Avro 679 Manchester crashes

93 crashes involving the Avro 679 Manchester since 1941, with 296 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 93
• Fatal crashes: 59
• Fatalities: 296
• First recorded: March 13, 1941
• Most recent: May 19, 1943

Deadliest

1. September 15, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
2. January 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, English Channel, World (8 fatalities)
3. June 26, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bremen-Neuenland Bremen, Germany (7 fatalities)
4. June 20, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
5. June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)

Countries

• United Kingdom (42)
• Germany (16)
• International waters and airspace (13)
• Netherlands (8)
• Belgium (7)
• Denmark (3)
• France (2)
• Norway (2)

Years

• 1942 (50)
• 1941 (32)
• 1943 (11)

All crashes

• May 19, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Winthorpe AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 17, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 1, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Swinderby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 15, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 4, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 24, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Swinderby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 2, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, North Scarle Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 14, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 11, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Fishtoft Drove Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 24, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 2, 1943: Avro 679 Manchester, Metheringham Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 18, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Swinderby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 6, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Dunholme Lodge AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 5, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Scampton AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 1, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 30, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 16, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Talbenny AFB Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 10, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Coningsby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 6, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bottesford AFB Leicestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 5, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• June 26, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bremen-Neuenland Bremen, Germany (7 fatalities)
• June 20, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (2 fatalities)
• June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• June 4, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Beekbergen Gelderland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
• May 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bree Limburg, Belgium (1 fatality)
• May 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Mülheim an der Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 fatalities)
• May 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• May 19, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Irish Sea, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• May 13, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Thurlby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• May 9, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Stege Sjælland, Denmark (1 fatality)
• May 3, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Lilholt Syddanmark, Denmark (5 fatalities)
• May 3, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (3 fatalities)
• April 30, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Westerland-Sylt Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (2 fatalities)
• April 24, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Tinglev Syddanmark, Denmark (1 fatality)
• April 17, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, English Channel, World (7 fatalities)
• April 15, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 9, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Cloppenburg Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
• April 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Tongeren Limburg, Belgium (7 fatalities)
• March 30, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• March 30, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• March 26, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Alkmaar North Holland, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
• March 26, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Lichtaart Antwerp, Belgium (7 fatalities)
• March 26, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• March 25, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Skellingthorpe AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 25, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Kornwerderzand Friesland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
• March 14, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Nijmegen Gelderland, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
• March 14, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wittering AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 12, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Winceby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 9, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Enkhuizen North Holland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
• February 22, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (7 fatalities)
• February 17, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
• February 10, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bawtry South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• February 1, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, English Channel, World (2 fatalities)
• January 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, English Channel, World (8 fatalities)
• January 16, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Grimoldby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 15, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Jever AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (1 fatality)
• January 14, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Withernsea Yorkshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
• January 9, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Crozon Finistère, France (7 fatalities)
• January 8, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Coningsby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 8, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais, France (7 fatalities)
• November 8, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• October 21, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
• October 21, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Great Yarmouth Norfolk, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
• October 14, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Beverlo Limburg, Belgium (5 fatalities)
• October 14, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Horendonk Antwerp, Belgium (6 fatalities)
• October 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Liège Liège, Belgium (5 fatalities)
• September 28, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Sibsey Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 15, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
• September 14, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Coltishall AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• September 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Coningsby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 3, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Berlin Berlin, Germany (7 fatalities)
• September 1, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Oberkrüchten North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (4 fatalities)
• August 17, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Oberkrüchten North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
• August 17, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Kinrooi Limburg, Belgium (2 fatalities)
• August 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Münster-Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
• August 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Grossbeeren Brandenburg, Germany (4 fatalities)
• August 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Slochteren Groningen, Netherlands (6 fatalities)
• June 29, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Grantham AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• June 27, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Brunsbüttel Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (6 fatalities)
• June 27, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Westerhever Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (7 fatalities)
• June 22, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Wollaston Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
• June 21, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• May 26, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Ternhill AFB Shropshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• May 18, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Perranporth Cornwall, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 16, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Borkum Island Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
• May 11, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Bergen Hordaland, Norway (0 fatalities)
• May 3, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Hamburg Hamburg, Germany (0 fatalities)
• April 9, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Hostrup Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (0 fatalities)
• March 28, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Helmond North Brabant, Netherlands (1 fatality)
• March 21, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Wymondham Norfolk, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• March 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)