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 4 of 5)

May 1, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
May 1, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Slaidburn Lancashire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 1, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (6 fatalities)
May 1, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
May 1, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Huntly Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
April 30, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (5 fatalities)
April 30, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Sylling Buskerud, Norway (1 fatality)
April 29, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Swindon Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1940: Short S.16 Scion, Mukeiras Al Bayda', Yemen (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1940: Caudron C.280 Phalène, Jujurieux Ain, France (2 fatalities)
April 26, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Queensferry Flintshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
April 26, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Aalborg Nordjylland, Denmark (4 fatalities)
April 23, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
April 22, 1940: Vickers Wellington, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1940: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Norway (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1940: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Loch Lomond Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
April 21, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Aggersund Nordjylland, Denmark (0 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 18, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (1 fatality)
April 18, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 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 17, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Flekkefjord Vest-Agder, Norway (17 fatalities)
April 16, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Birkeland Aust-Agder, Norway (4 fatalities)
April 15, 1940: Fairchild 71, Canada Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (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: Junkers JU.52, Lillehammer Oppland, Norway (1 fatality)
April 14, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Bletchley Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Uddevalla Västergötland, Sweden (3 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Dombås Oppland, Norway (2 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Hønefoss Buskerud, Norway (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Vålebu Oppland, Norway (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Sørkedalen Oslo City, Norway (0 fatalities)
April 13, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Gangsøya Sogn og Fjordane, Norway (0 fatalities)
April 13, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Grimsby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 13, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Gangsøya Sogn og Fjordane, Norway (10 fatalities)
April 13, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Gullesfjordbotn Troms, Norway (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Norway (6 fatalities)
April 12, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (6 fatalities)
April 12, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (6 fatalities)
April 12, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (6 fatalities)
April 12, 1940: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Norway (6 fatalities)
April 12, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
April 10, 1940: Fairey III, Saronic Gulf, Greece (3 fatalities)
April 9, 1940: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sylling Buskerud, Norway (9 fatalities)
April 9, 1940: Junkers JU.52, Oslo Oslo City, Norway (1 fatality)
April 8, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Shetland Islands Shetland (Zetland), United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
April 7, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
April 7, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Scartho Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 7, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
April 7, 1940: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bergen Hordaland, Norway (9 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 3, 1940: Avro 618 Ten, Cairo Cairo, Egypt (0 fatalities)
April 3, 1940: Douglas DC-2, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States (0 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 28, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Pernis South Holland, Netherlands (1 fatality)
March 28, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Gerolstein Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (1 fatality)
March 28, 1940: Bellanca 31-40 Senior Pacemaker, Norway (0 fatalities)
March 27, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, English Channel, World (4 fatalities)
March 24, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Delmenhorst Lower Saxony, Germany (2 fatalities)
March 24, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Hondschoote Nord, France (0 fatalities)
March 23, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Marham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 20, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Sylt Island Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (5 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 16, 1940: Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, Stromboli Sicily, Italy (14 fatalities)
March 15, 1940: De Havilland DH.86 Express, Kavieng New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1940: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Evanton AFB Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 13, 1940: Lockheed 5 Vega, Ixtepec Oaxaca, Mexico (0 fatalities)
March 13, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Blackpool Lancashire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 13, 1940: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Windermere British Columbia, Canada (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 10, 1940: Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), Kemijärvi Lapland, Finland (0 fatalities)
March 8, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Brooklands (Weybridge) Surrey, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
March 6, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Brize Norton AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 5, 1940: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Flixborough Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
March 5, 1940: Ford 5, San Martín Veracruz, Mexico (0 fatalities)
March 3, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 3, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Mildenhall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
March 3, 1940: Bloch MB.220, Gigondas Vaucluse, France (3 fatalities)
March 3, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Meopham Kent, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
March 2, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Llanthony Monmouthshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
March 2, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Mildenhall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
March 2, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Saint Eval AFB Cornwall, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 2, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 1, 1940: Handley Page H.P.42, Gulf of Oman All, World (8 fatalities)
February 29, 1940: Boeing 247, Tona Santander, Colombia (11 fatalities)
February 27, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Saint Abbs Berwickshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 27, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Coquet Island Northumberland, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
February 26, 1940: Farman F.190, France (0 fatalities)
February 25, 1940: Ford 5, San Isidro de El General San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
February 24, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Marham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)