Plane crashes in 1943

809 crashes worldwide in 1943, with 4,030 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 809
• Fatal crashes: 605
• Fatalities: 4,030
• First recorded: January 1, 1943
• Most recent: December 31, 1943

All crashes (page 4 of 9)

• August 15, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tsile Tsile Morobe, Papua New Guinea (9 fatalities)
• August 15, 1943: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II, Annecy Haute-Savoie, France (11 fatalities)
• August 15, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tsile Tsile Morobe, Papua New Guinea (6 fatalities)
• August 15, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Solomon Sea, World (11 fatalities)
• August 15, 1943: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Arafura Sea, World (4 fatalities)
• August 14, 1943: Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, Rhodes-Maritsa South Aegean, Greece (17 fatalities)
• August 13, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Thurau Saint Gallen, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
• August 12, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Indio California, United States (10 fatalities)
• August 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pleuven Finistère, France (4 fatalities)
• August 11, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Fort Hertz Kachin State, Myanmar (3 fatalities)
• August 9, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Hesket Newmarket Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 9, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Great Dodd Cumbria, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• August 9, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Green Gable Cumbria, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• August 9, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Scafell Pike Cumbria, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• August 8, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Homestead AFB Florida, United States (4 fatalities)
• August 8, 1943: GVF PS-84, Balashov Saratov oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
• August 7, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Townsville Queensland, Australia (27 fatalities)
• August 7, 1943: Vickers 417 Wellington III, Winslow Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (17 fatalities)
• August 7, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Chirdwin Valley Assam, India (6 fatalities)
• August 6, 1943: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Maputo Maputo City District, Mozambique (0 fatalities)
• August 6, 1943: Martin PBM Mariner, Trinidad and Tobago (12 fatalities)
• August 5, 1943: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Smithfield Rhode Island, United States (3 fatalities)
• August 5, 1943: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Grimsey Island Northeastern Region, Iceland (0 fatalities)
• August 5, 1943: Avro 683 Lancaster, Amesbury Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 4, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (5 fatalities)
• August 4, 1943: Stinson Model A, Lonavala Maharashtra, India (6 fatalities)
• August 3, 1943: Martin PBM Mariner, Atlantic Ocean, World (12 fatalities)
• August 3, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Atlantic Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
• August 3, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
• August 2, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Whenuapai AFB (Auckland) Auckland Council, New Zealand (16 fatalities)
• August 2, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rock Falls Iowa, United States (5 fatalities)
• August 2, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Lahe Sagaing Region, Myanmar (1 fatality)
• August 2, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yunnanyi Yunnan, China (3 fatalities)
• August 1, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ploiești Prahova, Romania (8 fatalities)
• August 1, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Cyprus (0 fatalities)
• August 1, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Novo Bardo Sofia Province, Bulgaria (0 fatalities)
• August 1, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ploiești Prahova, Romania (7 fatalities)
• August 1, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ploiești Prahova, Romania (5 fatalities)
• July 31, 1943: Bristol 130 Bombay, San Francesco AFB Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
• July 30, 1943: GVF PS-84, Belarus (5 fatalities)
• July 30, 1943: Consolidated Canso, Shearwater Nova Scotia, Canada (1 fatality)
• July 30, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Opijnen Gelderland, Netherlands (8 fatalities)
• July 30, 1943: North American B-25 Mitchell, Vlieland Friesland, Netherlands (5 fatalities)
• July 30, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Hendricks AFB (Sebring) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 30, 1943: GVF PS-84, Žukaŭka Mogilev voblast, Belarus (1 fatality)
• July 29, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands (10 fatalities)
• July 28, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Brandon Peak Munster, Ireland (10 fatalities)
• July 28, 1943: Avro 683 Lancaster, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
• July 28, 1943: Douglas DC-3, Trammel Kentucky, United States (20 fatalities)
• July 27, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Masirah Island Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate, Oman (4 fatalities)
• July 27, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Buin Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (10 fatalities)
• July 27, 1943: Sikorsky S-42, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• July 27, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (3 fatalities)
• July 27, 1943: Bristol 130 Bombay, Skikda Skikda, Algeria (0 fatalities)
• July 26, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Vriescheloo Groningen, Netherlands (3 fatalities)
• July 26, 1943: Douglas DB-7 Boston, Lille Nord, France (0 fatalities)
• July 24, 1943: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Ty’n-y-groes Clwyd, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 24, 1943: CRDA CANT Z.506, Sicily, Italy (20 fatalities)
• July 24, 1943: Noorduyn Norseman, Cooking Lake Alberta, Canada (1 fatality)
• July 24, 1943: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands (4 fatalities)
• July 23, 1943: Martin B-26 Marauder, Salamaua Morobe, Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
• July 23, 1943: Stinson SR-9 Reliant, Westover AFB Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 21, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Silloth AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 19, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Buin Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (10 fatalities)
• July 19, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Malcolm Nebraska, United States (13 fatalities)
• July 18, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Adak Alaska, United States (8 fatalities)
• July 17, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Gulf of Mexico All, World (8 fatalities)
• July 17, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Grenada AFB Mississippi, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 17, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands (0 fatalities)
• July 16, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Coffs Harbour New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
• July 15, 1943: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Ohakea AFB (Bulls) Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (3 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Catania Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Avro 683 Lancaster, Mt Le Grammont Valais, Switzerland (7 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: North American B-25 Mitchell, Clifton Bluff New Providence, Bahamas (6 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Assam State Assam, India (4 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Catania Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Catania Sicily, Italy (2 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Catania Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 12, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Tulagi, Solomon Islands (7 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Scoglitti Sicily, Italy (5 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Scoglitti Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Scoglitti Sicily, Italy (5 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gela Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Licata Sicily, Italy (5 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Scoglitti Sicily, Italy (5 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gela Sicily, Italy (6 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Scoglitti Sicily, Italy (3 fatalities)
• July 11, 1943: Douglas DC-3, Tunis Tunis Governorate, Tunisia (6 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Scoglitti Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Hemingford Nebraska, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hemingford Nebraska, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gela Sicily, Italy (5 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sedalia AFB Missouri, United States (6 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Martin B-26 Marauder, Bouficha Sousse Governorate, Tunisia (0 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Babo Special Region of West Papua, Indonesia (10 fatalities)
• July 9, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Gela Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 9, 1943: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Wright-Patterson AFB (Dayton) Ohio, United States (5 fatalities)
• July 9, 1943: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Wright-Patterson AFB (Dayton) Ohio, United States (3 fatalities)
• July 9, 1943: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Mt Kekneno East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (5 fatalities)
• July 9, 1943: Douglas DC-3, Sfax Sfax Governorate, Tunisia (2 fatalities)