Plane crashes in 1940

455 crashes worldwide in 1940, with 1,111 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 455
Fatal crashes: 249
Fatalities: 1,111
First recorded: January 1, 1940
Most recent: December 31, 1940

Deadliest

November 8, 1940: Junkers JU.90, Brauna Saxony, Germany (29 fatalities)
August 31, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Lovettsville Virginia, United States (25 fatalities)
November 8, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (18 fatalities)
November 4, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Rincón del Tigre Santa Cruz, Bolivia (17 fatalities)
April 17, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Flekkefjord Vest-Agder, Norway (17 fatalities)

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December 31, 1940: Dewoitine D.338, Indochina, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Ashhurst Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (2 fatalities)
December 28, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Winterton Norfolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
December 28, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bizerte Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1940: Sikorsky S-43, Salvador Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1940: Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, Capri Island Campania, Italy (7 fatalities)
December 24, 1940: Consolidated 16 Commodore, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1940: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Mount Brockman Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 23, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 22, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 22, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Conisborough South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Eastbourne East Sussex, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
December 21, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Sidi Barrani Matruh, Egypt (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1940: Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, Villa Cisneros Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, East Wretham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
December 17, 1940: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Wakefield Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Scarborough North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
December 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Whitby North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1940: Fiat G.18, Italy (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1940: Fairey III, Wigram AFB (Christchurch) Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
December 9, 1940: Grumman G-21A Goose, Lakeport California, United States (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1940: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Squires Gate AFB Lancashire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Manchester Great Manchester, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1940: Douglas C-33 (DC-2), Puntarenas Puntarenas (Central and South Pacific), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (10 fatalities)
December 4, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Hartlepool Durham, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
December 4, 1940: Ford 5, Puntarenas Puntarenas (Central and South Pacific), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
December 3, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Cold Kirby AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Stornoway Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
November 30, 1940: Fiat BR.20 Cigogna, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (6 fatalities)
November 29, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 29, 1940: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Hawarden AFB Flintshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1940: Fairchild 71, Carcross Yukon, Canada (0 fatalities)
November 28, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Doncaster South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1940: Farman NC.223, Mediterranean Sea, World (6 fatalities)
November 27, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Akeman Street AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1940: Fiat G.18, Milan-Linate Lombardy, Italy (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Kingstown AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Hampstead Norris AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 18, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Usworth AFB (RAF Hylton) Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Winkel Limburg, Netherlands (6 fatalities)
November 16, 1940: Dornier DO.26, Brest-Bretagne (Guipavas) Finistère, France (4 fatalities)
November 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Hornsea East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Enkhuizen North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
November 14, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Tokomaru Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (1 fatality)
November 14, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Wildboarclough Cheshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 14, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Newton AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1940: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Nairobi-Wilson Nairobi City District, Kenya (5 fatalities)
November 8, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (18 fatalities)
November 8, 1940: De Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1 fatality)
November 8, 1940: Junkers JU.90, Brauna Saxony, Germany (29 fatalities)
November 6, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Grimsby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
November 6, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Newcastle Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Centerville Utah, United States (10 fatalities)
November 4, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Rincón del Tigre Santa Cruz, Bolivia (17 fatalities)
November 4, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Holywell Flintshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 4, 1940: Breguet 19, Metsovo Epirus, Greece (2 fatalities)
November 3, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Lacock Wiltshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
November 3, 1940: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 30, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Slaggyford Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Mt Watzmann Bavaria, Germany (6 fatalities)
October 29, 1940: Douglas DC-2, Changyi Yunnan, China (9 fatalities)
October 29, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (2 fatalities)
October 29, 1940: Noorduyn Norseman, Nanaimo British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Ebberston North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
October 24, 1940: Fiat BR.20 Cigogna, Florenville Luxembourg, Belgium (6 fatalities)
October 24, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
October 23, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Braemar Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
October 23, 1940: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Toronto Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1940: Lockheed 10 Electra, Osijek Baranja, Croatia (7 fatalities)
October 21, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Ingleby Greenhow North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 21, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Hampstead Norris AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Maltby South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Benghazi Benghazi, Libya (5 fatalities)
October 17, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Penrith Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 17, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Hampstead Norris AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
October 17, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Stanmore Middlesex, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
October 17, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Needham Market Suffolk, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
October 17, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Bremen-Neuenland Bremen, Germany (1 fatality)
October 17, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Brize Norton AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Oosterwolde Friesland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
October 16, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Hartforth North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
October 16, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bingley West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Driffield AFB East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bellingham Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Topcliffe AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Bagby North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
October 12, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Trevose Head Cornwall, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Stradishall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 11, 1940: Dewoitine D.338, Dadjo Collines, Benin (3 fatalities)
October 10, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Habbaniyah AFB Al-Anbar, Iraq (0 fatalities)