Plane crashes in 1946

421 crashes worldwide in 1946, with 2,049 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 421
Fatal crashes: 232
Fatalities: 2,049
First recorded: January 1, 1946
Most recent: December 31, 1946

All crashes (page 2 of 5)

October 6, 1946: Avro 685 York, Malacca Strait, World (21 fatalities)
October 4, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Køge Sjælland, Denmark (0 fatalities)
October 4, 1946: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Porridge Lake Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 3, 1946: Douglas DC-2, Luqa, Malta (0 fatalities)
October 3, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (39 fatalities)
October 2, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 1, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cotabato City Maguindanao, Philippines (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1946: Martin PBM Mariner, Corpus Christi NAS Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
September 27, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
September 27, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Rio Doce Minas Gerais, Brazil (25 fatalities)
September 27, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 27, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Milngavie Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
September 26, 1946: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Knokke-Heist West Flanders, Belgium (1 fatality)
September 25, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (19 fatalities)
September 25, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Talpa de Allende Jalisco, Mexico (1 fatality)
September 25, 1946: Percival P.10 Vega Gull, Leucate Aude, France (3 fatalities)
September 25, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Udine Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1946: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Shannon Munster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1946: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Texcoco de Mora Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (6 fatalities)
September 20, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Xichang Sichuan, China (31 fatalities)
September 19, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Miho Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
September 19, 1946: Avro 683 Lancaster, Khoms Murqub, Libya (25 fatalities)
September 18, 1946: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Russell Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (27 fatalities)
September 17, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (1 fatality)
September 16, 1946: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Elstree Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Granite Falls Washington, United States (7 fatalities)
September 16, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Estevan Saskatchewan, Canada (21 fatalities)
September 13, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Naha Okinawa, Japan (0 fatalities)
September 13, 1946: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Roscoff Finistère, France (3 fatalities)
September 12, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Washington-National Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
September 11, 1946: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Redmarley D’Abitot Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 10, 1946: Ford 5, Tiputini Orellana, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1946: Avro 685 York, Holmsley South AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 7, 1946: Avro 685 York, Banjul Banjul City District, Gambia (24 fatalities)
September 7, 1946: Ford 4, Esperanza Villa Clara, Cuba (7 fatalities)
September 7, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nome Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
September 6, 1946: Junkers JU.52, Darvaza Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan (6 fatalities)
September 6, 1946: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Moreton-in-Marsh AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 5, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Elko Nevada, United States (20 fatalities)
September 5, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Udine Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (0 fatalities)
September 4, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (20 fatalities)
September 4, 1946: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Northolt AFB London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Køge Sjælland, Denmark (22 fatalities)
September 3, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Donnelly Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barrackpore West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1946: Avro 683 Lancaster, Swinderby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 2, 1946: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Turtle Creek New Brunswick, Canada (2 fatalities)
August 31, 1946: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Wewak Sandaun (West Sepik), Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manchester Great Manchester, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1946: Canadian Vickers Stranraer, Prince Rupert British Columbia, Canada (7 fatalities)
August 30, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fürth Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mt Broad Crag Cumbria, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 30, 1946: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Banjul Banjul City District, Gambia (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1946: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Nestor Falls Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Heraklion Crete, Greece (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mt Obiou Isère, France (11 fatalities)
August 25, 1946: Avro 683 Lancaster, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (4 fatalities)
August 25, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ashland Mississippi, United States (2 fatalities)
August 24, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Cairo-Almaza Cairo, Egypt (6 fatalities)
August 23, 1946: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Lawshall Suffolk, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 22, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bavaria, Germany (5 fatalities)
August 21, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moline-Quad City Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
August 20, 1946: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Broglie Eure, France (8 fatalities)
August 19, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bled Upper Carniola (Gorenjska), Slovenia (5 fatalities)
August 17, 1946: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Authier Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fukuoka Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1946: Avro 19, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1946: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Bournemouth Dorset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1946: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Gölbaşı Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (4 fatalities)
August 14, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Luqa, Malta (1 fatality)
August 14, 1946: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Bournemouth Dorset, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 12, 1946: Junkers JU.52, Roundwood Leinster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1946: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Lakehurst New Jersey, United States (4 fatalities)
August 9, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 8, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lumberton North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Oslo-Gardermoen Akershus, Norway (3 fatalities)
August 7, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Point Arena California, United States (6 fatalities)
August 7, 1946: Vickers 466 Wellington XIII, Elefsis AFB (Athens) Attica, Greece (5 fatalities)
August 5, 1946: Douglas C-74 Globemaster I, California California, United States (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Willow Grove NAS Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Hawkstone Park Shropshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 1, 1946: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Huddlesford Staffordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 1, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1946: Martin PBM Mariner, Mindoro Island Palawan, Philippines (11 fatalities)
July 27, 1946: SNCASO SO.95 Corse, San Fernando de Apure Buenos Aires province, Argentina (2 fatalities)
July 26, 1946: Vickers 417 Wellington III, Appleton-le-Moors North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
July 26, 1946: Fairchild Pilgrim 100A, Huatusco Veracruz, Mexico (9 fatalities)
July 25, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar (22 fatalities)
July 24, 1946: Vickers 417 Wellington III, Wykeham Abbey North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
July 22, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kinvara Connacht, Ireland (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1946: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Pontarmé Oise, France (2 fatalities)
July 20, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Coiba Island Veraguas, Panama (10 fatalities)
July 20, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Coiba Island Veraguas, Panama (10 fatalities)
July 18, 1946: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Goodland Kansas, United States (13 fatalities)
July 17, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cuenca Azuay, Ecuador (30 fatalities)