Plane crashes in 1948

389 crashes worldwide in 1948, with 1,975 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 389
Fatal crashes: 217
Fatalities: 1,975
First recorded: January 2, 1948
Most recent: December 31, 1948

Deadliest

August 1, 1948: Latécoère 631, Atlantic Ocean, World (52 fatalities)
June 17, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Mount Carmel Pennsylvania, United States (43 fatalities)
October 20, 1948: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Prestwick Ayrshire, United Kingdom (40 fatalities)
August 29, 1948: Martin 202, Winona Wisconsin, United States (37 fatalities)
April 18, 1948: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Lae Morobe, Papua New Guinea (37 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (137)
Avro (42)
De Havilland (20)
Lockheed (19)
Handley Page (16)
Lisunov (14)
Boeing (13)
Consolidated (13)
Vickers (13)
Curtiss (11)
Airspeed (10)
Beechcraft (7)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

December 31, 1948: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Mingende Simbu (Chimbu), Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
December 31, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Monte Argentario Tuscany, Italy (13 fatalities)
December 31, 1948: Ford 5, Villavicencio Meta, Colombia (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1948: Ford 4, Spain (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Minsk City of Minsk, Belarus (3 fatalities)
December 29, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Mangalore Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Jambi Jambi, Indonesia (2 fatalities)
December 28, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Gulf of Mexico All, World (32 fatalities)
December 27, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Glasgow Strathclyde, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1948: Canadian Vickers Stranraer, Belize Inlet British Columbia, Canada (2 fatalities)
December 23, 1948: Ilyushin II-12, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
December 23, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
December 23, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gandesa Catalonia, Spain (27 fatalities)
December 22, 1948: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Eielson AFB Alaska, United States (10 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Taigetos Peloponnese, Greece (24 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Mt Raiiz Republic of Komi, Russia (19 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Tintwistle Derbyshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Basalt Island Hong Kong, China (35 fatalities)
December 16, 1948: North American B-25 Mitchell, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (3 fatalities)
December 16, 1948: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Donaldson AFB-Donaldson Center Airport (Greenville) South Carolina, United States (4 fatalities)
December 15, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bogotá Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (30 fatalities)
December 15, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Puerto Morín La Libertad, Peru (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1948: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1948: Avro 685 York, Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1948: Avro 685 York, Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 13, 1948: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Greenland (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta, Chile (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (2 fatalities)
December 11, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Königstein im Taunus Hesse, Germany (1 fatality)
December 9, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Greenland (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1948: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) Northern District, Israel (3 fatalities)
December 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1948: Stinson SR-10 Reliant, Salinas California, United States (5 fatalities)
December 6, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Milan-Linate Lombardy, Italy (7 fatalities)
December 5, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (9 fatalities)
December 5, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pacific Ocean, World (4 fatalities)
December 5, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Fassberg AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (3 fatalities)
December 3, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1948: Avro 685 York, Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
December 1, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Lyon-Bron Rhône, France (3 fatalities)
November 30, 1948: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Mt Ruahine Hawke's Bay Regional Council, New Zealand (3 fatalities)
November 26, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vehari Punjab, Pakistan (21 fatalities)
November 26, 1948: Vickers 467 Wellington XIV, Oran Oran, Algeria (8 fatalities)
November 25, 1948: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Los Angeles California, United States (0 fatalities)
November 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fazenda Boa Esperança Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Lagos Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1948: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, Toulouse-Blagnac Haute-Garonne, France (1 fatality)
November 22, 1948: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Conholt Wiltshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
November 22, 1948: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Ruţbah Wells Al-Anbar, Iraq (0 fatalities)
November 22, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Srednekolymsk Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (23 fatalities)
November 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mumbai Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Leninabad Sughd Province, Tajikistan (4 fatalities)
November 17, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (4 fatalities)
November 15, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Wake Island United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States (0 fatalities)
November 13, 1948: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Heathfield AFB (Prestwick) Ayrshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
November 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rawang Selangor, Malaysia (5 fatalities)
November 12, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Fais Island Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Lindholme AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Ekron-Tel Nof AFB Central District, Israel (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1948: Avro 694 Lincoln, Watson Lake Yukon, Canada (1 fatality)
November 10, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bogotá-Techo Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (3 fatalities)
November 10, 1948: Avro 685 York, Wünsdorf AFB Brandenburg, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 8, 1948: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Dieppe Seine-Maritime, France (8 fatalities)
November 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mount Macedon Victoria, Australia (3 fatalities)
November 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cairo-Almaza Cairo, Egypt (3 fatalities)
November 7, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Fassberg AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1948: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Recife Pernambuco, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cape Spencer Alaska, United States (17 fatalities)
November 4, 1948: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Mt Guemes (Vancouver Island) British Columbia, Canada (9 fatalities)
November 3, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Glossop Derbyshire, United Kingdom (13 fatalities)
November 3, 1948: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Newtownards Down, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1948: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Port Moller Alaska, United States (12 fatalities)
November 2, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim AFB Hesse, Germany (5 fatalities)
November 1, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Mys Kosistyy Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (6 fatalities)
November 1, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Stilwell Oklahoma, United States (11 fatalities)
October 31, 1948: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Herzliya Tel Aviv District, Israel (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1948: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Elbe Island Tuscany, Italy (8 fatalities)
October 27, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Edmonton Alberta, Canada (2 fatalities)
October 25, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Samurskaya Krasnodar Krai, Russia (18 fatalities)
October 25, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sumatra Island, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ekron-Tel Nof AFB Central District, Israel (5 fatalities)
October 24, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cozumel Quintana Roo, Mexico (8 fatalities)
October 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chanute AFB (Rantoul) Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
October 23, 1948: Lockheed 10 Electra, Mt Ruapehu Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (13 fatalities)
October 22, 1948: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Finningley AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (17 fatalities)
October 20, 1948: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Prestwick Ayrshire, United Kingdom (40 fatalities)
October 18, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
October 17, 1948: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Clinton Louisiana, United States (4 fatalities)
October 15, 1948: Douglas DC-5, Ramat-David AFB Northern District, Israel (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Ottawa-Macdonald-Cartier Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1948: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Recife Pernambuco, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1948: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Parshino Pskov oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
October 12, 1948: Ilyushin II-12, Yevlakh Aran, Azerbaijan (10 fatalities)
October 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bückeburg Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wadi Halfa Northern, Sudan (0 fatalities)