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

All crashes (page 2 of 3)

September 10, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Hastings East Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1939: Junkers JU.160, Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Buc Yvelines, France (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Kassel Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Calais Pas-de-Calais, France (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Calais Pas-de-Calais, France (1 fatality)
September 8, 1939: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Penrhos AFB Gwynedd, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Elveden Suffolk, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 8, 1939: Fokker Super Universal, Suzuka Kansai, Japan (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 7, 1939: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, West Freugh AFB Wigtownshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Leuchars AFB Fife, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Borkum Lower Saxony, Germany (3 fatalities)
September 4, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Brunsbüttel Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (6 fatalities)
September 4, 1939: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Reims Marne, France (0 fatalities)
September 4, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
September 4, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Brunsbüttel Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (5 fatalities)
September 1, 1939: Junkers JU.86, Vårdnäs Östergötland, Sweden (3 fatalities)
September 1, 1939: Junkers W.34, Gold Pines Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Hanover Lower Saxony, Germany (7 fatalities)
August 29, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Mildenhall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 29, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Norwich Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Mildenhall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Montrose AFB Angus (Forfarshire), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 25, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Little Rissington AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 24, 1939: Junkers F.24, Glindow Brandenburg, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 23, 1939: Bristol 130 Bombay, Martlesham Heath AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 21, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Sandown Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 19, 1939: Heinkel He.111, Pfaffenhofen Bavaria, Germany (4 fatalities)
August 19, 1939: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Floyd Bennett Field New York, United States (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1939: Lockheed 10 Electra, Vordingborg Sjælland, Denmark (5 fatalities)
August 15, 1939: Lockheed 10 Electra, Hartford-Rentschler Field Connecticut, United States (2 fatalities)
August 13, 1939: Sikorsky S-43, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (14 fatalities)
August 12, 1939: Sikorsky S-38, Calabar Cross River, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1939: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône, France (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Debden AFB Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, North Sea, World (3 fatalities)
August 6, 1939: Fokker Super Universal, Alexishaven Madang, Papua New Guinea (5 fatalities)
August 4, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Tivissa Catalonia, Spain (7 fatalities)
August 3, 1939: Junkers JU.52, Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Lossiemouth AFB Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 1, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Lossiemouth AFB Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 29, 1939: De Havilland DH.86 Express, Kirby-in-Furness Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1939: Bloch MB.210, Tours-Parçay-Meslay Indre-et-Loire, France (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Inverkip Renfrewshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 21, 1939: De Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly, Little Hampden Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Stradishall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
July 20, 1939: Junkers JU.86, Konstanz Baden-Württemberg, Germany (6 fatalities)
July 20, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Compton Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1939: Naval Aircraft Factory PH-2, Atlantic Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
July 13, 1939: Supermarine Walrus, Hong Kong Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1939: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1939: De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, Beira Sofala, Mozambique (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Masterton Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
June 20, 1939: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Forest-in-Teesdale Durham, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
June 15, 1939: Fairchild FC-2, Juneau Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
June 12, 1939: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Calcutta West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Melbourne-Essendon Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Melbourne-Essendon Victoria, Australia (1 fatality)
June 10, 1939: Koolhoven FK.43, Vlissingen Zeeland, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
June 6, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Leuchars AFB Fife, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 5, 1939: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (4 fatalities)
June 2, 1939: Supermarine Walrus, Littlehampton West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 28, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Aberdeen-Dyce Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 20, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Abbotsinch AFB Renfrewshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 20, 1939: Supermarine Walrus, Maine Maine, United States (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1939: Supermarine Walrus, Portsmouth Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Turnhouse AFB Midlothian (County of Edinburgh), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 17, 1939: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Fukuoka Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1939: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Marham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 14, 1939: Short S.29 Stirling, Rochester Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1939: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Roma Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
May 11, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Abu Sueir Ismailia, Egypt (0 fatalities)
May 9, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Bircham Newton AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
May 9, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Brize Norton AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 3, 1939: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, North Island-Halsey Field NAS (San Diego) California, United States (0 fatalities)
May 2, 1939: Dewoitine D.338, Argana Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco (9 fatalities)
May 2, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Melbourne Victoria, Australia (3 fatalities)
May 1, 1939: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Lumbo Nampula, Mozambique (2 fatalities)
April 28, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Richmond South Australia, Australia (4 fatalities)
April 25, 1939: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
April 22, 1939: Bloch MB.210, Tours-Parçay-Meslay Indre-et-Loire, France (5 fatalities)
April 22, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Bircham Newton AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Eastchurch AFB Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Abbotsinch AFB Renfrewshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Balmain AFB Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 15, 1939: Ford 5, El Carmen Norte de Santander, Colombia (2 fatalities)
April 15, 1939: Fokker F8, Uruyén Bolívar, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1939: Junkers W.34, Villavicencio Meta, Colombia (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Tangmere AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 4, 1939: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, South Cerney AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 3, 1939: Caudron C.635 Simoun, Morondava Toliara Province, Madagascar (1 fatality)
April 3, 1939: Junkers W.33, Chochis Santa Cruz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
April 1, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Leuchars AFB Fife, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 1, 1939: Supermarine Walrus, Aden 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1939: Douglas DC-2, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States (8 fatalities)
March 22, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Sidmouth Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 18, 1939: Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Alder Washington, United States (10 fatalities)
March 18, 1939: Avro 652 Anson, Torrance Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
March 15, 1939: Boeing 247, Manzanares Caldas, Colombia (8 fatalities)