Plane crashes in 1952

404 crashes worldwide in 1952, with 2,265 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 404
Fatal crashes: 260
Fatalities: 2,265
First recorded: January 2, 1952
Most recent: December 31, 1952

Deadliest

December 20, 1952: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Larson AFB Washington, United States (87 fatalities)
November 22, 1952: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Mt Gannett Alaska, United States (52 fatalities)
April 11, 1952: Douglas DC-4, San Juan, Puerto Rico (52 fatalities)
April 29, 1952: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Porto Nacional Tocantins, Brazil (50 fatalities)
September 10, 1952: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Panama (46 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (119)
Boeing (41)
Avro (38)
Vickers (26)
De Havilland (19)
Airspeed (16)
Consolidated (15)
Curtiss (14)
Lockheed (14)
Fairchild (13)
Beechcraft (12)
Lisunov (12)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 5)

December 31, 1952: SNCASO SO.30 Bretagne, Morocco (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1952: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Temple Guiting Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 30, 1952: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Pyongyang Pyongyang, North Korea (7 fatalities)
December 30, 1952: Avro 683 Lancaster, Luqa, Malta (4 fatalities)
December 26, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (4 fatalities)
December 26, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jinhae AFB South Gyeongsang, South Korea (14 fatalities)
December 26, 1952: Martin PBM Mariner, Japan Sea, World (10 fatalities)
December 25, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tehran Tehran City District, Iran (27 fatalities)
December 25, 1952: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (24 fatalities)
December 24, 1952: Lockheed 10 Electra, Milwaukee Wisconsin, United States (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Suwon Gyeonggi, South Korea (13 fatalities)
December 21, 1952: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Caribbean Sea, World (3 fatalities)
December 21, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Dahr el-Kadib Mount Lebanon Governorate (Jabal Lubnan), Lebanon (9 fatalities)
December 21, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tokyo Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1952: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Larson AFB Washington, United States (87 fatalities)
December 19, 1952: Avro 694 Lincoln, Upwood AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Dahr Ain el Abid Mount Lebanon Governorate (Jabal Lubnan), Lebanon (1 fatality)
December 18, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guercif Oriental, Morocco (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Usworth AFB (RAF Hylton) Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1952: Boeing B-29 Washington, Marham AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
December 13, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (1 fatality)
December 12, 1952: Lisunov LI-2, Kunmadaras AFB Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1952: Nord 1402 Noroit, Saint-Bauzile Ardèche, France (5 fatalities)
December 10, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wells Nevada, United States (6 fatalities)
December 9, 1952: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Staten Island Airfield New York, United States (2 fatalities)
December 8, 1952: Lockheed 10 Electra, San José California, United States (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1952: Douglas DC-4, Saint George's, Bermuda (37 fatalities)
December 5, 1952: AAC.1 Toucan, Antalaha Antsiranana Province, Madagascar (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Halfmoon Bay British Columbia, Canada (1 fatality)
December 4, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
December 4, 1952: Lisunov LI-2, Yeniseysk Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (3 fatalities)
December 2, 1952: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Morar Forest Ross, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
December 2, 1952: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Tangmere AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 2, 1952: Avro 683 Lancaster, Benson AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
December 1, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt San Gorgonio California, United States (13 fatalities)
November 30, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Vřesovice South Moravian Region, Czech Republic (5 fatalities)
November 30, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China (2 fatalities)
November 28, 1952: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, McChord AFB Washington, United States (37 fatalities)
November 27, 1952: Avro 685 York, Lyneham AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1952: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Jönköping Västergötland, Sweden (2 fatalities)
November 25, 1952: Vickers Valetta, Boscombe Down AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 24, 1952: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Edgewood Maryland, United States (4 fatalities)
November 24, 1952: Avro 683 Lancaster, Comox British Columbia, Canada (8 fatalities)
November 22, 1952: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Mt Gannett Alaska, United States (52 fatalities)
November 22, 1952: Lisunov LI-2, Mt Vezhen Lovech, Bulgaria (30 fatalities)
November 22, 1952: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Istanbul-Yeşilköy Marmara Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Luton Airport Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
November 20, 1952: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Atlantic Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
November 20, 1952: Dassault M.D.315 Flamant, Việt Trì Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 19, 1952: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Ch'o-do Island South Pyongan, North Korea (12 fatalities)
November 17, 1952: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Billings Montana, United States (8 fatalities)
November 17, 1952: Curtiss C-46 Commando, North Korea (13 fatalities)
November 17, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Woodley Berkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
November 16, 1952: Short S.25 Sandringham, Bangui Ombella-M'Poko, Central African Republic (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1952: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Alaska Alaska, United States (20 fatalities)
November 15, 1952: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Gangneung Gangwon, South Korea (11 fatalities)
November 14, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ankara-Etimesgut Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (4 fatalities)
November 14, 1952: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Seongnam AFB (Seoul) Gyeonggi, South Korea (44 fatalities)
November 14, 1952: Lisunov LI-2, Chersky Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
November 12, 1952: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Mt South Washington, United States (11 fatalities)
November 12, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agartala Tripura, India (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Agana-Harmon Field AFB, Guam Island (3 fatalities)
November 10, 1952: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Nevada Nevada, United States (2 fatalities)
November 8, 1952: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Chinnampo South Pyongan, North Korea (9 fatalities)
November 7, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Mt Finestra Campania, Italy (3 fatalities)
November 7, 1952: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Mt McKinley Alaska, United States (19 fatalities)
November 7, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Carnamah Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
November 6, 1952: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Great Dunmow AFB Essex, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
November 6, 1952: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Lake Chad Lac, Chad (5 fatalities)
November 4, 1952: Vickers Varsity, Wigsley AFB Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1952: Beechcraft D18, Petropólis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 fatalities)
November 3, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fletcher's Ice Island, World (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 2, 1952: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Centralia West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
October 31, 1952: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Kadena AFB Okinawa, Japan (11 fatalities)
October 28, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Biak Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1952: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Newburgh-Stewart New York, United States (3 fatalities)
October 27, 1952: Vickers Viking, Morón AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wollongong New South Wales, Australia (6 fatalities)
October 26, 1952: De Havilland DH.106 Comet, Rome-Ciampino Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Assam, India (7 fatalities)
October 23, 1952: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, Bonneuil-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne, France (11 fatalities)
October 23, 1952: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jamshedpur Jharkhand, India (1 fatality)
October 22, 1952: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gimhae South Gyeongsang, South Korea (3 fatalities)
October 21, 1952: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Bridgnorth Shropshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1952: AAC.1 Toucan, Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (9 fatalities)
October 18, 1952: Lockheed 10 Electra, Lages Santa Catarina, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1952: Douglas DC-4, Sydney New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1952: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Gangneung Gangwon, South Korea (25 fatalities)
October 15, 1952: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Perpignan-La Llabanère Pyrénées-Orientales, France (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1952: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Hullavington AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 14, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bom Jesus Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (14 fatalities)
October 14, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Le Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1952: Avro 652 Anson, Wildeshausen Lower Saxony, Germany (1 fatality)
October 13, 1952: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Lichfield AFB Staffordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 9, 1952: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Iwakuni AFB Chūgoku, Japan (0 fatalities)