Plane crashes in 1939
236 crashes worldwide in 1939, with 480 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 236
- Fatal crashes: 119
- Fatalities: 480
- First recorded: January 1, 1939
- Most recent: December 27, 1939
Deadliest
- August 13, 1939: Sikorsky S-43, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (14 fatalities)
- March 18, 1939: Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Alder Washington, United States (10 fatalities)
- February 24, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Roubion Alpes-Maritimes, France (10 fatalities)
- January 13, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Rio Bonito Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (10 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Ceuta Ceuta, Spain (9 fatalities)
Countries
- United Kingdom (95)
- Germany (27)
- France (18)
- Australia (12)
- International waters and airspace (11)
- United States (9)
- Canada (6)
- Colombia (5)
- Spain (4)
- New Zealand (3)
- Papua New Guinea (3)
- Austria (2)
Manufacturers
- Avro (49)
- Vickers (37)
- De Havilland (23)
- Junkers (20)
- Armstrong Whitworth (19)
- Airspeed (13)
- Lockheed (8)
- Fokker (7)
- Short (7)
- Heinkel (6)
- Supermarine (6)
- Handley Page (5)
Aircraft
- Avro 652 Anson (48)
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley (19)
- Vickers 290 Wellington I (19)
- Vickers 408 Wellington IA (18)
- Airspeed AS.10 Oxford (13)
- De Havilland DH.60 Moth (12)
- Junkers JU.52 (10)
- Heinkel He.111 (6)
- Supermarine Walrus (6)
- Lockheed 14 Super Electra (5)
- Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow (4)
- Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat (4)
All crashes (page 1 of 3)
- December 27, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Stronsay Orkney, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- December 24, 1939: Savoia-Marchetti SM.83, Dar el Caïd Allal Bou Fenzi Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco (7 fatalities)
- December 21, 1939: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Libya (5 fatalities)
- December 20, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Whitemark (Flinders Island) Tasmania, Australia (0 fatalities)
- December 20, 1939: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Weston-super-Mare Somerset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Richmond South Australia, Australia (5 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (1 fatality)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Borkum Island Lower Saxony, Germany (4 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Borkum Island Lower Saxony, Germany (5 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony, Germany (5 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Borkum Island Lower Saxony, Germany (4 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Ceuta Ceuta, Spain (9 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Borkum Island Lower Saxony, Germany (2 fatalities)
- December 18, 1939: Lockheed 10 Electra, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
- December 17, 1939: Fokker Universal, Fort Saint John British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
- December 15, 1939: Bloch MB.210, Saint-Martin-d’Août Drôme, France (2 fatalities)
- December 15, 1939: Caudron C.440 Goéland, Sablons Drôme, France (0 fatalities)
- December 15, 1939: Caudron C.630 Simoun, Lespéron Ardèche, France (0 fatalities)
- December 14, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wangerooge Island Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 14, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wangerooge Island Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 14, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wangerooge Island Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 14, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Newmarket AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- December 14, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wangerooge Island Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 14, 1939: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wangerooge Island Lower Saxony, Germany (6 fatalities)
- December 13, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Methwold AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- December 12, 1939: Wibault 282/283, Fontclauze Loire, France (4 fatalities)
- December 12, 1939: Grumman G-21A Goose, Bocas del Toro Bocas del Toro, Panama (0 fatalities)
- December 6, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Ternhill AFB Shropshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 6, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, North Sea, World (4 fatalities)
- December 4, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Lindley-Nuneaton AFB Leicestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 1, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Atlantic Ocean, World (5 fatalities)
- November 29, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Point Cook (Melbourne) Victoria, Australia (2 fatalities)
- November 29, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 29, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 28, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Wick Caithness, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 28, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Minehead Somerset, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
- November 22, 1939: Heinkel He.111, Torhout West Flanders, Belgium (3 fatalities)
- November 20, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Gosport Hampshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- November 19, 1939: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Penrhos AFB Gwynedd, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- November 17, 1939: Heinkel He.111, Untertilliach Tyrol, Austria (3 fatalities)
- November 17, 1939: Heinkel He.111, Zell am See Salzburg, Austria (4 fatalities)
- November 15, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Cranfield Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 11, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bouxurulles Vosges, France (5 fatalities)
- November 11, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Grimshaw Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
- November 10, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Lastras de Cuéllar Castile and León, Spain (7 fatalities)
- November 10, 1939: Avro 594 Avian, Morven Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- November 9, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Ternhill AFB Shropshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 8, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- November 7, 1939: Handley Page H.P.42, Tiverton Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 6, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 6, 1939: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Black Cat Creek Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
- November 6, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 6, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Brize Norton AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 6, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Methwold AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- November 5, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Boughton Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
- November 5, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Saint Peter-La Villiaze Channel Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 2, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Trondheim Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (0 fatalities)
- October 31, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Weston-on-the-Green Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- October 31, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Weston-on-the-Green Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- October 31, 1939: Simmonds Spartan, Pleasant Point Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- October 30, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Honington AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
- October 30, 1939: Noorduyn Norseman, Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
- October 30, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Honington AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (4 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 26, 1939: Fokker F7, Kiunga Western (Fly), Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
- October 25, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
- October 20, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Selsey West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 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 14, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, English Channel, World (0 fatalities)
- October 13, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Catterick AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- October 13, 1939: Caproni Ca.133, Djibouti City Djibouti City District, Djibouti (0 fatalities)
- October 11, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Little Rissington AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- October 10, 1939: Junkers W.34, Calarmar Bolívar, Colombia (5 fatalities)
- October 10, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Wangerooge Island Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
- October 10, 1939: Bristol 130 Bombay, Stafford Springs West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- October 8, 1939: Heinkel He.111, Fanø Island Syddanmark, Denmark (0 fatalities)
- October 7, 1939: Junkers JU.160, Taichung Taichung City, Taiwan (0 fatalities)
- October 4, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Radcliffe-on-Trent Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- October 2, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
- September 19, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Pontneddfechan Glamorgan, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- September 19, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- September 19, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Carew Cheriton AFB Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- September 19, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Montrose AFB Angus (Forfarshire), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- September 18, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Hullavington AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- September 17, 1939: Short S.25 Sunderland, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
- September 13, 1939: Dornier DO.18, Ameland Island Friesland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
- September 12, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, South Cerney AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- September 11, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Reims Marne, France (0 fatalities)