Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in the 1940s

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories in the 1940s
1940	Lovettsville air disaster (August)
1941	Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 (February) Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (October)
1942	TWA Flight 3 (January) American Airlines Flight 28 (October)
1943	Pan Am Flight 1104 (January) American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio) (July) American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Missouri) (October) Tamaqua, PA crash (November)
1944	American Airlines Flight 2 (February) TWA Flight 277 (June) South Portland A-26 Invader crash (July)
1945	American Airlines Flight 6001 (January) Eastern Air Lines Flight 45 (July) National Airlines Flight 16 (October)
1946	Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 (January) Mount Tom B-17 crash (July 9) TWA Flight 513 (July 11)
1947	Columbus mid-air collision (April 22) United Air Lines Flight 521 (May 29) Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 (May 30) Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410 (June) United Air Lines Flight 608 (October 24) Pan Am Flight 923 (October 26)*
1948	Mantell UFO incident (January 7) Los Gatos DC-3 crash (January 28) Delta Air Lines Flight 705 (March 10) Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 4422 (March 12) United Air Lines Flight 624 (June) Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash (July) Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 421 (August) Georgia USAF Boeing B-29 crash (October) Airborne Transport DC-3 disappearance (December)
1949	Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crash (June) Standard Air Lines Flight 897R (July) Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 (November 1) American Airlines Flight 157 (November 29)
This list is incomplete. An asterisk (*) denotes an incident that took place in a U.S. territory, including Alaska and Hawaii prior to statehood. 1930–1939 ◄ 1940–1949 ► 1950–1959