1959 Canberra shootdown

1959 Canberra shootdown
Part of Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

An Indian Air Force Canberra
Date10 April 1959
Location
Rawat, Punjab, Pakistan
Result
  • PAF intercepted and shot down Indian aerial reconnaissance plane
  • First aerial kill of the Pakistan Air Force
Belligerents
 Indian Air Force  Pakistan Air Force
Commanders and leaders
AM Subroto Mukerjee
Sqn. Ldr. J.C. Sengupta
Flt. Lt. S.N. Rampal		 AM Asghar Khan
Flt. Lt. M. N. Butt
Flt. Lt. M. Yunis
Units involved
No. 106 Squadron No. 15 Squadron
Strength
1 English Electric Canberra B(I)58 2 F-86F Sabres
Casualties and losses
2 airmen captured None

The Canberra shootdown incident occurred on 10 April 1959, when an English Electric Canberra B(I)58 of the Indian Air Force was shot down by an F-86F Sabre of the Pakistan Air Force over Rawat, near Rawalpindi while performing a aerial reconnaissance mission. This incident is regarded as the first aerial kill of the Pakistan Air Force.[1][2]

  1. ^ Pakistan, Horizon (June 1959). "The Canberra Incident". JSTOR. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Remembering the sacrifices of our martyrs". The Express Tribune. 5 September 2021.