Plane crashes in 1947

370 crashes worldwide in 1947, with 1,899 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 370
Fatal crashes: 196
Fatalities: 1,899
First recorded: January 1, 1947
Most recent: December 31, 1947

All crashes (page 2 of 4)

September 5, 1947: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Hamilton, Bermuda (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1947: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Athens-Hassani Attica, Greece (3 fatalities)
September 2, 1947: Avro 685 York, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1947: Vickers Viking, Aberdeen-Dyce Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1947: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Eaton Bray Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Saposoa San Martín, Peru (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1947: AAC.1 Toucan, El Hajeb Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco (1 fatality)
August 29, 1947: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Cambridge Bay Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1947: Short S.25 Sandringham, Lødingen Nordland, Norway (35 fatalities)
August 28, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Paraparaumu-Kapiti Coast Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Westgate-on-Sea Kent, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 25, 1947: Noorduyn Norseman, Allen Lake Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1947: Avro 689 Tudor, Woodford Cheshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
August 22, 1947: Short S.25 Sandringham, Bahrain (10 fatalities)
August 21, 1947: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mt Blue Bell Knoll Utah, United States (3 fatalities)
August 20, 1947: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Lae Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 18, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Maridi Western Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1947: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Pacific Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
August 15, 1947: Vought-Sikorsky VS-44, Montevideo Montevideo City District, Uruguay (4 fatalities)
August 14, 1947: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Wright-Patterson AFB (Dayton) Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1947: Avro 683 Lancaster, Ballykelly AFB Londonderry, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1947: Junkers JU.52, Orléans-Bricy Loiret, France (8 fatalities)
August 13, 1947: Lisunov LI-2, Bucharest-Băneasa București, Romania (3 fatalities)
August 12, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Itapemirim Espírito Santo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1947: North American B-25 Mitchell, Pendotiba Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (7 fatalities)
August 11, 1947: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Quebec Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Malmö Skåne, Sweden (1 fatality)
August 8, 1947: Douglas DC-3, New York-LaGuardia New York, United States (3 fatalities)
August 8, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Kempsey New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
August 6, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Barra Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 6, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (20 fatalities)
August 6, 1947: Lisunov LI-2, Banke Aran, Azerbaijan (4 fatalities)
August 5, 1947: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Ponta Delgada Azores Islands, Portugal (6 fatalities)
August 5, 1947: Douglas A-20 Havoc, Naberezhnaya Moscow oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
August 5, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Svolvaer (Lofoten Islands) Nordland, Norway (0 fatalities)
August 4, 1947: Lockheed 10 Electra, Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta, Chile (3 fatalities)
August 2, 1947: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Mt Tupungato Mendoza, Argentina (11 fatalities)
August 1, 1947: North American B-25 Mitchell, Kelso Washington, United States (2 fatalities)
July 31, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wuwei Gansu, China (26 fatalities)
July 31, 1947: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Bergamo Lombardy, Italy (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yogyakarta Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (8 fatalities)
July 26, 1947: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Recife Pernambuco, Brazil (6 fatalities)
July 25, 1947: Avro 685 York, Morón AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (3 fatalities)
July 25, 1947: Avro 685 York, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1947: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field) Washington, United States (5 fatalities)
July 21, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, El Palomar AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (17 fatalities)
July 21, 1947: Martin 187 Baltimore, Eskişehir Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (2 fatalities)
July 18, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1947: Martin 187 Baltimore, Diyarbakir Southeastern Anatolia Region, Türkiye (1 fatality)
July 16, 1947: Avro 685 York, Shaibah AFB (Basrah) Al-Basrah, Iraq (6 fatalities)
July 16, 1947: Ford 5, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1947: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Woodley Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1947: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Tumlehed Västergötland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1947: AAC.1 Toucan, Vichy Allier, France (1 fatality)
July 14, 1947: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Zenag Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
July 13, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Melbourne Florida, United States (14 fatalities)
July 12, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Oberröblingen Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1947: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Campo de Marte AFB São Paulo, Brazil (2 fatalities)
July 8, 1947: Caudron C.440 Goéland, Bizerte Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Meenard Londonderry, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 5, 1947: Short S.25 Sunderland, Inishtrahull Island Ulster, Ireland (7 fatalities)
July 5, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
July 3, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Niton Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
July 3, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Sargasso Sea, World (6 fatalities)
July 2, 1947: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Newtownards Down, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Oran-Tafraoui Oran, Algeria (1 fatality)
July 1, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pacific Ocean, World (2 fatalities)
July 1, 1947: Ilyushin II-12, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
July 1, 1947: AAC.1 Toucan, Eséka Centre, Cameroon (13 fatalities)
June 28, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Antananarivo Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (0 fatalities)
June 27, 1947: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Cloughey Down, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 27, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Isiolo Rift Valley, Kenya (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1947: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Calcutta West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
June 25, 1947: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Mt Makiling Laguna, Philippines (6 fatalities)
June 23, 1947: Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, Roncesvalles Tolima, Colombia (8 fatalities)
June 23, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hamlin Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 23, 1947: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Kwagama Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 22, 1947: Noorduyn Norseman, Grey Trout Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1947: Noorduyn Norseman, Poshkakagan Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1947: Lisunov LI-2, Karkinyts’ka Gulf Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (8 fatalities)
June 20, 1947: Noorduyn Norseman, Hall's Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 19, 1947: Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, Quyquyhó Paraguarí, Paraguay (4 fatalities)
June 19, 1947: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Al Mayadin Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria (15 fatalities)
June 16, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cebu City Cebu, Philippines (0 fatalities)
June 16, 1947: Lisunov LI-2, Leninabad Sughd Province, Tajikistan (3 fatalities)
June 15, 1947: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Perkinsville Vermont, United States (12 fatalities)
June 15, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fort Knox Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1947: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 13, 1947: AAC.1 Toucan, Vietnam (12 fatalities)
June 13, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Lookout Rock West Virginia, United States (50 fatalities)
June 12, 1947: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Cirrus Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1947: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Natal Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (5 fatalities)
June 11, 1947: Avro 685 York, Oakington Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 10, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Stockholm-Bromma Uppland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
June 7, 1947: Petlyakov Pe-8, Mys Kosistyy Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 6, 1947: Noorduyn Norseman, Mistassini Lake Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 5, 1947: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 5, 1947: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Cottesmore AFB Rutland, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)