Plane crashes in 1942

692 crashes worldwide in 1942, with 2,727 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 692
Fatal crashes: 450
Fatalities: 2,727
First recorded: January 1, 1942
Most recent: December 31, 1942

All crashes (page 3 of 7)

September 24, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Duma Point Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
September 24, 1942: Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat, Senegal (19 fatalities)
September 21, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Mt Slieau Freoghane Isle of Man, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
September 21, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Llanthony Monmouthshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Stocking Island Exuma, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Ravenglass Cumbria, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 19, 1942: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Blairstown New Jersey, United States (7 fatalities)
September 18, 1942: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Bilbeis Al Sharqia, Egypt (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Weipa Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
September 17, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, North Sea, World (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1942: De Havilland DH.86 Express, Cochin Kerala, India (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Cornwall Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
September 15, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Boscombe Down AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 14, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Saumlaki (Pulau Jamdena) Maluku, Indonesia (5 fatalities)
September 14, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (5 fatalities)
September 14, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Elburg Gelderland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
September 13, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Lichfield AFB Staffordshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 13, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Lockhart River Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
September 13, 1942: De Havilland DH.95 Flamingo, Adana Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1942: Fairchild 82, Pipmuacan Lake Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 10, 1942: Saro A.36 Lerwick, Lough Erne Fermanagh, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rendova Island, Solomon Islands (9 fatalities)
September 7, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Abukir Alexandria, Egypt (8 fatalities)
September 7, 1942: Douglas DC-3, Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Penrith Cumbria, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 5, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Wendover AFB Utah, United States (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1942: Heinkel He.111, Eskişehir Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (4 fatalities)
September 3, 1942: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Strachan Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 3, 1942: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Wigram AFB (Christchurch) Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (3 fatalities)
September 2, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Little Rock Arkansas, United States (6 fatalities)
September 1, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Wright-Patterson AFB (Dayton) Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Gulf of Maine Maine, World (4 fatalities)
August 30, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Maasbracht Limburg, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
August 29, 1942: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II, Mending Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (4 fatalities)
August 29, 1942: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Trondheim Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (7 fatalities)
August 28, 1942: Stinson SR-10 Reliant, Hendon Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1942: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II, Buurse Overijssel, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
August 27, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ravenglass Cumbria, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 26, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mareeba Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
August 26, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Shreveport Louisiana, United States (5 fatalities)
August 25, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Eagle's Rock near Dunbeath Caithness, United Kingdom (14 fatalities)
August 25, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 24, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Tracadie Nova Scotia, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Dahlgren Virginia, United States (9 fatalities)
August 23, 1942: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wright-Patterson AFB (Dayton) Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1942: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Moel y Gaer Denbighshire, United Kingdom (12 fatalities)
August 23, 1942: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Rowen Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 22, 1942: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (13 fatalities)
August 22, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
August 22, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Thormanby Island British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Carnlough Antrim, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
August 21, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Llangollen Denbighshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 21, 1942: Siebel Si-204, Mühlberg an der Elbe Brandenburg, Germany (3 fatalities)
August 20, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 20, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 20, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Colón Colón, Panama (5 fatalities)
August 20, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, San Diego California, United States (0 fatalities)
August 20, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 19, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Colón Colón, Panama (13 fatalities)
August 18, 1942: Martin PBM Mariner, Montauk Point New York, United States (12 fatalities)
August 17, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sierra Leone (9 fatalities)
August 16, 1942: Short S.29 Stirling, Gorinchem South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1942: Savoia-Marchetti SM.83, Athens Attica, Greece (3 fatalities)
August 16, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Cairns Queensland, Australia (11 fatalities)
August 16, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Talbenny AFB Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Cirencester Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
August 15, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Peru Massachusetts, United States (16 fatalities)
August 14, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Hastings Michigan, United States (9 fatalities)
August 14, 1942: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Reykjavik Capital Region, Iceland (6 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, South Cerney AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Portage la Prairie Manitoba, Canada (5 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Donegal Ulster, Ireland (4 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-246, Algiers Algiers, Algeria (4 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Swinderby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (8 fatalities)
August 13, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Buna Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
August 12, 1942: GVF PS-84, Stalingrad Volgograd oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
August 11, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Reedy Creek South Australia, Australia (5 fatalities)
August 11, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Denbighshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
August 11, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Lydda, Palestine (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Alamogordo New Mexico, United States (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Belfast-Nutts Corner Antrim, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
August 10, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Coningsby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Malapla Island Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Bairnsdale Victoria, Australia (2 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Cape Korrishka Alaska, United States (9 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, McDill AFB (Tampa) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Loch Lee Angus (Forfarshire), United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kabanga East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (9 fatalities)
August 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
August 7, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Mount Suckling Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (2 fatalities)
August 7, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (10 fatalities)
August 6, 1942: Douglas A-20 Havoc, Clacton-on-Sea Essex, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 6, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bottesford AFB Leicestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1942: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Marston Moor AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
August 4, 1942: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Bulawayo Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
August 4, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tulagi, Solomon Islands (9 fatalities)