Aviation Accidents of the 1940s

270 total · 152 fatal · 10 years with data

Total occurrences
270
Fatal accidents
152
Hull losses
0
Total fatalities
2,581
Active span
1940–1949
1940s — accidents per year7019401942194419461948

Year-by-year breakdown

YearTotalFatalFatalities
194011550
194111314
194214887
19432113199
19443215153
19452513203
19462912198
19472317423
19483420503
19497046751

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents occurred in the 1940s?

Our multi-source corpus documents 270 aviation accidents across the 1940s.

How many fatal accidents were there in the 1940s?

Of the 270 recorded accidents in the 1940s, 152 were fatal.

Which year in the 1940s had the most accidents?

See the year-by-year breakdown above for the full distribution across the decade.

Counts reflect occurrences documented in our multi-source corpus (NTSB, ASN, B3A and 80+ national investigation authorities); coverage varies by source and era and these are not official totals.

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