| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Youssef Abbas |
 EGY |
BKB |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1948—1952 |
Died in an air crash over the Mediterranean Sea in October 1956 that was allegedly caused by Israeli Mossad agents who had mistaken a plane carrying Egyptian athletes for one carrying a senior Egyptian Field Marshall. |
| Osman Abdel Hafeez |
EGY |
FEN |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
A Lockheed Super Constellation of KLM (Flight 607-E), crashed 180 kilometres west of Shannon, Ireland, killing all 99. |
| Ibrahim Abdulhalim |
 UAR |
ROW |
Olympics |
1960 |
Killed in the crash of Swissair Flight 306. |
| George Ahlgren |
 USA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1948 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Émile Albrecht |
 SUI |
ROW |
Olympics |
1924 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Joe Angyal |
USA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1948 |
Killed when his F9F7 Cougar jet plummeted to Point Lookout sandbar in Long Island, New York. |
| Rômulo Arantes |
 BRA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1972—1980 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Guy Ardilouze |
 FRA |
ART |
Olympics |
1948 |
Died in a plane crash |
| Luis Arias |
 ESP |
ALP |
Olympics / Other |
1952—1960 |
Died in a helicopter crash. |
| Jacques Aumont-Thiéville |
FRA |
FEN |
Non-starter |
1908 |
Died with four other men in an crash of an aerostatic balloon, from which he was the pilot |
| Luigi Barbesino |
 ITA |
FBL |
Olympics |
1912 |
Died in April of 1941 in the Sicily channel (probably near the city of Sciacca) when he and other five soldiers disappeared while aboard a reconnaissance aircraft – their bodies were never found. |
| Ray Barkway |
 GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948 |
Died when the plane he was piloting crashed. |
| José Barrientos |
 CUB |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1928 |
Died in an aviation accident. |
| Bruno Bianchi |
ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
A Convair CV 440 Metropolitan of the Lufthansa (Flight 005) crashed when go-around shortly after the runway of the Bremen Airport killing all 46 including seven Italian swimmers and their coach. |
| Hans, Baron von Blixen-Finecke, Sr. |
 SWE |
EDR |
Olympics |
1912 |
Killed during a test flight of the Södertelge Werkstäder 16, which caught on fire, killing both von Blixen-Finecke and the pilot. |
| Joaquín Blume |
ESP |
GAR |
Olympics |
1952 |
A Douglas DC-3 of Iberia Airlines crashed due to bad weather at the Valdemeca mountains on the way from Barcelona to Madrid, killing all 28 also including his wife. |
| Sten-Olof Bolldén |
SWE |
SWM |
Olympics |
1936 |
Killed during a military exercise, when his plane crashed into power lines and he was thrown out of the passenger seat and killed. |
| Patrice Boungani Doda |
 CMR |
FBL |
Referee |
2004 |
Died in a plane crash |
| Hanns Braun |
 GER |
ATH |
Olympics |
1908—1912 |
Died when his plane crashed with another from his own fighter squadron in the air. |
| Otto Bräutigam |
GER |
GLD |
Non-Medal |
1936 |
|
| Väinö Bremer |
 FIN |
MPN/MSP |
Olympics |
1924 |
Died when his plane crashed in Kerava while he was approaching Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. |
| Roberta Brown |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1972 |
Commercial pilot who died in a crash on one of her flights. Her body was discovered that night. |
| Skippy Browning |
USA |
DIV |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died when his Navy jet crashed. |
| Jörg Bruder |
BRA |
SAL |
Olympics |
1964—1972 |
A Boeing 707 of Varig crashed after an emergency landing due to smoke in the cabin near Orly (FRA), killing 123 (11 survivors). |
| Kobe Bryant |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
Died in helicopter crash and fire, along with his daughter, Giana, and 7 other people. |
| Dick Buek |
USA |
ALP |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died in an airplane crash over Donner Lake (USA), when he was towing water skiers over the lake. |
| George Calnan |
USA |
FEN |
Olympics |
1920—1932 |
Died in crash of USS Akron off the coast of New Jersey, the deadliest airship accident in history. |
| Eduardo Cano |
 ARG |
EVE |
Olympics |
1956 |
Killed when the military plane he was aboard crashed in Argentina. |
| Efford Chabala |
 ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1988 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Wisdom Chansa |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1988 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Chen Zhenhe |
 CHN |
FBL |
Olympics |
1936 |
Member of the Chinese Air Force; died when his plane crashed during World War II. |
| Godfrey Chitalu |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1980 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Alex Chola |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1980 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Samuel Chomba |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics / Other |
1988 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Don Collinge |
 CAN |
FEN |
Olympics |
1936 |
Died in a flying accident (possibly brought on by friendly fire) while serving as a navigator in the early morning hours of 7 June 1944 and was buried in the United Kingdom. |
| John Cooper |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 of Turkish Airlines (Flight 981) crashed after uncontrolled decompression, killing all 346. |
| Paolo Costoli |
ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1928—1932 |
A Convair CV 440 Metropolitan of the Lufthansa (Flight 005) crashed when go-around shortly after the runway of the Bremen Airport killing all 46 including seven Italian swimmers and their coach. |
| Frank Cuhel |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1928 |
Died in a flying boat crash (Yankee Clipper) in Portugal. |
| David Cummings |
CAN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1976 |
Died in ultra-light aircraft accident. |
| Cliff Cushman |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1960 |
Killed in action when his plane was shot down in Vietnam. |
| Georges Damitio |
FRA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
Died along with his wife in a plane crash |
| Lauro De Bosis |
ITA |
ART |
Olympics |
1928 |
In early October 1931, he took off near Marseille and on his way back, followed by Italian military planes, he probably ran out of fuel and crashed. Neither the plane nor his body were ever found. |
| Alberto Della Beffa |
ITA |
BOB |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died in a Cessna 150 flight from Zurich/Kloten to Agno in the Ticino Canton, that crashed in the Uri Canton. The only two passengers on board were the pilot and Della Beffa, and they both died. |
| Pavol Demitra |
 SVK |
IHO |
Olympics |
2002—2010 |
Died when a Yakovlev Yak-42D carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed on take-off from Tunoshna Airport. |
| Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente |
ARG |
SHO |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
Died when the plane he piloted himself crashed. |
| Peter Dix |
 IRL |
SAL |
Olympics |
1976 |
A Boeing 747–121 of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am Flight 103) exploded over Scotland after a bomb was smuggled on board by Libyan agents (Lockerbie bombing) killing all 259 and 11 people on the ground. |
| Foy Draper |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1936 |
He was reported missing in action while flying over Tunisia in the Battle of Kassarine Pass on 4 Jan 1943. |
| Andrew Drew |
USA |
TEN |
Olympics |
1904 |
Died when trying out a new biplane, when it went out of control. |
| Léonce Ehrmann |
 ALG
FRA |
CTR |
Non-Medal |
1900 |
Died in accident in air exhibition |
| Sven Erbs |
SWE |
BOB |
Olympics |
1956 |
Died from injuries caused by a crash with his private aircraft. |
| Billy Fiske |
USA |
BOB |
Olympics / Other |
1928—1932 |
First American fighter pilot to be killed in World War II, fighting for Britain, in a crash landing. |
| Walter Flinsch |
GER |
ROW |
Olympics |
1928—1932 |
Died during a test flight with a Heinkel He 177. |
| Wilson de Freitas |
BRA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1936 |
Died when the plane he was piloting crashed. |
| Vladimir Fyodorov |
 URS
 UZB |
FBL |
Olympics |
1976 |
Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collided over Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine, killing 178 including the complete football team of Pakhtakor Toshkent. |
| Francisco Gonzales |
 PHI |
SAL |
Olympics |
1960 |
A Fairchild F-27A crashed near San Ramon (USA) killing all 44. Gonzales shot both the pilot and co-pilot causing the crash. |
| Sergio De Gregorio |
ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1964 |
