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

All crashes (page 2 of 3)

August 18, 1955: Avro 652 Anson, Mechelen Antwerp, Belgium (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Edelweiler Baden-Württemberg, Germany (46 fatalities)
August 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Edelweiler Baden-Württemberg, Germany (20 fatalities)
August 6, 1955: Ilyushin II-14, Voronezh Voronezh oblast, Russia (25 fatalities)
August 6, 1955: Avro 652 Anson, Calshot AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1955: Dornier DO.24, Pollença Balearic Islands, Spain (3 fatalities)
August 5, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1955: Vickers Valetta, Fāyid AFB Ismailia, Egypt (0 fatalities)
August 4, 1955: Convair CV-240, Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, United States (30 fatalities)
August 4, 1955: Avro 706 Ashton, Defford AFB Worcestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 3, 1955: Grumman G-73 Mallard, Kemano British Columbia, Canada (5 fatalities)
August 1, 1955: Vickers Valetta, Sana'a Sana'a, Yemen (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mediterranean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1955: Avro 652 Anson, Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (5 fatalities)
July 28, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, United States of America, United States (5 fatalities)
July 27, 1955: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Petrich Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (58 fatalities)
July 26, 1955: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1955: Beechcraft D18, Campo dos Afonsos AFB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1 fatality)
July 24, 1955: Antonov AN-2, Birobidzhan Evreyskaya oblast (Jewish Autonomous oblast), Russia (4 fatalities)
July 23, 1955: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Stoney Cross AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 20, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Lorsch Hesse, Germany (4 fatalities)
July 19, 1955: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Vancouver British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1955: Convair CV-340, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (22 fatalities)
July 14, 1955: Douglas DC-2, Oaxaca Oaxaca, Mexico (22 fatalities)
July 14, 1955: Avro 694 Lincoln, Upwood AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 13, 1955: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Castle AFB California, United States (10 fatalities)
July 13, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Capacho Táchira, Venezuela (3 fatalities)
July 11, 1955: Vickers Varsity, Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Harpoon, Kanoya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (5 fatalities)
July 5, 1955: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Pune Maharashtra, India (5 fatalities)
July 3, 1955: Ford 5, San Andrés Tuxtla Veracruz, Mexico (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1955: Ilyushin II-12, Nagurskoye (Franz Josef Archipelago) Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 1, 1955: Antonov AN-2, Tobys Republic of Komi, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sitkinak Island Alaska, United States (10 fatalities)
June 27, 1955: Casa 352, Tétouan Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (2 fatalities)
June 26, 1955: Avro 694 Lincoln, Bitburg AFB Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (6 fatalities)
June 25, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (8 fatalities)
June 25, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (11 fatalities)
June 24, 1955: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mokhotlong, Lesotho (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Salto Del Tequendama Cundinamarca, Colombia (3 fatalities)
June 22, 1955: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Saint Lawrence Island Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
June 22, 1955: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Falaen Namur, Belgium (0 fatalities)
June 18, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, León Guanajuato, Mexico (18 fatalities)
June 18, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Coral Harbour Nunavut, Canada (2 fatalities)
June 16, 1955: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Asunción Distrito Capital, Paraguay (16 fatalities)
June 16, 1955: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Tarapoto San Martín, Peru (3 fatalities)
June 13, 1955: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Kleine-Brogel AFB Limburg, Belgium (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1955: Noorduyn Norseman, Leribe, Lesotho (0 fatalities)
June 10, 1955: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Owen Baden-Württemberg, Germany (10 fatalities)
June 7, 1955: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Winterburn Alberta, Canada (6 fatalities)
June 7, 1955: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Fort Myers Florida, United States (1 fatality)
June 4, 1955: Short S.25 Sunderland, Eastbourne East Sussex, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
June 3, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, N'Djamena N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (3 fatalities)
May 30, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Alamogordo New Mexico, United States (7 fatalities)
May 29, 1955: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Great Dunmow AFB Essex, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
May 28, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Deftinge West Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
May 28, 1955: SCAN-30, Biel Bern, Switzerland (1 fatality)
May 26, 1955: Avro 685 York, Edmonton Alberta, Canada (2 fatalities)
May 26, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Arctic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
May 25, 1955: Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Sterling City Texas, United States (15 fatalities)
May 23, 1955: Vickers Valetta, Fāyid AFB Ismailia, Egypt (0 fatalities)
May 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barcelona Anzoátegui, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
May 20, 1955: Casa 352, Lérida Catalonia, Spain (0 fatalities)
May 20, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Río Gallegos Santa Cruz, Argentina (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (20 fatalities)
May 16, 1955: Antonov AN-2, Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
May 15, 1955: De Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly, Bursa Marmara Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Thule AFB (Pituffik) Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Doi Pha Hom Pok Chiang Mai, Thailand (7 fatalities)
May 10, 1955: Noorduyn Norseman, The Pas Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 8, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (4 fatalities)
May 8, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barnesville Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
May 5, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Mont-Joli Quebec, Canada (1 fatality)
May 4, 1955: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
May 3, 1955: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Dijon-Longvic AFB Côte-d'Or, France (0 fatalities)
April 28, 1955: Short SA.6 Sealand, Baliem Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (1 fatality)
April 28, 1955: Noorduyn Norseman, Quicke Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 28, 1955: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Naha Okinawa, Japan (10 fatalities)
April 28, 1955: Avro 652 Anson, Fairoaks Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 27, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1955: Vickers Varsity, Vicq Nord, France (5 fatalities)
April 26, 1955: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Tanaguarena Vargas, Venezuela (3 fatalities)
April 20, 1955: Percival P.66 Pembroke, Aden-Khormaksar 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Mito Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ghisonaccia Haute-Corse, France (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Moulins Allier, France (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1955: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Mt Koupé Southwest, Cameroon (12 fatalities)
April 16, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Matsushima AFB Tōhoku, Japan (1 fatality)
April 15, 1955: Douglas A-20 Havoc, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (1 fatality)
April 14, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1955: Lisunov LI-2, Katowice Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (0 fatalities)
April 13, 1955: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Fort Lawn South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1955: Avro 685 York, Hall Lake Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 11, 1955: Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Natuna Besar Island Riau Islands, Indonesia (16 fatalities)
April 11, 1955: Avro 685 York, Yellowknife Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 9, 1955: Martin P5M-2 Marlin, Norfolk Virginia, United States (4 fatalities)
April 9, 1955: Avro 694 Lincoln, Mt Superbus Queensland, Australia (6 fatalities)
April 8, 1955: Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador, Düsseldorf-Lohausen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1955: Avro 652 Anson, Wildenrath AFB North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 fatalities)
April 4, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Ronkonkoma-Long Island-McArthur Field New York, United States (3 fatalities)