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 5 of 7)

May 31, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, North Sea, World (7 fatalities)
May 30, 1942: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jamaica (0 fatalities)
May 30, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ameland Island Friesland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
May 30, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ameland Island Friesland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
May 29, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Chipaque Cundinamarca, Colombia (9 fatalities)
May 29, 1942: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Bass Strait, Australia (4 fatalities)
May 28, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Lae Morobe, Papua New Guinea (7 fatalities)
May 28, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Lofoten Islands Nordland, Norway (3 fatalities)
May 28, 1942: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vichy Allier, France (0 fatalities)
May 27, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Stornoway Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 27, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Lakeland Florida, United States (7 fatalities)
May 26, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Johnston Atoll United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States (0 fatalities)
May 25, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Beverley Islands Queensland, Australia (4 fatalities)
May 25, 1942: Douglas C-39 (DC-2), Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia (9 fatalities)
May 25, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (2 fatalities)
May 25, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Montague Harbour East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (2 fatalities)
May 24, 1942: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Mt Howe Brook Maine, United States (6 fatalities)
May 24, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Giru Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
May 24, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Giru Queensland, Australia (4 fatalities)
May 24, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Millom AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
May 22, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Edgehill Warwickshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
May 22, 1942: Junkers JU.52, Bodø Nordland, Norway (5 fatalities)
May 22, 1942: Vickers 417 Wellington III, Grindon Staffordshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
May 22, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ambon-Pattimura Maluku, Indonesia (2 fatalities)
May 21, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
May 21, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Kingham Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 20, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Irish Sea, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
May 19, 1942: Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, Rome-Urbe Lazio, Italy (20 fatalities)
May 19, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Carswell AFB (Fort Worth) Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (8 fatalities)
May 18, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pearl Harbor Hawaii, United States (9 fatalities)
May 17, 1942: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Blackpool Lancashire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
May 17, 1942: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Blackpool Lancashire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
May 17, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Wright-Patterson AFB (Dayton) Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
May 16, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Reid River Queensland, Australia (8 fatalities)
May 15, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Eureka California, United States (7 fatalities)
May 15, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1942: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Mene Grande Zulia, Venezuela (3 fatalities)
May 15, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
May 14, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ambon-Pattimura Maluku, Indonesia (4 fatalities)
May 13, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Thurlby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
May 13, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
May 13, 1942: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Valetta, Malta (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1942: Douglas DC-3, Miles City Montana, United States (3 fatalities)
May 12, 1942: GVF PS-84, Bol'shoye Veregovo Kaluga oblast, Russia (27 fatalities)
May 12, 1942: Caproni Ca.133, Linköping Östergötland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1942: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Everett Washington, United States (4 fatalities)
May 11, 1942: Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, Guidonia AFB Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
May 10, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Mount Gambier South Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 10, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Deboyne Island Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (7 fatalities)
May 9, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Stege Sjælland, Denmark (1 fatality)
May 9, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, North Sea, World (8 fatalities)
May 8, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Waddenzee, The Netherlands, Netherlands (4 fatalities)
May 7, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Charters Towers Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1942: Lockheed 10 Electra, Nelson Nelson City Council, New Zealand (5 fatalities)
May 7, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mount Fox Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 6, 1942: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, South Africa (0 fatalities)
May 6, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Bwagaoia (Misima Island) Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (9 fatalities)
May 5, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ju Island North Maluku, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
May 4, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Bougainville Island Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
May 3, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Lilholt Syddanmark, Denmark (5 fatalities)
May 3, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Hope Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
May 3, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (3 fatalities)
May 2, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Trobriand Islands (Kiriwina Islands) Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (2 fatalities)
May 1, 1942: Douglas DC-3, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (17 fatalities)
May 1, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Manchester Great Manchester, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Westerland-Sylt Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (2 fatalities)
April 29, 1942: Douglas B-18 Bolo, Kodiak Alaska, United States (7 fatalities)
April 28, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Trondheim Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (7 fatalities)
April 28, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Montreal Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 27, 1942: Douglas C-33 (DC-2), Ogden-Hill AFB Utah, United States (0 fatalities)
April 27, 1942: Douglas DB-7 Boston, Ostend West Flanders, Belgium (1 fatality)
April 24, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, Tinglev Syddanmark, Denmark (1 fatality)
April 24, 1942: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Westacre Junction Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1942: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Timor Sea, World (4 fatalities)
April 23, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Dutch Harbor Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Masham North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1942: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Cimarron New Mexico, United States (8 fatalities)
April 22, 1942: Junkers JU.52, Reipå Nordland, Norway (16 fatalities)
April 21, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Townsville Queensland, Australia (8 fatalities)
April 21, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Palm Island Queensland, Australia (7 fatalities)
April 21, 1942: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Pine Creek Northern Territory, Australia (12 fatalities)
April 21, 1942: Douglas C-50 (DC-3), Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
April 20, 1942: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Dalmellington Ayrshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1942: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II, Kreuth Bavaria, Germany (8 fatalities)
April 20, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, McDill AFB (Tampa) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Foel-fras Gwynedd, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
April 19, 1942: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Freetown-Hastings Western Area, Sierra Leone (20 fatalities)
April 18, 1942: Martin B-26 Marauder, Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (5 fatalities)
April 18, 1942: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1942: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Geraldton Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1942: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Yellowknife Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1942: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Cairnsmore of Fleet Dumfriesshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
April 17, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Evreux Eure, France (7 fatalities)
April 17, 1942: Ford 4, Metz-Lorraine Missouri, United States (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1942: Avro 679 Manchester, English Channel, World (7 fatalities)
April 17, 1942: Avro 683 Lancaster, Ormes Eure, France (0 fatalities)