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 4 of 7)

August 4, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Gaza, Palestine (0 fatalities)
August 3, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Canaan Nova Scotia, Canada (1 fatality)
August 2, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Musa Point Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
August 2, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Goat Fell (Isle of Arran) Ayrshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 2, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1942: Airspeed AS.5 Courier, Bolt Head AFB Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (7 fatalities)
July 30, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Saumlaki (Pulau Jamdena) Maluku, Indonesia (4 fatalities)
July 29, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, North Sea, World (5 fatalities)
July 27, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Egypt (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mediterranean Sea, World (13 fatalities)
July 25, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Fua'amotu, Tonga (6 fatalities)
July 25, 1942: Douglas A-20 Havoc, Manchester New Hampshire, United States (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Buna Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea (4 fatalities)
July 24, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Misérié Chari-Baguirmi, Chad (11 fatalities)
July 24, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Egypt (0 fatalities)
July 23, 1942: Douglas Dolphin, Orlando Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1942: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Brough East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 21, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Miami Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1942: Grumman G-21A Goose, Yakutat Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
July 20, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ruthin Denbighshire, United Kingdom (13 fatalities)
July 18, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Kiska Island Alaska, United States (6 fatalities)
July 17, 1942: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Bucharest București, Romania (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Walla Walla Washington, United States (5 fatalities)
July 14, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
July 14, 1942: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Australia (3 fatalities)
July 13, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Horn Island Queensland, Australia (3 fatalities)
July 13, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Horn Island Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
July 13, 1942: Short S.29 Stirling, Leek Staffordshire, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
July 12, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
July 12, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Borinquen, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
July 10, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Broken Head New South Wales, Australia (10 fatalities)
July 6, 1942: Vickers 408 Wellington IA, Wingland Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 5, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Coral Sea, World (4 fatalities)
July 4, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Fort McLeod Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Fort Myers Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Lae Morobe, Papua New Guinea (6 fatalities)
July 3, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Dirkshorn North Holland, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
July 2, 1942: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania (0 fatalities)
July 1, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Gladstone Manitoba, Canada (4 fatalities)
July 1, 1942: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Premier West Virginia, United States (21 fatalities)
June 30, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Noonamah Northern Territory, Australia (3 fatalities)
June 28, 1942: Douglas DB-7 Boston, France (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1942: Piaggio P.108, Valencia Valencian Community, Spain (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Greenland (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bremen-Neuenland Bremen, Germany (7 fatalities)
June 26, 1942: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Jahra, Kuwait (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Port Erin Isle of Man, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, North Sea, World (2 fatalities)
June 26, 1942: GVF PS-84, Ivantsevo Leningrad oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
June 25, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Harlingen Friesland, Netherlands (6 fatalities)
June 24, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Waterstock Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
June 24, 1942: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Volk Field ANGB (Camp Williams) Wisconsin, United States (3 fatalities)
June 24, 1942: De Havilland DH.86 Express, Siwa Matruh, Egypt (0 fatalities)
June 23, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Gullmarsfjorden Bohuslän, Sweden (0 fatalities)
June 23, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Lordsburg New Mexico, United States (2 fatalities)
June 20, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Davis-Monthan AFB Arizona, United States (8 fatalities)
June 20, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
June 19, 1942: GVF PS-84, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
June 19, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (12 fatalities)
June 19, 1942: Blackburn B-26 Botha, Girvan Ayrshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 18, 1942: GVF PS-84, Yelets Lipetsk oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
June 18, 1942: GVF PS-84, Moscow-Khodynka Moscow oblast, Russia (13 fatalities)
June 17, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Timor Sea, World (5 fatalities)
June 17, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Lakeland Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Parkes New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Kolar Karnataka, India (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Alamogordo New Mexico, United States (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Natal Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (10 fatalities)
June 11, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
June 10, 1942: Ford 4, West Orange New Jersey, United States (1 fatality)
June 10, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Rivers AFB Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 9, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Whenuapai AFB (Auckland) Auckland Council, New Zealand (11 fatalities)
June 9, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Salamaua Morobe, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
June 9, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
June 9, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Sale Victoria, Australia (4 fatalities)
June 9, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Rivers AFB Manitoba, Canada (4 fatalities)
June 8, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Newfoundland Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (10 fatalities)
June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (2 fatalities)
June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
June 7, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
June 7, 1942: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II, Welsh Bicknor Herefordshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
June 7, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Trenton Georgia, United States (5 fatalities)
June 5, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Gulf of Mexico All, World (7 fatalities)
June 4, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Beekbergen Gelderland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
June 4, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Midway Island United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States (0 fatalities)
June 4, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Pacific Ocean, World (7 fatalities)
June 3, 1942: Martin PBM Mariner, Atlantic Ocean, World (12 fatalities)
June 2, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Fort Myers Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
June 1, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Bargara Queensland, Australia (3 fatalities)
June 1, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Nowra New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
June 1, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Half Moon Bay California, United States (8 fatalities)
May 31, 1942: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II, Maarheeze North Brabant, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
May 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Bree Limburg, Belgium (1 fatality)
May 31, 1942: Vickers 416 Wellington IC, Elsloo Limburg, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Mülheim an der Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 fatalities)