Plane crashes in 1944

938 crashes worldwide in 1944, with 4,632 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 938
Fatal crashes: 703
Fatalities: 4,632
First recorded: January 1, 1944
Most recent: December 31, 1944

Deadliest

August 23, 1944: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Freckleton Lancashire, United Kingdom (61 fatalities)
October 11, 1944: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Lavangen Troms, Norway (51 fatalities)
September 22, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Bahrain (34 fatalities)
July 31, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Salalah Dhofar Governorate, Oman (32 fatalities)
August 3, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Naper Nebraska, United States (28 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (260)
Consolidated (139)
Curtiss (92)
Avro (85)
Lockheed (51)
Handley Page (43)
Martin (43)
Boeing (42)
Junkers (27)
North American (27)
Noorduyn (26)
Short (20)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 10)

December 31, 1944: Potez 62, Romania (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1944: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Atlantic Ocean, World (5 fatalities)
December 30, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), La Spezia Liguria, Italy (7 fatalities)
December 30, 1944: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Algiers Algiers, Algeria (12 fatalities)
December 28, 1944: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III, Elvington Yorkshire, United Kingdom (13 fatalities)
December 28, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gosport Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (4 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (3 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (1 fatality)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (2 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (1 fatality)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bastogne Luxembourg, Belgium (3 fatalities)
December 26, 1944: Supermarine Walrus, Ravenna-La Spreta Emilia-Romagna, Italy (0 fatalities)
December 25, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Brenda Arizona, United States (17 fatalities)
December 25, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States (12 fatalities)
December 25, 1944: Martin PBM Mariner, Kaneohe Bay NAS Hawaii, United States (6 fatalities)
December 25, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir, France (10 fatalities)
December 24, 1944: Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII, Stürzelberg North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (5 fatalities)
December 22, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ramsbury AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
December 22, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bosley Cheshire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
December 21, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nowy Targ Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (6 fatalities)
December 21, 1944: Avro 683 Lancaster, Åseral Vest-Agder, Norway (7 fatalities)
December 21, 1944: Avro 683 Lancaster, Åseral Vest-Agder, Norway (7 fatalities)
December 20, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ironton Missouri, United States (5 fatalities)
December 20, 1944: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Richmond AFB New South Wales, Australia (8 fatalities)
December 20, 1944: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Bougainville Island Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (4 fatalities)
December 20, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Mt Beenoskee Munster, Ireland (9 fatalities)
December 19, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Misamari Assam, India (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Broome Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1944: North American B-25 Mitchell, Goronne Luxembourg, Belgium (1 fatality)
December 19, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Yazagyo Shan State, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Yazagyo Shan State, Myanmar (4 fatalities)
December 17, 1944: Avro 683 Lancaster, Lewedorp Zeeland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
December 17, 1944: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Memphis Tennessee, United States (3 fatalities)
December 16, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lawrenceville-George AAF Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
December 16, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Imphal Manipur, India (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1944: Noorduyn Norseman, English Channel, World (3 fatalities)
December 15, 1944: Martin 187 Baltimore, Taftîsh Gianaclîs AFB Beheira, Egypt (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Atlantic Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
December 14, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Manila Metro Manila, Philippines (9 fatalities)
December 13, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Zalma Missouri, United States (4 fatalities)
December 12, 1944: Martin PBM Mariner, Pacific Ocean, World (7 fatalities)
December 11, 1944: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle, France (11 fatalities)
December 11, 1944: Avro 652 Anson, Edale Derbyshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 10, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dali Yunnan, China (4 fatalities)
December 10, 1944: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Beinn Nuis Hill (Isle of Arran) Ayrshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
December 9, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Warazup Kachin State, Myanmar (10 fatalities)
December 9, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Myitkyina Kachin State, Myanmar (5 fatalities)
December 8, 1944: Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-245, Varetz Corrèze, France (4 fatalities)
December 8, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Assam, India (1 fatality)
December 7, 1944: Lisunov LI-2, Orlivka Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine (16 fatalities)
December 7, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pacific Ocean, World (16 fatalities)
December 6, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Liège Liège, Belgium (4 fatalities)
December 6, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Crosby AFB Cumbria, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 6, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Liège Liège, Belgium (5 fatalities)
December 6, 1944: Avro 652 Anson, Newton Stewart Wigtownshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
December 4, 1944: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Nausori, Fiji Islands (5 fatalities)
December 3, 1944: Noorduyn Norseman, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (2 fatalities)
December 3, 1944: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Tofino British Columbia, Canada (9 fatalities)
December 3, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rouen Seine-Maritime, France (4 fatalities)
December 1, 1944: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Bakersfield California, United States (9 fatalities)
December 1, 1944: Douglas DC-3, Burbank California, United States (9 fatalities)
November 30, 1944: Martin PBM Mariner, San Rafael California, United States (8 fatalities)
November 30, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Dinjan Assam, India (3 fatalities)
November 29, 1944: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Mt Kinangop Central, Kenya (11 fatalities)
November 29, 1944: Ford 5, Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazán, Honduras (16 fatalities)
November 29, 1944: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Nottingham New Hampshire, United States (9 fatalities)
November 29, 1944: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Falsterbo Skåne, Sweden (10 fatalities)
November 28, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Indian Ocean, World (10 fatalities)
November 28, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Yunnanyi Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1944: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Brisy Luxembourg, Belgium (4 fatalities)
November 27, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Brazil (22 fatalities)
November 27, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pacific Ocean, World (21 fatalities)
November 26, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
November 26, 1944: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Aden 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Leith Hill Surrey, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
November 26, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Leith Hill Surrey, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
November 26, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Leith Hill Surrey, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
November 25, 1944: Lisunov LI-2, Baku Absheron, Azerbaijan (7 fatalities)
November 25, 1944: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ballykelly AFB Londonderry, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Chanyi Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Blue Mounds Wisconsin, United States (4 fatalities)
November 24, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Indonesia (6 fatalities)
November 24, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
November 24, 1944: Caudron C.440 Goéland, Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine, France (3 fatalities)
November 23, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kano Kano, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Sookerating Assam, India (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), English Channel, World (4 fatalities)
November 22, 1944: Avro 683 Lancaster, Vlissingen Zeeland, Netherlands (7 fatalities)
November 22, 1944: Martin PBM Mariner, Alameda NAS (Oakland) California, United States (3 fatalities)
November 21, 1944: Martin PBM Mariner, Arembepe Bahia, Brazil (8 fatalities)
November 20, 1944: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Paishuiho Sichuan, China (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Lough Navar Forest Fermanagh, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
November 20, 1944: Short S.25 Sunderland, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
November 19, 1944: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Brighton East Sussex, United Kingdom (25 fatalities)