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

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April 2, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Prestwick Ayrshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
March 24, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Horn Island Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
March 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Zwartemeer Drenthe, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
March 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ruurlo Gelderland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
March 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Zwartemeer Drenthe, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
March 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Schoonebeek Drenthe, Netherlands (1 fatality)
March 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hijken Drenthe, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
March 6, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, De Leijen Friesland, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
February 25, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Headcorn Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 22, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Oostrum Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
February 22, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Afferden Limburg, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (10 fatalities)
February 4, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bruinisse Zeeland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
January 16, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Texas Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
January 11, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Apeldoorn Gelderland, Netherlands (9 fatalities)
January 11, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hardewijk Gelderland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
January 7, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Peterborough Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
January 4, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Nevada Nevada, United States (2 fatalities)
December 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (10 fatalities)
December 21, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Azores Islands Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Raerd Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Texel North Holland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Raerd Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
December 9, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
December 5, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Peni Mountains Catalonia, Spain (12 fatalities)
December 4, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Texel North Holland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
October 25, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Carcross Yukon, Canada (12 fatalities)
October 10, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Buurse Overijssel, Netherlands (1 fatality)
October 8, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bellingwolde Groningen, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
October 4, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Vlissingen Zeeland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
September 10, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gulf of Mexico All, World (11 fatalities)
September 10, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gulf of Mexico All, World (11 fatalities)
September 1, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Fort Benton Montana, United States (10 fatalities)
August 27, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 17, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Daxweiler Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (10 fatalities)
July 30, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Opijnen Gelderland, Netherlands (8 fatalities)
July 30, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Buin Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (10 fatalities)
July 26, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Vriescheloo Groningen, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
July 19, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Buin Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (10 fatalities)
June 28, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bomber Mountain Wyoming, United States (10 fatalities)
June 26, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (9 fatalities)
June 21, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Moses Lake Washington, United States (8 fatalities)
June 14, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mackay Queensland, Australia (40 fatalities)
June 11, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Atlantic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
May 30, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Covelo California, United States (6 fatalities)
May 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Clayes Ille-et-Vilaine, France (7 fatalities)
May 21, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Put Put (Lihir Island) East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (7 fatalities)
May 21, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
May 14, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kats Zeeland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
April 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Clearview Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (11 fatalities)
April 12, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Matong East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (6 fatalities)
March 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ellensburg Washington, United States (9 fatalities)
March 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ephrata Washington, United States (11 fatalities)
March 20, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Pavuvu Island (Russell Islands), Solomon Islands (0 fatalities)
March 20, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Pavuvu Island (Russell Islands), Solomon Islands (0 fatalities)
January 24, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Ordway Colorado, United States (10 fatalities)
January 2, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Wells Nevada, United States (10 fatalities)
December 30, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Musselshell Montana, United States (11 fatalities)
December 2, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (4 fatalities)
November 29, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Randolph Utah, United States (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
October 29, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Cooktown Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lorient-Lann-Bihoué NAS Morbihan, France (0 fatalities)
October 6, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Benbecula Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
October 5, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (9 fatalities)
September 24, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Shortland Island, Solomon Islands (9 fatalities)
September 24, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Duma Point Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
September 17, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Weipa Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
September 8, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rendova Island, Solomon Islands (9 fatalities)
August 26, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mareeba Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Cairns Queensland, Australia (11 fatalities)
August 11, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Denbighshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
August 10, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Alamogordo New Mexico, United States (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Belfast-Nutts Corner Antrim, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Malapla Island Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kabanga East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (9 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
August 4, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tulagi, Solomon Islands (9 fatalities)
August 2, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Musa Point Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
July 18, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kiska Island Alaska, United States (6 fatalities)
July 15, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Walla Walla Washington, United States (5 fatalities)
July 13, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Horn Island Queensland, Australia (3 fatalities)
July 13, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Horn Island Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
June 30, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Noonamah Northern Territory, Australia (3 fatalities)
June 28, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Greenland (0 fatalities)
June 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Whenuapai AFB (Auckland) Auckland Council, New Zealand (11 fatalities)
May 16, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Charters Towers Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mount Fox Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, McDill AFB (Tampa) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 6, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tucson Arizona, United States (5 fatalities)