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Date	Operator	A/C Type	Location	Fatalities	Registration
Sep 6, 1974		Nord 2501 Noratlas	Petreto-Bicchisano, Corse-du-Sud	4	143	+
Dec 26, 1941		Heinkel He.111	Velen, North Rhine-Westphalia	4	V4+??	+
Dec 6, 1942		Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston	Katwijk aan Zee, South Holland	4	AH740	+
Mar 20, 1942		Junkers JU.52	Liubenets, Novgorod oblast	4	DD+MF	+
Dec 21, 1941		Junkers JU.88	North Sea, World	4	M2+DL	+
Aug 5, 2025		Beechcraft 300 Super King Air	Chinle, Arizona	4	N534AW	+
May 12, 1940		Heinkel He.111	Venøya Island, Hordaland	4	F6+DH	+
Apr 10, 1970		Curtiss C-46 Commando	Caribbean Sea, World	4	HK-1281	+
Jan 10, 1942		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Wangerooge Island, Lower Saxony	4	AE286	+
Dec 17, 1942		Avro 683 Lancaster	Haerst, Overijssel	4	W4266	+
Sep 18, 1965		Lockheed C-130 Hercules	Quy Nhơn, Bình Định Province	4	55-0038	+
Jan 13, 1942		Heinkel He.111	North Sea, World	4	1B+EH	+
May 19, 1940		Lockheed L-414 Hudson	Heligoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein	4	N7363	+
Jan 14, 1942		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	North Sea, World	4	AE431	+
Dec 24, 1942		Cessna T-50 Bobcat (AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 & Crane)	San Diego, California	4	42-20	+
Jan 21, 1942		Dornier DO.217	The Channel, World	4	U5+IM	+
Dec 6, 1986		Antonov AN-26	Szentkirályszabadja AFB, Veszprém	4	210	+
Jun 8, 1940		Dornier DO.17	Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard, Seine-Maritime	4	-	+
Jun 14, 1999	David Drye Company	Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III	Concord-Padgett, North Carolina	4	N421LL	+
Oct 12, 1930		Latécoère 28	Larache, Tangier-Tétouan	4	F-AJUU	+
Mar 31, 1942		Junkers JU.88	North Sea, World	4	G2+AH	+
Feb 5, 1942		Dornier DO.217	Nieuw-Vennep, North Holland	4	U5+BP	+
May 18, 1942		Junkers JU.88	Murmansk, Murmansk oblast	4	4D+LN	+
Jun 9, 1942		Junkers JU.88	Murmansk, Murmansk oblast	4	4D+CT	+
Jul 10, 1942		Junkers JU.88	Iokanga, Murmansk oblast	4	4D+QA	+
Feb 12, 1942		Junkers JU.52	Dugino, Smolensk oblast	4	SG+BM	+
Aug 28, 1942		Junkers JU.88	Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk oblast	4	4D+AN	+
Feb 12, 1942		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	North Sea, World	4	P1156	+
Sep 14, 1942		Heinkel He.111	Svalbard, Svalbard	4	1H+FL	+
Nov 5, 1942		Heinkel He.111	Barents Sea, World	4	1H+HH	+
Aug 11, 1940		Avro 652 Anson	Penha Garcia, Centro	4	K8813	+
Aug 29, 1940		Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley	Silsden, West Yorkshire	4	N1489	+
Feb 21, 1942		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	North Sea, World	4	P4414	+
Feb 24, 1942		Dornier DO.217	North Sea, World	4	U5+AD	+
May 2, 1941		Blackburn B-26 Botha	Port Saint Mary, Isle of Man	4	L6326	+
Jul 31, 1940		Fiat BR.20 Cigogna	Cella, Emilia-Romagna	4	MM21408	+
Aug 31, 1941		Avro 679 Manchester	Oberkrüchten, North Rhine-Westphalia	4	L7316	+
Jan 25, 1943		Vickers 440 Wellington X	Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire	4	HE231	+
Mar 14, 1942		Junkers JU.88	Crécy-sur-Serre, Aisne	4	-	+
Dec 15, 1941		Lockheed L-414 Hudson	Westhaven Inlet, Tasman District Council	4	NZ2007	+
Jan 28, 1943		Junkers JU.88	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk	4	F6+ML	+
Aug 24, 1940		Junkers JU.88	Ramsgate, Kent	4	F1+?C	+
Aug 26, 1940		Heinkel He.111	Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex	4	G1+DM	+
Jan 31, 1943		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Vardø, Finnmark	4	-	+
Jun 26, 1942		Lockheed L-414 Hudson	Rahlstedt, Schleswig-Holstein	4	T9435	+
Nov 23, 1944		Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)	The Channel, World	4	42-23332	+
Sep 1, 1940		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Halton AFB, Buckinghamshire	4	L4188	+
Feb 3, 1943		Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II	Brokstreek, Lower Saxony	4	W7921	+
Oct 23, 1942		Airspeed AS.10 Oxford	Mt Egmont (Mt Taranaki), Taranaki Regional Council	4	NZ277	+
