Plane crashes in 1955

279 crashes worldwide in 1955, with 1,431 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 279
Fatal crashes: 168
Fatalities: 1,431
First recorded: January 6, 1955
Most recent: December 31, 1955

Deadliest

October 6, 1955: Douglas DC-4, Medicine Bow Peak Wyoming, United States (66 fatalities)
March 22, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Pali Kea Peak Oahu Hawaii, United States (66 fatalities)
July 27, 1955: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Petrich Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (58 fatalities)
August 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Edelweiler Baden-Württemberg, Germany (46 fatalities)
November 1, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Longmont Colorado, United States (44 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (67)
Avro (25)
De Havilland (25)
Lockheed (21)
Fairchild (17)
Vickers (12)
Boeing (11)
Curtiss (10)
Lisunov (10)
Convair (8)
Noorduyn (7)
Airspeed (6)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1955: De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover, Fiji Islands (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1955: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Londonderry Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
December 27, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Sparrevohn Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Düsseldorf-Lohausen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (3 fatalities)
December 22, 1955: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kyleakin Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 22, 1955: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Balkhash Karagandy, Kazakhstan (6 fatalities)
December 21, 1955: Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Jacksonville Florida, United States (17 fatalities)
December 20, 1955: Casa 352, Segovia Castile and León, Spain (4 fatalities)
December 20, 1955: Avro 694 Lincoln, Villa Reynolds San Luis, Argentina (4 fatalities)
December 17, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Hollywood South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
December 17, 1955: Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Algiers Algiers, Algeria (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nuevo Ocotepeque Ocotepeque, Honduras (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bourke New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Ketama (Issaguen) Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco (8 fatalities)
December 9, 1955: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 9, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Mt Tordoki-Yani Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (21 fatalities)
December 9, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Tyumen Tyumen oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
December 7, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Kauai Island Hawaii, United States (7 fatalities)
December 6, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Spartanburg-Downtown Memorial South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
December 3, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Marville AFB Meuse, France (7 fatalities)
December 2, 1955: Casa 352, Montserrat Catalonia, Spain (0 fatalities)
December 1, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belém Pará, Brazil (6 fatalities)
November 30, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kagoshima Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
November 24, 1955: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Johnstone Strait British Columbia, Canada (3 fatalities)
November 23, 1955: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Esquel Chubut, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Akranes Western Region (Vesturland), Iceland (4 fatalities)
November 20, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Iwo Jima, Japan (11 fatalities)
November 17, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Seattle-Boeing Field Washington, United States (28 fatalities)
November 17, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Charleston Nevada, United States (14 fatalities)
November 14, 1955: Martin 202, Wilmington-New Castle County Delaware, United States (0 fatalities)
November 9, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pacific Ocean, World (1 fatality)
November 8, 1955: Junkers JU.86, Göteborg-Torslanda Västergötland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1955: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Salvador Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (4 fatalities)
November 6, 1955: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Manyas Marmara Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (4 fatalities)
November 4, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Holyoke Connecticut, United States (4 fatalities)
November 2, 1955: Douglas A-26 Invader, Mitchel AFB (Long Island) New York, United States (3 fatalities)
November 1, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Longmont Colorado, United States (44 fatalities)
October 31, 1955: Martin PBM Mariner, Colón Colón, Panama (15 fatalities)
October 29, 1955: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Madang Madang, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1955: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hall Beach (Sanirajak) Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1955: Noorduyn Norseman, Bodø Nordland, Norway (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1955: Noorduyn Norseman, San Antonio de los Cobres Salta, Argentina (1 fatality)
October 13, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
October 10, 1955: Convair CV-340, Vienna Vienna, Austria (7 fatalities)
October 10, 1955: Vickers Viking, Baghdad Baghdād, Iraq (0 fatalities)
October 6, 1955: Douglas DC-4, Medicine Bow Peak Wyoming, United States (66 fatalities)
October 3, 1955: Douglas A-26 Invader, Union City Oklahoma, United States (4 fatalities)
October 3, 1955: Vickers Valetta, Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Viñac Lima, Peru (21 fatalities)
September 30, 1955: Vickers Valetta, Aden-Khormaksar 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1955: North American B-25 Mitchell, Uruguay River, Uruguay (7 fatalities)
September 29, 1955: Avro 685 York, Thoa River Northwest Territories, Canada (1 fatality)
September 28, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Ozerevo Novgorod oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
September 26, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Caribbean Sea, World (11 fatalities)
September 24, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pacific Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
September 24, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Burns Wyoming, United States (7 fatalities)
September 23, 1955: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Plancher-les-Mines Haute-Saône, France (3 fatalities)
September 23, 1955: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Dachau Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bordeaux-Mérignac Gironde, France (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1955: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, La Paz La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1955: Canadair C-4 North Star, Tripoli Tripoli, Libya (15 fatalities)
September 20, 1955: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Dow AFB Maine, United States (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1955: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Brustem AFB Limburg, Belgium (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1955: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, La Paz La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1955: Vickers Valetta, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Thorhild Alberta, Canada (2 fatalities)
September 17, 1955: Avro 694 Lincoln, Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina (11 fatalities)
September 15, 1955: Ilyushin II-12, Komarovo Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (7 fatalities)
September 14, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
September 14, 1955: Avro 685 York, Al Seeba Al-Basrah, Iraq (0 fatalities)
September 13, 1955: North American B-25 Mitchell, Mitchel AFB (Long Island) New York, United States (6 fatalities)
September 13, 1955: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
September 10, 1955: Latécoère 631, Banyo Adamaoua, Cameroon (16 fatalities)
September 9, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Harpoon, Fiumefreddo Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1955: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Burbank California, United States (3 fatalities)
September 6, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Alexandria Louisiana, United States (3 fatalities)
September 6, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Kirtland AFB New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
September 5, 1955: Douglas A-20 Havoc, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (2 fatalities)
September 5, 1955: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Cochabamba Cochabamba, Bolivia (3 fatalities)
September 4, 1955: De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, Maquela do Zombo Uíge, Angola (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Popa Mandalay Region, Myanmar (12 fatalities)
September 1, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Skwentna Alaska, United States (12 fatalities)
September 1, 1955: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Zalamea la Real Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Simara Narayani, Nepal (2 fatalities)
August 26, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Mt Forno Grande Espírito Santo, Brazil (13 fatalities)
August 25, 1955: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (5 fatalities)
August 25, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Safford Arizona, United States (1 fatality)
August 23, 1955: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Palermo Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1955: Noorduyn Norseman, Minj Jiwaka, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States (9 fatalities)
August 21, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Lohr am Main Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
August 19, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hawthorne Nevada, United States (7 fatalities)