86 Sabre | USA |
Shenyang F6C | China |
See also
References
Sources
- Jagan, PVS; Chopra, Samir; (2013), Eagles Over Bangladesh, HarperCollinsIN, ISBN 978-93-5136-163-3
- "Boyra Boys & under-3 minute air battle", Anshuman Mainkar, ThePrint, 22 Nov 2019
- "Pakistani Air Losses of the 1971 War (Official List)" Bharat-Rakshak.com
- "Indian Air Losses of the 1971 War (Unofficial List)" Archived 2017-11-15 at the Wayback MachineBharat-Rakshak.com
- "IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database" Bharat-Rakshak.com
- "IAF COMBAT KILLS - 1971 INDO-PAK AIR WAR" Orbat,info
- "1971 GALLANTRY AWARDS PAF" Heroes - Pakistan Air Force Museum
Citations
- ↑ "Service Record for Group Captain Donald Lazarus 10516 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ↑ "Service Record for Air Commodore Narinder Chatrath 3959 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Heroes". Pakistan Air Force Museum. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- 1 2 "Indian Combat Pilots". jaganpvs.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- 1 2 Jagan, PVS (2013). Eagles Over Bangladesh. HarperCollinsIN. pp. 147–149. ISBN 978-93-5136-163-3.
- ↑ "Service Record for Group Captain Kenneth Charles Tremenheere 10482 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ↑ "Service Record for Flight Lieutenant Harvinder Singh 9441 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ Pillarisetti, Jagan. "Indian Air Losses of the 1971 War (Unofficial List)". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Service Record for Wing Commander Vidyadhar Shankarrao Chati 10504 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Service Record for Flying Officer Kotteiezath Puthiyavettil Muralidharan 10575 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- 1 2 "Pakistani Combat Pilots". jaganpvs.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Service Record for Flying Officer Sudhir Tyagi 10871 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- 1 2 "Flying Officer Sudhir Tyagi VrC | Honourpoint". Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Indian Air Force Aircraft Data [www.bharat-rakshak.com]". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "No. 17 Squadron (Archived)". PakDef.info. 26 December 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ↑ Harry, B. "IAF COMBAT KILLS - 1971 INDO-PAK AIR WAR" (PDF).
- ↑ "Service Record for Air Commodore Krishen Kumar Bakshi 5012 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Indian Aviation: HAL HF-24 Marut, the first Indian Jet Fighter". Team-BHP.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ "Missing in Action". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ↑ "Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Flt Lt Surinder Singh Malhotra, VrC @ TWDI". twdi.in. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- 1 2 Chattopadhyay, R. "Sukhoi-7 BMK - A whale of a fighter". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ "Wing Commander Mervyn L Middlecoat Shaheed | Lawrence College Ghora Gali". Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- 1 2 3 Pillarisetti, Jagan. "Pakistani Air Losses of the 1971 War (Official List)". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "CITATION OF PAF SHAHEEDS - 4". www.defencejournal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ↑ "Captain Pradip Kumar Gour MVC | Honourpoint". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ↑ Greene, David. "Last dogfight over Srinagar 16 December 1971 No 18 Sqn 50yearsGnat". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ "Two PAA artillery -spotting and reconnaissance Cessna O -1s were blasted out of the sky during the 1971 war by the 30mm ADEN cannon of marauding Indian Hawker Hunters over the battlefield", John Fricker, Pakistan's Army Aviation, AIR INTERNATIONAL
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