Plane crashes in 1941

336 crashes worldwide in 1941, with 1,135 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 336
Fatal crashes: 210
Fatalities: 1,135
First recorded: January 2, 1941
Most recent: December 31, 1941

Deadliest

April 12, 1941: Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, Veszprém-Jutas Veszprém, Hungary (30 fatalities)
December 26, 1941: Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), Baiserke Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (26 fatalities)
August 14, 1941: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Ayr Ayrshire, United Kingdom (22 fatalities)
August 10, 1941: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Mullach Buidhe Isle of Arran, United Kingdom (22 fatalities)
October 30, 1941: Douglas DC-3, Lawrence Station Ontario, Canada (20 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Avro (53)
Lockheed (48)
De Havilland (34)
Vickers (26)
Douglas (24)
Airspeed (22)
Boeing (16)
Consolidated (12)
Ford (10)
Junkers (10)
Bristol (9)
Blackburn (6)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

December 31, 1941: Junkers JU.52, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1941: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Sabang Aceh, Indonesia (4 fatalities)
December 29, 1941: Dornier DO.24, Karimata Strait, Indonesia (6 fatalities)
December 29, 1941: Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), Chardzhou Lebap Province, Turkmenistan (7 fatalities)
December 28, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Maryport Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
December 27, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kauai Island Hawaii, United States (1 fatality)
December 27, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1941: Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), Baiserke Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (26 fatalities)
December 23, 1941: Lockheed 10 Electra, Ismailia Ismailia, Egypt (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1941: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Tobruk Butnan, Libya (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Helensville Auckland Council, New Zealand (3 fatalities)
December 21, 1941: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Soba Valley Cantabria, Spain (6 fatalities)
December 21, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mount Batten AFB Devon, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
December 21, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Egremont Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
December 18, 1941: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Moscow-Khodynka Moscow oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
December 18, 1941: Martin B-26 Marauder, Muroc California, United States (8 fatalities)
December 17, 1941: Avro 652 Anson, Millom AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
December 17, 1941: Dornier DO.24, Miri Sarawak, Malaysia (2 fatalities)
December 16, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Birdlings Flat Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (4 fatalities)
December 15, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Nelson Nelson City Council, New Zealand (4 fatalities)
December 15, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Surabaya West Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 12, 1941: Douglas B-18 Bolo, Bishop California, United States (8 fatalities)
December 11, 1941: Sikorsky S-38, Biscayne Bay Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
December 11, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Cranwell AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 10, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Luzon Island, Philippines (2 fatalities)
December 10, 1941: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Glendevon Perthshire, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
December 10, 1941: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Mt Bleaklow Derbyshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 10, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (4 fatalities)
December 9, 1941: GVF PS-84, Khvoynaya Novgorod oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Martin B-26 Marauder, Biggs AAF (El Paso) Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Kota Bharu Kelantan, Malaysia (4 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais, France (7 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Kota Bharu Kelantan, Malaysia (3 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: De Havilland DH.86 Express, Egypt (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Hamata Red Sea, World (1 fatality)
December 7, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bellows Field AFB (Waimanalo) Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hickam AFB Hawaii, United States (1 fatality)
December 6, 1941: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Tanjung Pandan Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia (5 fatalities)
December 3, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Doonbeg Munster, Ireland (9 fatalities)
December 2, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Farsund Vest-Agder, Norway (4 fatalities)
December 1, 1941: Lockheed 10 Electra, Higuerote Miranda, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
November 29, 1941: GVF PS-84, Saratov Saratov oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
November 26, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1941: De Havilland DH.86 Express, Lydda, Palestine (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1941: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, White Waltham Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 22, 1941: Heinkel He.111, Wrocław Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (3 fatalities)
November 20, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Woodbourne AFB (Blenheim) Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
November 20, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Upper Hutt Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
November 20, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Dawaki Kano, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
November 19, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Gatland's Fell Cumbria, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
November 18, 1941: Blackburn B-26 Botha, West Freugh AFB Wigtownshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
November 17, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Tawīlat al Ghazālah Nuqat al Khams, Libya (3 fatalities)
November 16, 1941: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (6 fatalities)
November 16, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Longnor Staffordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 15, 1941: Ford 4, Wichita Falls Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1941: GVF PS-84, Akchernskiy Volgograd oblast, Russia (14 fatalities)
November 14, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
November 14, 1941: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Inhambane Inhambane, Mozambique (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1941: Potez 662, Valleraugue Gard, France (7 fatalities)
November 8, 1941: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada (8 fatalities)
November 8, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
November 8, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Libya (0 fatalities)
November 6, 1941: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Belfast-Nutts Corner Antrim, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 6, 1941: Lockheed 1 Vega, Dallas Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1941: Avro 652 Anson, Charlottetown Prince Edward Island, Canada (3 fatalities)
November 4, 1941: Canadian Vickers Stranraer, Squamish British Columbia, Canada (5 fatalities)
November 2, 1941: Martin PBM Mariner, Krísuvík Southern Peninsula, Iceland (12 fatalities)
November 2, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Georgetown California, United States (1 fatality)
November 2, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Cragg West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 2, 1941: Junkers JU.52, Risvika Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (1 fatality)
October 30, 1941: Ford, Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazán, Honduras (14 fatalities)
October 30, 1941: Douglas DC-3, Lawrence Station Ontario, Canada (20 fatalities)
October 30, 1941: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Black Cat Creek Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1941: Douglas DC-3, Moorhead Minnesota, United States (14 fatalities)
October 28, 1941: Junkers JU.52, Petrich Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (13 fatalities)
October 24, 1941: Douglas B-18 Bolo, Fairfield California, United States (5 fatalities)
October 23, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Debert Nova Scotia, Canada (5 fatalities)
October 23, 1941: Ford 5, Wau Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Karachi Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1941: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Montreal Quebec, Canada (4 fatalities)
October 22, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Woodbourne AFB (Blenheim) Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
October 21, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
October 21, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Great Yarmouth Norfolk, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
October 21, 1941: Saro A.36 Lerwick, Helensburgh Argyll, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
October 16, 1941: Saro A.36 Lerwick, Helensburgh Argyll, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1941: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Waitara Taranaki Regional Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
October 14, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Beverlo Limburg, Belgium (5 fatalities)
October 14, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Horendonk Antwerp, Belgium (6 fatalities)
October 14, 1941: Saro A.36 Lerwick, Tarbat Ness Caithness, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
October 13, 1941: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Jakarta City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (12 fatalities)
October 13, 1941: Avro 679 Manchester, Liège Liège, Belgium (5 fatalities)
October 11, 1941: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Dallas Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
October 10, 1941: Sikorsky S-38, Guayaramerín Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
October 10, 1941: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Katherine Northern Territory, Australia (1 fatality)
October 9, 1941: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Port Sudan Red Sea, Sudan (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1941: Junkers JU.52, Dølan Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (0 fatalities)
October 5, 1941: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Kelly AFB (ex Brooks Field, San Antonio) Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
October 4, 1941: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Nadi, Fiji Islands (2 fatalities)