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 5 of 5)
- February 24, 1940: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Ryde Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 24, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Gembloux Namur, Belgium (0 fatalities)
- February 22, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Saint Abbs Berwickshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 21, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
- February 21, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wisbech Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 21, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Bibury AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 21, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Holt Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 21, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Farne Islands Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- February 20, 1940: Ford 5, Prinzapolka Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
- February 20, 1940: Caudron C.280 Phalène, Kankan Kankan Region, Guinea (0 fatalities)
- February 20, 1940: Saro A.36 Lerwick, Oban Argyll, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- February 19, 1940: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Burford Shropshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 17, 1940: De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, Cunnamulla Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- February 14, 1940: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Inverness Inverness-shire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 1940: Short S.16 Scion, Barnstaple Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 1940: Heston Phoenix I, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Tynemouth Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- February 12, 1940: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Moyenneville Somme, France (0 fatalities)
- February 11, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Great Ayton North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- February 10, 1940: Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- February 10, 1940: Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, Aiello Calabro Calabria, Italy (10 fatalities)
- February 7, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, West Wittering West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 5, 1940: Nakajima AT-2, Iki (Uotsuri Island) Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
- February 5, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Bishop's Rock Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- February 3, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Tynemouth Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 3, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Amble Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- February 3, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Tynemouth Northumberland, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- February 3, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- February 3, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Amble Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 3, 1940: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Evanton AFB Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 2, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Blyth Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 30, 1940: Ford 4, Carcross Yukon, Canada (0 fatalities)
- January 30, 1940: Heinkel He.111, Coquet Island Northumberland, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- January 25, 1940: Junkers W.34, Fort McMurray Alberta, Canada (1 fatality)
- January 24, 1940: Sikorsky S-38, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (4 fatalities)
- January 24, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Montrose AFB Angus (Forfarshire), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- January 22, 1940: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Denpasar-I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali, Indonesia (8 fatalities)
- January 22, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Sealand AFB (Shotwick AFB) Flintshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 21, 1940: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Wau Morobe, Papua New Guinea (3 fatalities)
- January 19, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Rhyl Denbighshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- January 18, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Totnes Devon, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
- January 17, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Tarporley Cheshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 16, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Great Yarmouth Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 15, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Barnstaple Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 15, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Castle Cary Somerset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 15, 1940: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Heston Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 15, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Plymouth Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 12, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Wick Caithness, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 10, 1940: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Sealand AFB (Shotwick AFB) Flintshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 10, 1940: Vickers 290 Wellington I, Harwell AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 6, 1940: Avro 652 Anson, Niton Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- January 3, 1940: General Aircraft ST-25 Monospar, Hanworth London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 2, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
- January 2, 1940: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, North Sea, World (6 fatalities)
- January 1, 1940: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Saint Abbs Berwickshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)