Plane crashes in the United Kingdom

2,484 crashes in the United Kingdom since 1824, with 6,669 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 2,484
Fatal crashes: 1,263
Fatalities: 6,669
First recorded: September 29, 1824
Most recent: October 16, 2026

All crashes (page 17 of 25)

August 23, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Corpusty Norfolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 21, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Scarborough North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 21, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bassingbourn AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 20, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Cottam AFB Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 17, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Windrush AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 16, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Immingham Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Cresswell Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Middlesbrough Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Northumberland Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 15, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Thornaby AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Northumberland Northumberland, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Durham Durham, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Durham Durham, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Durham Durham, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 14, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Chester Cheshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Lundy Island Devon, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
August 9, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Flamborough East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 9, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Whitburn Durham, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1940: Handley Page H.P.42, Moresby Parks Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 3, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Redcar North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1940: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Denbighshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Maltby South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
July 31, 1940: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Shawbury AFB Shropshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 31, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Carew Cheriton AFB Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
July 30, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Dalby Isle of Man, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Grendon Underwood Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Edinburgh Midlothian (County of Edinburgh), United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
July 22, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 19, 1940: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Hartlepool Durham, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
July 18, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Llandudno Clwyd, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Sealand AFB (Shotwick AFB) Flintshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
July 16, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Puddington Cheshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Boldon Colliery Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
July 10, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 9, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Llanwrthwl Powys, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
July 9, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1940: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Ellerker Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 7, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bassingbourn AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 1, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Grimsby, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1940: Saro A.36 Lerwick, Oban Argyll, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Hornsea East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
June 27, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Grimsby, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
June 26, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Dunbar East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 25, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bassingbourn AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 22, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Prestwick Ayrshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
June 21, 1940: General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar, Congleton Cheshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 20, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Middlesbrough Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
June 19, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Guisborough Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 17, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, East Dean West Sussex, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
June 11, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ingleby Barwick North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
June 8, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, South Cerney AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 7, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Finningley AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 5, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Towcester Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 4, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 1, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Welbourn AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Deal Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Ruislip AFB Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 21, 1940: Fokker F36, Prestwick Ayrshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bassingbourn AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Belfast Antrim, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Kingstown AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 3, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Cherry Hill North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
May 3, 1940: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Staverton AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 1, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Thorgill North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 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 29, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Swindon Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Queensferry Flintshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
April 22, 1940: Vickers Wellington, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1940: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Loch Lomond Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
April 21, 1940: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Bramham West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 19, 1940: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Hatston AFB (Kirkwall) Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Grantown-on-Spey Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 15, 1940: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Hatston AFB (Kirkwall) Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Whitby North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bletchley Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 13, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Grimsby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 8, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Shetland Islands Shetland (Zetland), United Kingdom (4 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 5, 1940: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Tewkesbury Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 4, 1940: General Aircraft ST-25 Monospar, Saighton Cheshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
April 4, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Mildenhall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
April 2, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Driffield AFB East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 1, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Sealand AFB (Shotwick AFB) Flintshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 30, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Thornaby AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 23, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Marham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 19, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wyton AFB Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
March 18, 1940: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kirkwall Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1940: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Evanton AFB Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 13, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Blackpool Lancashire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 12, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
March 12, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Lechdale-on-Thames Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
March 8, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Brooklands (Weybridge) Surrey, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)