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

All crashes (page 2 of 4)

October 10, 1948: Avro 685 York, Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1948: Vickers Viking, New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (0 fatalities)
October 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Campina Grande Paraíba, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 5, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Haines Cay Berry Islands, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
October 4, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Upwood AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1948: Short S.25 Sandringham, Trondheim Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (19 fatalities)
October 2, 1948: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 1, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bandar Lampung Lampung, Indonesia (6 fatalities)
September 30, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Balkhash Karagandy, Kazakhstan (15 fatalities)
September 30, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Ekron-Tel Nof AFB Central District, Israel (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Port Erin Isle of Man, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
September 28, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Lord Howe Island New South Wales, Australia (7 fatalities)
September 28, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Caribou Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1948: Beechcraft D18, Torres Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 27, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Mostar East Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (0 fatalities)
September 26, 1948: Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII, Mauripur AFB (Karachi) Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
September 25, 1948: De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, Laschendorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1948: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Wolfe Island Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 23, 1948: Avro 685 York, Wunstorf Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
September 23, 1948: Martin 187 Baltimore, Rome-Centocelle Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
September 23, 1948: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Chréa Blida, Algeria (7 fatalities)
September 22, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Santa Maria Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1948: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Angra dos Reis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (7 fatalities)
September 20, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Burlington Vermont, United States (0 fatalities)
September 19, 1948: Avro 685 York, Wunstorf Lower Saxony, Germany (5 fatalities)
September 19, 1948: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Val d'Or Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Barents Sea, Russia (7 fatalities)
September 14, 1948: Grumman G-21A Goose, Puerto Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, Argentina (5 fatalities)
September 9, 1948: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Osorio Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1948: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Osorio Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (3 fatalities)
September 9, 1948: Ilyushin II-12, Buguruslan Orenburg oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
September 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rome-Ciampino Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
September 7, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Luleå Norrbotten, Sweden (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Mt Førdesveten Hordaland, Norway (13 fatalities)
September 5, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Surabaya West Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
September 4, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Moscow-Bykovo Moscow oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
September 3, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Blackpool Lancashire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Montecristo Island Tuscany, Italy (7 fatalities)
September 2, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quirindi New South Wales, Australia (13 fatalities)
September 2, 1948: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Bern Bern, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1948: Ilyushin II-12, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
August 31, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Elisabethville Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (13 fatalities)
August 29, 1948: Martin 202, Winona Wisconsin, United States (37 fatalities)
August 29, 1948: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1948: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Tengah, Singapore (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Cuba (0 fatalities)
August 25, 1948: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Eskişehir Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (2 fatalities)
August 25, 1948: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Oamaru Otago Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
August 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ravolzhausen Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 24, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Hickam AFB Hawaii, United States (16 fatalities)
August 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Newton New Jersey, United States (9 fatalities)
August 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ravolzhausen Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 23, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Kinloss Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
August 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caribbean Sea, World (3 fatalities)
August 20, 1948: Aero C-3A, Liberec Liberec Region, Czech Republic (5 fatalities)
August 20, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Ellsworth AFB South Dakota, United States (17 fatalities)
August 19, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Batu Melintang Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (5 fatalities)
August 15, 1948: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Thruxton Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Roswell New Mexico, United States (13 fatalities)
August 12, 1948: Canadair C-4 North Star, Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1948: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Rota Island Northern Marianna Islands, Northern Mariana Islands (12 fatalities)
August 11, 1948: Avro 685 York, Desford Leicestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Port Underwood Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
August 5, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Miami Florida, United States (10 fatalities)
August 1, 1948: Latécoère 631, Atlantic Ocean, World (52 fatalities)
August 1, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1948: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Mauripur AFB (Karachi) Sindh, Pakistan (4 fatalities)
July 31, 1948: Naval Aircraft Factory PBN-1 Nomad, Turukhansk Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (3 fatalities)
July 30, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sywell Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Casablanca Grand Casablanca, Morocco (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (20 fatalities)
July 29, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Qingdao Shandong, China (18 fatalities)
July 28, 1948: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Melun-Villaroche Seine-et-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1948: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Kittigazuit Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Aden-Khormaksar 'Adan, Yemen (6 fatalities)
July 27, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1948: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Wadi Halfa Northern, Sudan (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1948: Avro 685 York, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (2 fatalities)
July 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cap-des-Rosiers Quebec, Canada (29 fatalities)
July 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fassberg AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 23, 1948: Siebel Si-204, Hinojosa del Duque Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gore Oromia, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Lake Mead Nevada, United States (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1948: North American B-25 Mitchell, Auchenblae Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
July 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mediterranean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1948: SNCAC NC.211 Cormoran, Vélizy-Villacoublay Yvelines, France (5 fatalities)
July 20, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Lod Central District, Israel (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Macau Macau, China (25 fatalities)
July 17, 1948: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Lumbreras La Rioja, Spain (3 fatalities)
July 17, 1948: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv District, Israel (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1948: North American B-25 Mitchell, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (12 fatalities)
July 15, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Schilling AFB (Smoky Hill AFB), Salina Kansas, United States (9 fatalities)
July 15, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Puerto Cabello Carabobo, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil (5 fatalities)
July 14, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Toulon Var, France (6 fatalities)