Date:	Monday 13 September 1965
Time:
Type:	Folland Gnat F Mk 1
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn IAF
Registration:	IE-1206
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Amritsar -   India
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
On 13 September 1965, over Amritsar, F/L Narinder Kumar’s (mis-heard as Bhapinder, Gum) Gnat was shot and damaged in a dogfight with PAF F-86E flown by F/L Bhatti and claimed as such. India initially claimed that the injured pilot F/L N.K. Malik and the aircraft landed at Halwara base, where the pilot was found dead due to wounds suffered in combat. Later it was changed that the plane had trim override and crashed into Ground during egress. Pakistan always claimed that the aircraft was shot and damaged and crashed due to damage sustained.

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml
http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/airforce/war/claims.html
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/Crashes/crpage.php?qacid=43&qafdb=IAF&datesall=ON
F-86 Sabre: the operational record by Jackson, Robert Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994 ISBN: 9781560985310
Battle for Pakistan: The Air War of 1965 by Fricker, John Published 1979 by Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN: 9780711009295

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Jul-2011 23:49	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
23-Jul-2011 14:16	Anon.	Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]
14-Apr-2013 14:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
29-Oct-2013 10:15	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2024 19:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]