Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crashes

238 crashes involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress since 1935, with 1,153 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 238
• Fatal crashes: 149
• Fatalities: 1,153
• First recorded: October 30, 1935
• Most recent: November 12, 2022

Deadliest

1. June 14, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mackay Queensland, Australia (40 fatalities)
2. April 23, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ramsey Isle of Man, United Kingdom (31 fatalities)
3. July 9, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Westover AFB Massachusetts, United States (25 fatalities)
4. November 11, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Monti della Meta Lazio, Italy (20 fatalities)
5. June 6, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hinterbichl Tyrol, Austria (20 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (51)
• United Kingdom (29)
• Netherlands (27)
• Bolivia (19)
• Papua New Guinea (17)
• Australia (13)
• Indonesia (12)
• France (8)
• Germany (8)
• International waters and airspace (7)
• Canada (6)
• Portugal (5)

Years

• 1942 (58)
• 1943 (46)
• 1944 (38)
• 1945 (21)
• 1941 (15)
• 1946 (8)
• 1952 (4)
• 1959 (4)
• 1948 (3)
• 1949 (3)
• 1963 (3)
• 1964 (3)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

• November 12, 2022: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Dallas-Executive (Redbird), Texas, United States (6 fatalities)
• October 2, 2019: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Windsor Locks-Bradley, Connecticut, United States (7 fatalities)
• June 13, 2011: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Aurora-Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 25, 1989: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Binbrook AFB, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 25, 1989: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Binbrook AFB, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 5, 1976: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rochelle Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 15, 1975: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, United States of America, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 12, 1973: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Eureka Nevada, United States (2 fatalities)
• July 12, 1972: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Socorro New Mexico, United States (2 fatalities)
• February 11, 1972: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, San Ignacio de Moxos Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• July 12, 1971: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tucson Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 18, 1970: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Dubois Wyoming, United States (2 fatalities)
• August 29, 1967: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kalispell Montana, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 17, 1967: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• April 13, 1967: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 1965: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Trinidad Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• February 21, 1965: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Santa Ana Santa Cruz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• February 7, 1965: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• December 16, 1964: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• October 30, 1964: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, San Borja-Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• March 6, 1964: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Santiago de Los Caballeros Santiago, Dominican Republic (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 1963: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• May 2, 1963: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• February 23, 1963: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Reyes La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• July 12, 1962: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Recife-Guararapes Pernambuco, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• January 16, 1962: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Viacha La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• November 17, 1959: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, San Lorenzo Tarija, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• October 25, 1959: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Caranavi La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• May 29, 1959: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Yangjiang Guangdong, China (14 fatalities)
• May 7, 1959: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Salvador Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• December 29, 1958: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Uncía Potosí, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• July 28, 1958: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• February 18, 1957: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Laja La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• September 21, 1955: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• September 5, 1955: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Cochabamba Cochabamba, Bolivia (3 fatalities)
• November 10, 1952: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Nevada Nevada, United States (2 fatalities)
• August 25, 1952: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Eglin AFB (Valparaiso) Florida, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 23, 1952: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Recife Pernambuco, Brazil (6 fatalities)
• January 19, 1952: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mt Buckhorn Washington, United States (3 fatalities)
• September 10, 1951: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Talkeetna Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
• May 21, 1951: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 12, 1950: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Niamey Niamey City District, Niger (0 fatalities)
• September 27, 1950: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (1 fatality)
• September 30, 1949: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Raton New Mexico, United States (10 fatalities)
• March 11, 1949: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Yaoundé Centre, Cameroon (5 fatalities)
• February 12, 1949: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (7 fatalities)
• December 13, 1948: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Greenland (0 fatalities)
• April 1, 1948: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
• January 30, 1948: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Chanolles Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (9 fatalities)
• August 16, 1947: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Pacific Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
• January 3, 1947: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lerwick Shetland (Zetland), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 1, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Aiguille des Glaciers Haute-Savoie, France (8 fatalities)
• August 29, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mt Obiou Isère, France (11 fatalities)
• July 20, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Coiba Island Veraguas, Panama (10 fatalities)
• July 20, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Coiba Island Veraguas, Panama (10 fatalities)
• July 9, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Westover AFB Massachusetts, United States (25 fatalities)
• May 16, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hamilton AFB (Novato) California, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 30, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
• January 10, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Praia de Muriú Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (7 fatalities)
• December 10, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Saint-André-la-Côte Rhône, France (5 fatalities)
• December 4, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Stallarholmen Södermanland, Sweden (6 fatalities)
• November 11, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Monti della Meta Lazio, Italy (20 fatalities)
• November 4, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Münster North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (5 fatalities)
• August 24, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Manchester New Hampshire, United States (3 fatalities)
• August 1, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tyrrhenian Sea, World (13 fatalities)
• June 22, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Belfast-Aldergrove Antrim, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• June 6, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hinterbichl Tyrol, Austria (20 fatalities)
• April 23, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ramsey Isle of Man, United Kingdom (31 fatalities)
• April 6, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Meltham West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• March 31, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• March 1, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ostend West Flanders, Belgium (9 fatalities)
• March 1, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ostend West Flanders, Belgium (9 fatalities)
• February 9, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Eisenberg Thuringia, Germany (18 fatalities)
• February 9, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Jaraczewo Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie), Poland (5 fatalities)
• February 6, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Polebrook AFB Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
• February 6, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Polebrook AFB Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
• February 1, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Wick Caithness, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
• January 22, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gosport Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 21, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Villafans Haute-Saône, France (1 fatality)
• January 2, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Wildboarclough Cheshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• December 28, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gosport Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 15, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Atlantic Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
• December 10, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Beinn Nuis Hill (Isle of Arran) Ayrshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
• November 15, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kleinsölk Styria, Austria (8 fatalities)
• November 8, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Petten North Holland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
• November 3, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kingman Arizona, United States (14 fatalities)
• October 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Pessin Brandenburg, Germany (8 fatalities)
• August 3, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (10 fatalities)
• July 26, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
• July 19, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Murnau Bavaria, Germany (9 fatalities)
• July 16, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Évian-les-Bains Haute-Savoie, France (0 fatalities)
• July 8, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Indonesia (19 fatalities)
• June 20, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
• June 1, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Belfast-Nutts Corner Antrim, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
• May 28, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Groenekan Utrecht, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
• May 25, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Yerseke Zeeland, Netherlands (2 fatalities)
• May 24, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Örnahusen Skåne, Sweden (3 fatalities)
• April 11, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Steinhagen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
• April 11, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Schillig Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
• April 11, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Vollsjö Skåne, Sweden (0 fatalities)