1956
- March 2 – Five Canadair Sabre Mk. 6 fighters of the RCAF aerobatics team the Sky Lancers based at RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen (No. 4 Wing) in West Germany, during a practice over the Rhine Valley, for an upcoming airshow, flew into the ground while flying in an airshow formation. The crash occurred south west of Strasbourg, near the Vosges Mountains and killed four of the five pilots. This accident brought a halt to RCAF aerobatic flying for several years.
- May 19 – A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-100 Mk. 5 of 428 Squadron crashed after the starboard wing separated during a high speed low level pass during an air show at Kinross AFB, Michigan. One RCAF and one USAF fatality.
- June 9 – RAFA Air Display at Shorts, Sydenham (Belfast, Northern Ireland) – Shorts Senior Test Pilot Sqn Ldr W.J.Runciman flying a Short Seamew was killed when the aircraft "appeared to start a slow roll", the nose falling and there being "insufficient height for recovery". The aircraft avoided crashing into the crowd, hitting the runway "practically nose first".
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