A Convair CV 440 Metropolitan of the Lufthansa (Flight 005) crashed when go-around shortly after the runway of the Bremen Airport killing all 46 including seven Italian swimmers and their coach. |
| David Griffin |
CAN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1928 |
Died in flying accident. Passenger on ferry plane from Iceland to New Foundland. |
| Isaac Grünewald |
SWE |
ART |
Olympics |
1932 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Sadi Gülçelik |
 TUR |
BKB |
Olympics |
1952 |
A Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Flight 163) burned and returned to Ar-Riyadh shortly after the start, the smoke on board killed all 301. |
| Prins Gustaf Adolf |
SWE |
EJP |
Olympics / Administrator |
1933—1947 |
Died in an aircrash at København Airport. |
| Ila Ray Hadley |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1960 |
A Boeing 707 of Sabena (Flight 548), crashes on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team. |
| Ray Hadley, Jr. |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1960 |
A Boeing 707 of Sabena (Flight 548), crashes on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team. |
| William Harding |
USA |
SHO |
Olympics |
1932 |
Killed in a plane crash during war games. |
| Gösta Horn |
SWE |
DIV |
Olympics |
1928 |
Died in the crash of a military plane off the northern tip of Öland. |
| Dumitru Hubert |
 ROU |
BOB |
Olympics |
1932 |
Died piloting an airplane in an airshow in Braşov. |
| Zdeněk Jarkovský |
 CZE
 TCH |
IHO |
Olympics |
1948 |
A Beechcraft Model 18 disappeared over the English Channel, all eight died including six Czechoslovak ice hockey players. |
| Akilles Järvinen |
FIN |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1928—1936 |
Killed in action during a test flight. |
| Richard Jeffery |
GBR |
BOB |
Olympics |
1948 |
Died when his 2-seater de Havilland Mosquito crashed onto Brawdy Aerodrome, St. David's, Pembrokeshire. |
| Jaroslav Jiřík |
CZE
TCH |
IHO |
Olympics |
1960—1968 |
Died in a plane crash in Brno - Medlánky. |
| Wolfgang Junginger |
 FRG |
ALP |
Olympics |
1976 |
Died when the plane he piloted himself crashed. |
| Karl Kaschka |
 AUT |
FEN |
Olympics / Referee |
1936 |
Killed in action when his aircraft was shot down. |
| Axel Kristjánsson |
 ISL |
GLM |
Non-Medal |
1912 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Octave Lapize |
FRA |
CTR |
Olympics |
1908 |
Killed in action, when his plane was shot down near Verdun. |
| Karl Leban |
AUT |
MPN/SSK |
Olympics |
1936 |
|
| Al Lindley |
USA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1924 |
He died in an airplane crash in 1951. |
| Stefan Liv |
SWE |
IHO |
Olympics / Non-starter |
2006—2010 |
Died when a Yakovlev Yak-42D carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed on take-off from Tunoshna Airport. |
| Jack Lumsdaine |
GBR |
MPN |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Derby Makinka |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1988 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Frank McKinney |
USA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Luis Morales |
CUB |
FEN |
Referee |
1968 |
|
| Gordon Morrison |
CAN |
ALP |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died 8 July 1972 in a plane crash near Chetwynd, British Columbia |
| Victor Mucha |
 AUS |
WRE |
Olympics |
1956 |
Died in a plane crash near Albury, New South Wales |
| Camille Muffat |
FRA |
SWM |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
Two Eurocopter AS350 helicopters collided near Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10. |
| Eston Mulenga |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1988 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Günther Mund |
 CHI |
DIV |
Olympics |
1948—1956 |
Died when his light plane crashed. |
| Richard Mwanza |
ZAM |
FBL |
Olympics |
1988 |
A Buffalo DHC-5D of Zambian Air Force crashed off the coast of Gabon about 500 metres of from near Libreville, when the left engine burned, killing all 30 including 18 Zambian footballers and their coaches. |
| Ahmed Fouad Nessim |
EGY |
SWM/WPO |
Olympics / Non-starter / Other |
1948—1952 |
He died in an air crash over the Mediterranean Sea in October 1956 that was allegedly caused by Israeli Mossad agents who had mistaken a plane carrying Egyptian athletes for one carrying a senior Egyptian Field Marshall. The incident may also have been related to the fact that Ahmed’s brother Muhammad was a famous Egyptian intelligence figure during the era of Gamal Abdel Naser. |
