This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. For more comprehensive lists, see the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, the Air Safety Network or the Dutch Scramble Stoffer & Blik Database. Combat losses are not included, except for a few singular cases.

Aircraft terminology

Information on aircraft are the type and, if available, the serial number of the operator; the constructor's number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n); exterior codes; nicknames (if any); flight call sign, and operating units.

January–March 1945

22 Feb 1945. Two TBF Avengers collide near Anacapa Island off the coast of California, 4 men are killed. (More details needed).

April–June 1945

July–September 1945

Boeing B-29A-10-BN Superfortress 42-93895 of the 234th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico, and Boeing B-29B-40-MO Superfortress 44-86276 (the last Block 40-MO airframe) of the 231st Combat Crew Training Squadron, Alamogordo Army Air Field in New Mexico were involved.

October–December 1945

January–March 1946

April–June 1946

July–December 1946

January–June 1947

July–December 1947

7 July 1947 Navy fighter crashes into house on Faxon rd N. Quincy Ma. One fatality. Plane was heading for Squantum Naval Airbase.

January–March 1948

April–June 1948

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July–December 1948

USAF Douglas C-47A-30-DK Skytrain 43-48256 crashed near Wiesbaden, Germany, killing three crew. It was the first accident of the Berlin Airlift. First Lt. George B. Smith, First Lt. Leland V. Williams, and Karl v. Hagen of the Department of the Army were killed. (One source incorrectly lists this crash as involving a C-54 Skymaster.)

January–June 1949

July–December 1949