Plane crashes in 1945

734 crashes worldwide in 1945, with 4,684 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 734
Fatal crashes: 559
Fatalities: 4,684
First recorded: January 1, 1945
Most recent: December 31, 1945

Deadliest

October 16, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Nanyuan AFB Beijing, China (59 fatalities)
October 30, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Zhijiang Hunan, China (45 fatalities)
November 3, 1945: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Chhukha Chhukha, Bhutan (44 fatalities)
May 23, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Taillefontaine Aisne, France (44 fatalities)
September 8, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nyaung Gone Yangon Region, Myanmar (41 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (297)
Consolidated (95)
Curtiss (91)
Avro (37)
Lockheed (33)
Boeing (32)
Martin (30)
Noorduyn (22)
Airspeed (14)
De Havilland (13)
Junkers (13)
Short (11)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 8)

December 31, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Carlisle Cumbria, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1945: Douglas DC-3, New York-LaGuardia New York, United States (1 fatality)
December 30, 1945: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1945: Noorduyn Norseman, Tofino British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1945: Avro 685 York, Holmsley South AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 28, 1945: Avro 652 Anson, Baghdad Baghdād, Iraq (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1945: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Edale Derbyshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1945: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kirkwall Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1945: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Bangui Ombella-M'Poko, Central African Republic (8 fatalities)
December 25, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dudinka Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (10 fatalities)
December 22, 1945: Ford 5, Río Magdalena Bolívar, Colombia (1 fatality)
December 22, 1945: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Jacksonville Florida, United States (1 fatality)
December 19, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Timor Sea, World (25 fatalities)
December 18, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Voksenkollen Oslo City, Norway (17 fatalities)
December 18, 1945: Avro 652 Anson, Itaipu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (8 fatalities)
December 18, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tiksi Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1945: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Fort Worth Texas, United States (7 fatalities)
December 17, 1945: Fokker F12, Copenhagen Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 16, 1945: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Sydney New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
December 16, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jakarta-Kemayoran City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (1 fatality)
December 15, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phuket Phuket, Thailand (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1945: Noorduyn Norseman, Neckargartach Baden-Württemberg, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Heraklion Crete, Greece (3 fatalities)
December 14, 1945: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Kouandé Atakira, Benin (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Villieu-Loyes-Mollon Ain, France (0 fatalities)
December 13, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mangaldan Pangasinan, Philippines (8 fatalities)
December 13, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Swartkop AFB (Pretoria) Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pitu (Morotai Island) North Maluku, Indonesia (1 fatality)
December 11, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pacific Ocean, World (4 fatalities)
December 10, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Saint-André-la-Côte Rhône, France (5 fatalities)
December 10, 1945: Avro 685 York, Negombo Western Province, Sri Lanka (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Billings-Logan Montana, United States (19 fatalities)
December 6, 1945: Martin B-26 Marauder, Valempoulières Jura, France (7 fatalities)
December 5, 1945: Martin PBM Mariner, Sargasso Sea, World (13 fatalities)
December 4, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Stallarholmen Södermanland, Sweden (6 fatalities)
December 4, 1945: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Hidden Lake Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Novosibirsk Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (16 fatalities)
December 3, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Carlos Pellegrini Corrientes, Argentina (14 fatalities)
December 3, 1945: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Rochefort Charente-Maritime, France (28 fatalities)
December 3, 1945: Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes, Radlett Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 30, 1945: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Pacific Ocean, World (25 fatalities)
November 30, 1945: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Manila Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cairo-Almaza Cairo, Egypt (8 fatalities)
November 29, 1945: Avro 652 Anson, Yörük Köyü Black Sea Region, Türkiye (5 fatalities)
November 29, 1945: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Mt Saint Helens Washington, United States (3 fatalities)
November 28, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Auburn California, United States (9 fatalities)
November 27, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Beruas Perak, Malaysia (3 fatalities)
November 26, 1945: Noorduyn Norseman, Caen Calvados, France (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mindoro Island Palawan, Philippines (12 fatalities)
November 23, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jakarta-Kemayoran City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (26 fatalities)
November 23, 1945: Avro 652 Anson, Edale Derbyshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 22, 1945: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Merryfield AFB Somerset, United Kingdom (27 fatalities)
November 22, 1945: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Spreitenbach Aargau, Switzerland (1 fatality)
November 17, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vienna Vienna, Austria (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1945: Noorduyn Norseman, Paris Paris, France (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1945: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jacquinot Bay East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (28 fatalities)
November 15, 1945: Noorduyn Norseman, Schweinfurt Bavaria, Germany (4 fatalities)
November 15, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tiksi Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), El Adem Butnan, Libya (6 fatalities)
November 13, 1945: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Tacloban Leyte, Philippines (16 fatalities)
November 11, 1945: Short S.29 Stirling, Castel Benito (Qaser Bin Ghashir) Tripoli, Libya (26 fatalities)
November 11, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Monti della Meta Lazio, Italy (20 fatalities)
November 9, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Palermo Sicily, Italy (24 fatalities)
November 9, 1945: Vickers 474 Warwick V, Swansea Glamorgan, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 8, 1945: Martin PBM Mariner, Corpus Christi Texas, United States (10 fatalities)
November 8, 1945: Martin PBM Mariner, Corpus Christi Texas, United States (12 fatalities)
November 7, 1945: Avro 683 Lancaster, English Channel, World (8 fatalities)
November 7, 1945: Budd RB-1 Conestoga, Albuquerque New Mexico, United States (2 fatalities)
November 5, 1945: Avro 652 Anson, Tupã São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1945: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Münster North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (5 fatalities)
November 3, 1945: Boeing 314 Clipper, Pacific Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1945: Martin 187 Baltimore, Kütahya Aegean Region, Türkiye (1 fatality)
November 3, 1945: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Chhukha Chhukha, Bhutan (44 fatalities)
November 1, 1945: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ryderwood Washington, United States (4 fatalities)
November 1, 1945: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ryderwood Washington, United States (5 fatalities)
November 1, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phnom Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bad Herrenalb Baden-Württemberg, Germany (26 fatalities)
October 31, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Page Oklahoma, United States (14 fatalities)
October 31, 1945: Junkers JU.52, Hyvinkää Uusimaa, Finland (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Zhijiang Hunan, China (45 fatalities)
October 30, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cuneo Piedmont, Italy (15 fatalities)
October 29, 1945: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Elmendorf-Richardson AFB (JBER) Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
October 28, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Welford AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 27, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pennville Indiana, United States (6 fatalities)
October 26, 1945: Avro 652 Anson, Lydda, Palestine (1 fatality)
October 26, 1945: Short S.29 Stirling, Lydda, Palestine (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Coos Bay Oregon, United States (3 fatalities)
October 24, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Valetta, Malta (9 fatalities)
October 24, 1945: Faucett F.19, Tarapoto San Martín, Peru (5 fatalities)
October 24, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Arakkonam-Rajali NAS Tamil Nadu, India (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Thanchi Chittagong, Bangladesh (14 fatalities)
October 21, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Anchorage Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
October 21, 1945: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Fraser River British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1945: Douglas DC-3, Suichang Zhejiang, China (20 fatalities)
October 20, 1945: Siebel Si-204, Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (1 fatality)
October 19, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 19, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chittagong Chittagong, Bangladesh (1 fatality)