| Felipe Nunag |
PHI |
BOX |
Olympics |
1936 |
A Douglas C-47 of Philippine Air Force crashed into Mount Manunggal killing all 25 including Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines. |
| Rafael Osuna |
 MEX |
TEN |
Non-Medal |
1968 |
A Boeing 727 of Mexicana (Flight 704) crashed after a pilot error on approach near Del Norte International Airport near Monterrey killing all 79. |
| Gerry Ouellette |
CAN |
SHO |
Olympics |
1956—1968 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Laurie Owen |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1960 |
A Boeing 707 of Sabena (Flight 548), crashes on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team. |
| Maribel Owen |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1960 |
A Boeing 707 of Sabena (Flight 548), crashes on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team. |
| Charley Paddock |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1920—1928 |
Died in an air crash over Alaska while serving as a captain in the Marines. |
| Robert Palmer |
 NZL |
ALP |
Olympics |
1968 |
Died in an air accident. |
| Albertus Perk |
 NED |
FEN |
Olympics |
1912 |
Died when his Rumpler C.VIII military plane crashed en route from Den Haag (NED) to København (DEN) |
| Mark Perrow |
 RSA |
CSP |
Olympics |
1992 |
Died when the light aircraft he was flying crashed. |
| Edmond Poillot |
FRA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1908 |
Died in an aviation crash in Chartres, France while instructing a student. His passenger, Gérard Partiot survived the crash. |
| Miloslav Pokorný |
CZE
TCH |
IHO |
Olympics |
1948 |
A Beechcraft Model 18 disappeared over the English Channel, all eight died including six Czechoslovak ice hockey players. |
| Pat Porter |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Died when the Beech B-60 he was piloting crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off. |
| Bernard Poussineau |
FRA |
HOC |
Olympics |
1928 |
Navy officer, he is deceased in the accident of a seaplane |
| Maurice Powers |
CAN |
IHO |
Non-Medal |
1932 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Alick Rennie |
RSA |
CSL |
Olympics |
1992 |
Died when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed. |
| Amedee Reyburn |
USA |
SWM/WPO |
Olympics |
1904 |
Died in an aviation accident. |
| Mohamed Riad |
EGY |
FEN |
Olympics |
1952 |
A Lockheed Super Constellation of KLM (Flight 607-E), crashed 180 kilometres west of Shannon, Ireland, killing all 99. |
| Dud Richards |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1960 |
A Boeing 707 of Sabena (Flight 548), crashes on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team. |
| Guy Richardson |
GBR |
ROW |
Olympics |
1948 |
Killed when BEA Vanguard from Edinburgh crashed onto the runway at Heathrow Airport. |
| Frederick Riley |
GBR |
FBL |
Olympics |
1936 |
Killed in action when his plane was shot down over France. |
| Thaddäus Robl |
GER |
CTR |
Non-Medal |
1900 |
Died when he was riding in a biplane that crashed near Szczecin, Poland. |
| Dino Rora |
ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1964 |
A Convair CV 440 Metropolitan of the Lufthansa (Flight 005) crashed when go-around shortly after the runway of the Bremen Airport killing all 46 including seven Italian swimmers and their coach. |
| Clarence, Greve von Rosen, Jr. |
SWE |
EJP/EVE |
Olympics |
1932 |
Killed in an air crash as a passenger during an air show. |
| Gösta Runö |
SWE |
MPN |
Olympics |
1920 |
Killed when crashing his Phönix D.III biplane fighter. |
| Ruslan Salei |
 BLR |
IHO |
Olympics |
1998—2010 |
Died when a Yakovlev Yak-42D carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed on take-off from Tunoshna Airport. |
| Abdullah Sayedi |
 IRI |
FBL |
Olympics |
1964 |
Died in an accident while working as a pilot |
| Heini Scheller |
SUI |
ROW |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died in a crash with a private aircraft. |
| Hermann Schridde |
GER
FRG |
EJP |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
Died when his sport plane crashed. |
| Ralph Schwarz |
NED |
ROW |
Olympics |
1988 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Franz Seidl |
AUT |
CTR |
Non-Medal |
1900 |
In 1913 he crashed when approaching the airfield, because he evidently flew a curve too tight, and suffered multiple serious injuries. He died on the transport to a hospital. |
| Harry Simmons |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1928 |