Apr 1, 1942		Lockheed L-414 Hudson	Biggleswade, Bedfordshire	4	AE558	+
Feb 4, 1943		Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	Zwolle, Overijssel	4	41-24569	+
Mar 11, 1942		Blackburn B-26 Botha	Luce Bay, Dumfries and Galloway	4	L6396	+
Aug 10, 1984		Britten-Norman Islander	Banda Aceh, Aceh	4	PK-ZAL	+
Jul 27, 1938		Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta	Kisumu, Nyanza	4	G-ABTG	+
Sep 12, 1940		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Bremerhaven, Bremen	4	P1338	+
Nov 1, 2023		Learjet 35	Cuernavaca, Morelos	4	XA-IRE	+
Sep 17, 1940		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Pembrey AFB, Carmarthenshire	4	P4311	+
Feb 13, 1943		Vickers 417 Wellington III	Plouay, Morbihan	4	BK166	+
Oct 30, 1942		Avro 652 Anson	Mesachie Lake, British Columbia	4	L7056	+
Dec 7, 1968	North American Aircraft Trading	Douglas DC-7	Uli, Anambra	4	VR-BCY	+
Nov 18, 1942		Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator	Mt Mendel, California	4	41-21079	+
Jul 10, 1943		Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)	Hemingford, Nebraska	4	42-23786	+
Aug 27, 1943		Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)	Garland, North Carolina	4	42-68746	+
Sep 20, 1979	Marr Short Stops of Texas	Piper PA-31-310 Navajo	Luling, Louisiana	4	N27614	+
May 7, 1943		Savoia-Marchetti SM.75	Castelvetrano, Sicily	4	I-MOLE	+
Apr 6, 1942		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire	4	AT216	+
Feb 20, 1944		Curtiss C-46 Commando	Palmdale, California	4	41-12363	+
Oct 28, 1940		Junkers JU.88	Redcar, North Yorkshire	4	5J+HS	+
Jun 8, 1944		North American B-25 Mitchell	Horsham, West Sussex	4	FR150	+
Dec 26, 1943		Avro 652 Anson	Barmouth, Gwynedd	4	EF953	+
Aug 11, 1943		Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)	Pleuven, Finistère	4	42-92061	+
Apr 13, 1942		Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden	Terschelling, Friesland	4	P1239	+
Jul 29, 1944		North American B-25 Mitchell	Garnetot, Calvados	4	FR158	+
Aug 28, 1943		Blackburn B-26 Botha	Bethesda, Gwynedd	4	L6202	+
Oct 24, 1943		Consolidated PBY Catalina	Alameda NAS (Oakland), California	4	08162	+
Mar 27, 1981		Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain	Galena, Alaska	4	N66856	+
Apr 7, 1945		Curtiss C-46 Commando	China, All China	4	43-47211	+
Jul 1, 1945		Lockheed PV-1 Ventura	Emirau Island, New Ireland	4	NZ4607	+
Mar 12, 1943		Vickers 440 Wellington X	Camperduin, North Holland	4	HE519	+
Sep 1, 1972		Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant	Mt Giluwe, Western Highlands	4	VH-PNI	+
Nov 27, 1989		Grumman S-2 Tracker	Pohang, North Gyeongsang (경상북도)	4	133269	+
May 14, 1942		Junkers JU.88	Hettstadt, Bavaria	4	-	+
May 15, 1945		Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)	Myanmar, All Myanmar	4	44-76649	+
May 23, 1974		Lockheed C-130 Hercules	Springfield, Illinois	4	N14ST	+
Jun 20, 1945		Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)	Kyaukpyu, Rakhine State (Arakan)	4	KK175	+
Jan 16, 1941		Heinkel He.111	Caen, Calvados	4	6N+CL	+
Jun 29, 1944		Curtiss C-46 Commando	Chanyi, Yunnan	4	42-61039	+
May 26, 1942		Heinkel He.111	Lakselv-Banak, Finnmark	4	1H+BH	+
Aug 18, 1945		Mitsubishi Ki-21	Taipei-Songshan, Taipei City (臺北市)	4	-	+
May 29, 1942		Dornier DO.217	Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin	4	R4+CS	+
Jun 17, 1975		Avro 748	Pedro Afonso, Tocantins	4	PP-VDN	+
May 31, 1942		Vickers 416 Wellington IC	Leveroy, Limburg	4	DV707	+
Apr 3, 1943		Junkers JU.88	Westkapelle, Zeeland	4	3E+KP	+
Jul 14, 1951	Airtaco	Lockheed 14 Super Electra	Stockholm-Bromma, Uppland	4	SE-BTN	+
May 31, 1942		Vickers 416 Wellington IC	Kirmington AFB, Lincolnshire	4	R1234	+
Jan 3, 1946		Avro 652 Anson	Laxey, Isle of Man	4	MG445	+
Mar 25, 1941		Bristol 152 Beaufort	Terschelling, Friesland	4	W6486	+
Mar 17, 1948		Vickers 619 Wellington X	Topcliffe AFB, North Yorkshire	4	RP499	+
Apr 15, 1943		Vickers 440 Wellington X	Mutterschied, Rhineland-Palatinate	4	HZ357	+
Mar 21, 1941		Junkers JU.88	Argentan, Orne	4	M7+FL	+