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 3 of 4)

July 14, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (0 fatalities)
July 12, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Laverton AFB (Melbourne) Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
July 10, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Königstein im Taunus Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
July 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Coronel Pringles Buenos Aires province, Argentina (5 fatalities)
July 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Di Linh Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam (16 fatalities)
July 7, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Greenville North Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
July 6, 1948: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Oslo-Gardermoen Akershus, Norway (0 fatalities)
July 5, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim AFB Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1948: Avro 685 York, Northwood London Metropolis, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
July 4, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Northwood London Metropolis, United Kingdom (32 fatalities)
July 4, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Ekron-Tel Nof AFB Central District, Israel (0 fatalities)
July 3, 1948: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Prince George British Columbia, Canada (3 fatalities)
July 2, 1948: Avro 694 Lincoln, Wylye Wiltshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
July 1, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Merka Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia (0 fatalities)
July 1, 1948: Avro 683 Lancaster, Lindholme AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 1, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Ciudad Serdán Puebla, Mexico (14 fatalities)
July 1, 1948: Fiat G.212, Keerbergen Flemish Brabant, Belgium (8 fatalities)
June 29, 1948: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Bogotá-Techo Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1948: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Erding AFB Bavaria, Germany (4 fatalities)
June 29, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Cue Western Australia, Australia (2 fatalities)
June 27, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Blythe California, United States (3 fatalities)
June 26, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caracas Caracas Federal District, Venezuela (1 fatality)
June 25, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Syria (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1948: Junkers W.34, British Columbia British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 23, 1948: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero, Segni Lazio, Italy (1 fatality)
June 23, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Merka Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1948: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field) Washington, United States (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
June 18, 1948: Siebel Si-204, Reus Catalonia, Spain (0 fatalities)
June 17, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Mount Carmel Pennsylvania, United States (43 fatalities)
June 17, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shell Pastaza, Ecuador (1 fatality)
June 16, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1948: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, Coulommiers Seine-et-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1948: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Berck-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais, France (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1948: Avro 616 Avian IVM, Waimate Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
June 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Eloy Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1948: Avro 19, Port Erin Isle of Man, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 10, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Peel Isle of Man, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
June 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Boscombe Down AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
May 31, 1948: Short S.25 Sunderland, Enniskillen Fermanagh, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 28, 1948: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Karachi Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
May 28, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Çubuk Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (1 fatality)
May 28, 1948: Miles M.60 Marathon, Boscombe Down AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 26, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Popowice Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland (0 fatalities)
May 25, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Madrid AFB Cundinamarca, Colombia (4 fatalities)
May 25, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Albacete Castile-La Mancha, Spain (4 fatalities)
May 24, 1948: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, El Alamein Matruh, Egypt (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Studham Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Latrun Jerusalem District, Israel (1 fatality)
May 22, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Magadan Magadan oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
May 20, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Rome-Urbe Lazio, Italy (2 fatalities)
May 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
May 20, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (0 fatalities)
May 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lübeck-Blankensee Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1948: Martin 187 Baltimore, Guidonia AFB Lazio, Italy (1 fatality)
May 17, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine, France (0 fatalities)
May 17, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Cebu City Cebu, Philippines (0 fatalities)
May 16, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Columbus-Rickenbacker (Lockbourne AFB) Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
May 15, 1948: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Vrede Free State, South Africa (13 fatalities)
May 14, 1948: Vickers Viking, Junín Mendoza, Argentina (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1948: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Saint-Bauzile Ardèche, France (4 fatalities)
May 12, 1948: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Turnagain Island Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1948: Douglas DC-4, 27 km south of Libenge, Democratic Republic of Congo (31 fatalities)
May 11, 1948: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Nairyah ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (9 fatalities)
May 10, 1948: Noorduyn Norseman, Amman Amman City District, Jordan (4 fatalities)
May 9, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Long Island Long Island, Bahamas (12 fatalities)
May 9, 1948: Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, Shaibah AFB (Basrah) Al-Basrah, Iraq (0 fatalities)
May 9, 1948: Douglas DC-2, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 6, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Daly Waters Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
May 5, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Atlantic Ocean, World (2 fatalities)
May 1, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1948: Avro 694 Lincoln, Verquières Bouches-du-Rhône, France (11 fatalities)
April 30, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Vienna Vienna, Austria (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Qingdao Shandong, China (0 fatalities)
April 25, 1948: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Corpus Christi NAS Texas, United States (1 fatality)
April 24, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Bodaibo Irkutsk oblast, Russia (28 fatalities)
April 23, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mexico City Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (2 fatalities)
April 23, 1948: Lisunov LI-2, Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (1 fatality)
April 23, 1948: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Quonset Point NAS Rhode Island, United States (0 fatalities)
April 21, 1948: Vickers Viking, Glasgow Strathclyde, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tynda Amur oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
April 21, 1948: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Praia de Ponte Negra Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 fatalities)
April 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jolo Island Sulu, Philippines (0 fatalities)
April 19, 1948: Lockheed 10 Electra, Tauranga Bay of Plenty Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1948: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Lae Morobe, Papua New Guinea (37 fatalities)
April 15, 1948: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Shannon Munster, Ireland (30 fatalities)
April 11, 1948: Bristol 170 Freighter, Algeciras Andalusia, Spain (3 fatalities)
April 10, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Kano Kano, Nigeria (1 fatality)
April 10, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Destin Florida, United States (1 fatality)
April 9, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Venezuela (4 fatalities)
April 9, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Mt Baird Washington, United States (3 fatalities)
April 7, 1948: Avro 652 Anson, Kindu Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1948: Vickers Viking, Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (14 fatalities)
April 5, 1948: Vickers 619 Wellington X, North Sea, World (3 fatalities)
April 5, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, China (0 fatalities)