List of aerial victories during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971

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. List of Notations Used +AbbreviationFull formIAFIndian Air ForcePAFPakistan Air ForceFg OfferFlying OfficerFlt LtFlying LieutenantWg CdrWing CommanderGp CaptGroup Captain

Eastern sector (Bangladesh) Probable or Unconfirmed kills are in italics text +PilotPilot's SquadronCountryDateAircraft TypeVictim PilotVictim Pilot's SquadronVictim AircraftRemarksFlt Lt M. A. Ganapathy No. 22 Squadron IAFIndia22 Nov Battle of BoyraFolland GnatFg Offr Khail Ahmad No. 14 Squadron PAFCanadair Sabre Mk6Fg Offr Ahmad taken POW, Ganapathy awarded Vir ChakraFg Offr Donald Lazarus No. 22 Squadron IAFIndia22 Nov Battle of BoyraFolland GnatFlt. Lt. Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi No. 14 Squadron PAFCanadair Sabre Mk6Flt Lt Qureshi taken POW, Lazarus awarded Vir ChakraFlt Lt Roy Andrew MasseyNo. 22 Squadron IAFIndia22 Nov Battle of BoyraFolland GnatWg Cdr Afzal ChaudhryNo. 14 Squadron PAFCanadair Sabre Mk6Chaudhary awarded Sitara-e-Jurat, his Sabre was severely damaged, but PAF claims that he returned to base, however Massey's wingman saw Chaudhary bail out. Massey awarded Vir ChakraWg Cdr Narinder Chatrath No. 17 Squadron IAF India4th Dec Hawker HunterWg Cdr Muhammed Ahmed No. 14 Squadron PAFCanadair Sabre Mk6Ahmed posthumously awarded Sitara-i-Juraat (Flt Lt Jayendra Sukrut RajNo. 4 Squadron IAF India4th Dec MiG-21Unidentified Pilot No. 14 Squadron PAF Canadair Sabre Mk6 The last unaccountable F86 was probably shot down by Sukurut RajFlt Lt Vinod Kumar NebNo. 17 Squadron IAF India4th Dec Hawker HunterFlt Lt Saeed Afzal Khan No. 14 Squadron PAF Canadair Sabre Mk6Khan KIA.Fg Offr Harish Masand No. 37 Squadron IAF India4th Dec Hawker HunterFlt Lt Saeed Afzal No. 14 Squadron PAFCanadair Sabre Mk6Flt Lt Saeed Afzal bailed out KIA Masand awarded Vir ChakraWg Cdr Ramaswamy Sundaresan No. 14 Squadron IAF India4th Dec Hawker HunterFg Offr Sahibzada Sajjad Noor No. 14 Squadron PAF Canadair Sabre Mk6Sundersan awarded Vir ChakraSqn Ldr Dilawar HussainNo. 14 Squadron PAF Pakistan4th Dec Canadair Sabre Mk6Flt Lt Kenneth Charles Tremenheere No. 14 Squadron IAF Hawker HunterTremenhere S.D at Tejgaon and taken POW Flt Lt Saeed Afzal Khan No. 14 Squadron PAF Pakistan4th DecCanadair Sabre Mk6Sqn Ldr Kanwal Deep Mehra No. 14 Squadron IAF Hawker HunterKhan awarded Sitara-i-Juraat; bailed out but MIA, Mehra S.D at Tejgaon but bailed out.

