Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley crashes

89 crashes involving the Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley since 1939, with 160 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 89
• Fatal crashes: 49
• Fatalities: 160
• First recorded: September 4, 1939
• Most recent: November 24, 1950

Deadliest

1. October 18, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Catterick AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
2. November 24, 1950: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Fathan Glinne Stirlingshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
3. May 17, 1943: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Nairn Nairnshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
4. June 9, 1941: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Ingleby Greenhow North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
5. December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Scarborough North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)

Countries

• United Kingdom (58)
• France (10)
• International waters and airspace (8)
• Germany (7)
• Netherlands (4)
• Denmark (1)
• Norway (1)

Years

• 1940 (64)
• 1939 (19)
• 1941 (2)
• 1942 (2)
• 1943 (1)
• 1950 (1)

All crashes

• November 24, 1950: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Fathan Glinne Stirlingshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• May 17, 1943: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Nairn Nairnshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• September 26, 1942: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• February 27, 1942: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Driezum Friesland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
• September 3, 1941: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Acklington AFB Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• June 9, 1941: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Ingleby Greenhow North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• December 28, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 23, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• December 22, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Scarborough North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Whitby North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 3, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Cold Kirby AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 2, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• November 18, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Usworth AFB (RAF Hylton) Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Hornsea East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 14, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
• November 6, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Newcastle Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 30, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• October 30, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Slaggyford Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 26, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Ebberston North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 24, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• October 21, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Ingleby Greenhow North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• October 21, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 19, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Maltby South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bingley West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Driffield AFB East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bellingham Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bagby North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• October 9, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Snape North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• September 24, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• September 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Spurn Head East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 11, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• September 9, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 4, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Northallerton North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 31, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Hornsea East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• August 29, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Silsden West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• August 20, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Cottam AFB Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 27, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Rotterdam South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
• June 7, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Finningley AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 22, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Metz-Lorraine Moselle, France (0 fatalities)
• May 22, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
• May 21, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Brissy-Hamégicourt Aisne, France (5 fatalities)
• May 21, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abbeville Somme, France (0 fatalities)
• May 20, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Goch North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
• May 19, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Milheeze North Brabant, Netherlands (1 fatality)
• May 19, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (0 fatalities)
• May 11, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (4 fatalities)
• May 3, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Cherry Hill North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• May 1, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
• May 1, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Slaidburn Lancashire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• May 1, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Huntly Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• April 30, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Sylling Buskerud, Norway (1 fatality)
• April 26, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Aalborg Nordjylland, Denmark (4 fatalities)
• April 23, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
• April 18, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (1 fatality)
• April 17, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Grantown-on-Spey Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 12, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
• April 7, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Scartho Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 5, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• April 2, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Driffield AFB East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 28, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Pernis South Holland, Netherlands (1 fatality)
• March 28, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Gerolstein Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (1 fatality)
• March 20, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Sylt Island Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (5 fatalities)
• March 12, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• March 3, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 2, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 10, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• December 18, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• November 11, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bouxurulles Vosges, France (5 fatalities)
• November 8, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• November 6, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 6, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 28, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, France (0 fatalities)
• October 28, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Triaucourt-en-Argonne Meuse, France (0 fatalities)
• October 28, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, France (0 fatalities)
• October 25, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
• October 18, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Catterick AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
• October 16, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Aston Down AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 16, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (1 fatality)
• October 15, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Garton on the Wolds East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 2, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
• September 19, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• September 11, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Reims Marne, France (0 fatalities)
• September 9, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Buc Yvelines, France (0 fatalities)
• September 9, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Kassel Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
• September 4, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Reims Marne, France (0 fatalities)