Career Air Force officer, he was killed in a flying accident in World War II. |
| Harbail Singh |
 IND |
HOC |
Coach / Referee |
1952—1960 |
Killed in an airplane crash on his return from refereeing at the 1960 Rome Games |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš |
 LAT |
IHO |
Olympics |
2002—2010 |
Died when a Yakovlev Yak-42D carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed on take-off from Tunoshna Airport. |
| Geoff Smale |
NZL |
SAL |
Olympics |
1968 |
Died when his microlight plane crashed. |
| Danny Smith |
 BAH |
ATH |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Smith went missing after an airplane he was in developed trouble near the Bahama Islands. His body was never found. |
| Sonny Spencer |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
Died as a RAF aircrew sergeant when a Short Sunderland 3 crashed on a night training flight in the Scottish highlands during World War II. |
| Eric, Vicomte De Spoelberch |
 BEL |
BOB |
Olympics / Other |
1936 |
Killed after his plane crashed during a training flight. |
| Karel Stibor |
CZE
TCH |
IHO |
Olympics |
1948 |
A Beechcraft Model 18 disappeared over the English Channel, all eight died including six Czechoslovak ice hockey players. |
| Ignaz Stiefsohn |
AUT |
GLD |
Non-Medal |
1936 |
Died when preparing for the Gliding demonstration event. |
| Vilibald Šťovík |
CZE
TCH |
IHO |
Olympics |
1948 |
A Beechcraft Model 18 disappeared over the English Channel, all eight died including six Czechoslovak ice hockey players. |
| Arthur Sweeney |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1936 |
He died in a plane crash over Ghana while fighting in World War II. |
| Aldo Tait |
ITA |
GLD |
Non-Medal |
1936 |
Died when the Twin Otter he was aboard crashed while flying in dense fog. |
| Jack Taylor |
USA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died practising aircraft carrier landings near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. |
| Reg Thomas |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1928—1932 |
Died in a peacetime flight when the plane he was flying crashed into a nursing home. |
| Endre Tilli |
 HUN |
FEN |
Olympics / Referee |
1952—1956 |
A Lockheed Super Constellation of KLM (Flight 607-E), crashed 180 kilometres west of Shannon, Ireland, killing all 99. |
| Chris Timms |
NZL |
SAL |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Died when he was flying in a two-seater plane that crashed in the Firth of Thames (NZL). |
| Freddie Tomlins |
GBR |
FSK |
Olympics |
1936 |
Died as a RAF crew-member in fight against a German submarine in/over the British Channel. |
| Ladislav Troják |
TCH
SVK |
IHO |
Olympics |
1936—1948 |
A Beechcraft Model 18 disappeared over the English Channel, all eight died including six Czechoslovak ice hockey players. |
| Jack Turnbull |
USA |
HOC/LAX |
Olympics / Non-Medal |
1932—1936 |
His bomber was shot down over Belgium. |
| Nancy Uranga |
CUB |
FEN |
Olympics |
1976 |
A Douglas DC-8 of Cubana crashed after terrorist bombing near Brigdetown (BAR), killing all 73. |
| Rodolfo Valenzuela |
ARG |
FEN |
Olympics / Administrator |
1932—1955 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Josef Vašíček |
CZE |
IHO |
Olympics |
2010 |
Died when a Yakovlev Yak-42D carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed on take-off from Tunoshna Airport. |
| Alexis Vastine |
FRA |
BOX |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
Two Eurocopter AS350 helicopters collided near Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10. |
| Maribel Vinson |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1928—1936 |
A Boeing 707 of Sabena (Flight 548), crashes on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team. |
| Magnus Wegelius |
FIN |
GAR/SHO |
Olympics |
1908—1924 |
Died in crash of KLM airliner at Croydon Airport in South London, England. |
| James Welsh |
USA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1952 |
Died from injuries sustained in the crash of a U-6A Beaver. |
| Emelyn Whiton |
USA |
SAL |
Olympics |
1952 |
A Boeing 707 of American Airlines (Flight 1) crashed shortly after the start from New York International (Idlewild) Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) after a short circuit, killing all 95. |
| Wu Chuanyu |
CHN |
SWM |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
Died in a plane crash. |
| Karl Wyss |
SUI |
MPN |
Olympics |
1936 |
Died after crashing his Bücker Bü-133 Jungmeister aircraft near Payerne. |