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

All crashes (page 2 of 5)

October 9, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Snape North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
October 9, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Ripon North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 6, 1940: De Havilland DH.91 Albatross, Pucklechurch Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 5, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ancroft Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 4, 1940: Douglas DC-1, Málaga Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
October 3, 1940: Fairchild 71, Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Tongaporutu Taranaki Regional Council, New Zealand (3 fatalities)
September 28, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, North Sea, World (3 fatalities)
September 26, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Newmarket AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 25, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Eaton Constantine Shropshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Linton-on-Ouse AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
September 24, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Hampstead Norris AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Heston Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 19, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Brize Norton AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Spurn Head East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Thornaby AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 14, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Celtic Sea, World (5 fatalities)
September 12, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 11, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
September 9, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
September 9, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Clacton-on-Sea Essex, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 7, 1940: Potez 25, Altos Cordillera, Paraguay (3 fatalities)
September 7, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Broome Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Durham Durham, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
September 5, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Sunderland Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 4, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Northallerton North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wassenaar South Holland, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
September 2, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, East Wretham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Lovettsville Virginia, United States (25 fatalities)
August 31, 1940: Blackburn B-26 Botha, North Sea, World (4 fatalities)
August 31, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Hornsea East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 30, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Southend Essex, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 30, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Zelhem Gelderland, Netherlands (6 fatalities)
August 29, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Silsden West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 29, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Windrush AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 24, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Grimsby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 23, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Corpusty Norfolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 23, 1940: Douglas DC-3, Mt Gaina Arad, Romania (11 fatalities)
August 22, 1940: Lockheed 10 Electra, Gospić Lika-Senj, Croatia (11 fatalities)
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 13, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Canberra Australian Capital Territory, Australia (10 fatalities)
August 12, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Stradbroke Island Queensland, Australia (6 fatalities)
August 11, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Penha Garcia Centro, Portugal (4 fatalities)
August 9, 1940: Douglas DC-2, Lämershagen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 9, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Katwijk South Holland, Netherlands (2 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: Junkers W.34, Jakubovice Olomouc Region, Czech Republic (4 fatalities)
August 7, 1940: Handley Page H.P.42, Moresby Parks Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Woodbourne AFB (Blenheim) Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
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: Douglas B-18 Bolo, San Carlos Panamá, Panama (0 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 30, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Ismailia Ismailia, Egypt (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1940: Waco UIC, Valdemarsvik Östergötland, Sweden (4 fatalities)
July 27, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Rotterdam South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Uitdam North Holland, Netherlands (6 fatalities)
July 25, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Grendon Underwood Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1940: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Bucharest București, Romania (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Edinburgh Midlothian (County of Edinburgh), United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
July 23, 1940: Miles M.3B Falcon Major, Hatches Creek Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Christchurch Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (4 fatalities)
July 22, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Eckernförde Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (6 fatalities)
July 19, 1940: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Hartlepool Durham, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
July 18, 1940: Fairey III, Rafína Attica, Greece (2 fatalities)
July 18, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Llandudno Clwyd, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (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 15, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Hamburg Hamburg, Germany (3 fatalities)
July 15, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Marsa Matruh Matruh, Egypt (3 fatalities)
July 14, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Boldon Colliery Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
July 14, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt (1 fatality)
July 12, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
July 11, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Ligny-Thilloy Pas-de-Calais, France (4 fatalities)
July 11, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Pernis South Holland, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
July 10, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)