Western sector Probable Kills or Unconfirmed kills are in italics text; +PilotPilot's SquadronCountryDateAircraft TypeVictim PilotVictim Pilot's SquadronVictim Aircraft TypeRemarksFlt Lt Javed Latif No. 23 Squadron PAFPakistan4th DecShenyang F6CFlt Lt Harvinder Singh No. 222 Squadron IAFSukhoi Su7Singh MIA Latif awarded Tamgha-e-JuratFg Off Qazi Javed No. 25 Squadron PAFPakistan 4th Dec PAF Base MuridShenyang F6CFg Off Vidyadhar Shankarrao ChatiNo. 27 Squadron IAFHawker HunterChati bailed out and taken POWFg Off Salim Beg Mirza No. 26 Squadron PAFPakistan4th Dec PAF Base PeshawarF-86FFlt Lt Kotteiezath Puthiyavettil Muralidharan No. 20 Squadron IAFHawker HunterMurlidharan KIAFlt Lt Mujahid Salik No. 15 Squadron PAFPakistan4th Dec PAF Base MuridF-86FFg Off Sudhir Tyagi No. 27 Squadron IAFHawker HunterTyagi posthumously awarded Vir ChakraFg Off Naeem Atta No. 5 Squadron PAFPakistan4th DecDassault Mirage IIIFlt Lt L Moses Sasoon; Flt Lt Ram Metharam AdvaniEnglish Electric CanberraSasoon and Advani KIAWng Cdr Cecil Vivian Parker No. 20 Squadron IAF India4th DecHawker HunterUnidentified PilotF-86EWng Cdr Cecil Vivian ParkerNo. 20 Squadron IAF India4th DecHawker HunterFlt Lt Nayyar IqbalNo. 17 Squadron PAFF-86EIqbal KIA. According to Pakistani accounts and sources, the aircraft suffered an accidental flameout Parker awarded Maha Vir ChakraFg Off Sudhir Tyagi No. 27 Squadron IAFIndia4th Dec Hawker HunterUnidentified PilotF-86E/Mirage IIITyagi awarded Vir Chakra Kill at PAF Base Murid. Flt Lt Charan Singh DhillonNo. 108 Squadron IAF India4th DecHawker HunterUnidentified PilotF86EDhillon awarded Vayu Sena MedalWg Cdr Johnny Greene No. 2 Squadron IAFIndia4th DecFolland Gnat F.1Unidentified PilotDassault Mirage III/Lockheed F-104 StarfighterIntercepted and photographed while chasing a F-104 Starfighter over Ferozepur and prevented it from damaging the radar installationsSqn Ldr Krishen Kumar Bakshi No. 220 Squadron IAFIndia05 Dec HAL HF24 Mk1Unidentified PilotF-86EBakshi awarded Vir Chakra, aviation historians claim the unidentified Pakistani pilot was Fg Off Hamid Khawaja Naya Chor, Sindh and Dhoran, Kumbhalgarh, area.Fg Off SafdarPakistan PAF Base Sakesar05 Dec Dassault Mirage IIISqn Ldr Jal Maniksha MistryNo. 20 Squadron IAFHawker Hunter 56AMistry posthumously awarded Vir Chakra. Flt Lt Shahid Raza No. 25 Squadron PAFPakistan 05 Dec Shenyang F6CFg Off Kishan Lakhimal Malkani Hawker HunterMalkani posthumously awarded Vir ChakraWing Cdr Saad A Hatmi No. 25 Squadron PAFPakistan 05 Dec PAF Base SakesarShenyang F6CFlt Lt Gurmit Singh Rai No. 27 Squadron IAFHawker HunterRai bailed out Sakesar area.Unidentified PilotPakistan05 DecF-86Unidentified Pilot(s)Alloutte IIIAlloutte pilots safely bailed outFlight Lieutenant Salimuddin No. 5 Squadron PAFPakistan Battle of Chumb06 Dec Dassault Mirage IIIFlt Lt Vijay Kumar WahiNo. 101 Squadron IAFSukhoi Su-7 Wahi posthumously awarded Vir Chakra Jammu SectorUnidentified PilotIndia07 Dec Hawker HunterFg Off later Air Vice Marshal Hamid KhawajaNo. 15 Squadron PAFF-86EPilot crashed while chasing Hunter, acc. to the PAF.Flt Lt Cecil ChoudharyNo. 5 Squadron PAFPakistan07 Dec F-86Fg Off Adhi Rustamji Gandhi No. 7 Squadron IAFSukhoi Su-7 Fg Off Atiq Sufi No. 11 Squadron PAFPakistan07 Dec SambaShenyang F6CSqn Ldr Jiwa SinghSukhoi Su-7Singh KIAWg Cdr M H Hashmi No. 23 Squadron PAFPakistan08 Dec F-86EFlt Lt Ramesh Gulabrao Kadam Sukhoi Su-7 BMK Kadam KIA PAF Risalewala.Flt Lt Ramesh Gulabrao Kadam TACDEIndia08 Dec PAF Sukhoi Su-7 BMK Flt Lt A J SiddiquiNo. 23 Squadron PAFShenyang F6CF/L A J Siddqui is claimed by the PAF to have been shot while chasing Kadam's formation. The pilots of both sides were KIA.Unidentified pilotIndia09 Dec MiG-21FLUnidentified PilotDassault Mirage III EP2 K-13 AAMs were launched and a proximity hit recorded. Target disappeared from radar. Listed as 'Probable'Sqn Ldr Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj No. 20 Squadron IAF India10 Dec Hawker HunterSqn Ldr Aslam Chaudhry No. 26 Squadron PAFF-86E Chaudhry posthumously awarded Sitara-i-Jurat Bhardwaj awarded Maha Vir ChakraWg Cdr Arif Iqbal No. 9 Squadron PAFPakistan10 Dec F-104ALt Cdr Ashok Roy (Pt) Lt H S Sirohi (Obs) Acmn O Vijayan (TG)Bréguet Br.1050 Alizé Roy, Sirohi and Vijayan KIA Wg Cdr BhukhariPakistan11 Dec F-86Flt Lt Krishna Kumar Mohan Sukhoi Su-7Mohan KIA Shakargarh (Location)Flt. Lt.Bharat Bhushan SoniNo. 47 Squadron IAFIndia12th Dec MiG-21Wg Cdr Mervyn L MiddlecoatNo. 9 Squadron PAFLockheed F-104A StarfighterFlt Lt Soni awarded Vir Chakra had spotted Middlecoat bail out and had rushed a rescue team from the nearest IAF station. However the rescue team found no trace of Middlecoat. He had ejected over shark infested waters, it was highly unlikely that he survived. Middlecoat posthumously awarded Sitara-e-JuratSqn Ldr Viney KapilaIndia12th Dec MiG-21FLUnidentified PilotF-104A/F-86EF-104A mentioned in official records, Kapila awarded Vir ChakraFlt Lt Surinder Singh Malhotra India 12 Dec Sukhoi Su-7 BMKFlt Lt EjazuddinNo. 23 Squadron PAFShenyang F6CAlthough initially PAF did not credit the kill but later accepted the loss of one F-6 over the general area of dogfight Malhotra awarded Vir ChakraSqn Ldr Farokh Jehangir MehtaIndia13th Dec Hawker HunterFg Off Nasim Nisar Ali BaigNo. 19 Squadron PAFF-86Beg KIA awarded Tamgha-i-Jurat Mehta awarded Vir ChakraFlt Lt Kukke Sreekantasastry SureshIndia 13th Dec Hawker HunterUnidentified PilotF-86 Suresh awarded Vir ChakraFlt Lt Salim Baig MirzaNo. 26 Squadron PAF Pakistan 14 Dec Srinagar Airfield F-86Fg Off Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon No. 18 Squadron IAFFolland GnatSekhon awarded Param Vir Chakra posthumously in 6:1 fight Mirza awarded Sitara-e-JuratSqn Ldr S GauharPakistan14 DecF-86Capt P K GaurHAL KrishakObservation Aircraft belonging to Indian ArmyWg Cdr M N Singh Sqn Ldr F J Mehta

(Shared)No. 122 Squadron IAFIndia15 Dec Hawker Hunter T.66 (Two-seater)Unidentified PilotF-86Maneuver kill. Target flew into the ground.Flt Lt Samar Bikram Shah India16 Dec Mig-21FLUnidentified PilotShenyang F6CF-6 Wreckage found by Indian Army Shah awarded Vir ChakraFlt Lt Virendera Singh Pathania No. 18 Squadron IAF India16 DecFolland GnatUnidentified PilotNorth American F-86 SabreUnconfirmed KillFlt Lt Maqsood Amir Pakistan17 Dec F-86Flt Lt Tejwant SinghMig-21Singh bailed out became POW Amir awarded Tamgha-i-JuratFlt Lt Niraj Kukreja No. 29 Squadron IAFIndia17 Dec MiG-21FLFlt Lt Samad Ali ChangeziNo. 9 Squadron PAFF-104A Changezi posthumously awarded Sitara-e-Jurat, Kukeraja awarded Vir Chakra Unidentified PilotIndia17 Dec Hawker HunterUnidentified Pilot(s)2x Cessna 0-1Confirmed by PAF chronicler, John Fricker's, records"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

List of aircraft mentioned

India +AircraftCountry of origin Aérospatiale Alouette IIIBréguet 1050 AlizéEnglish Electric CanberraFolland GnatHawker HunterHAL HF-24 MarutHAL KrishakMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FLSukhoi Su-7BMK Pakistan +AircraftCountry of originCanadair SabreCessna O-1 Bird DogDassault Mirage IIILockheed F-104A StarfighterNorth American F-86 SabreShenyang F6

List of aerial victories during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971

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