The Freckleton, England, air disaster : the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 / James R. Hedtke.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781476613628 (e-book)
- United States. Army Air Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Aircraft accidents -- England -- Freckleton -- History -- 20th century
- Disasters -- England -- Freckleton -- History -- 20th century
- B-24 (Bomber) -- History
- Airplanes, Military -- England -- Lancashire -- Flight testing -- History -- 20th century
- Aircraft accident victims -- England -- Freckleton -- History -- 20th century
- Freckleton (England) -- History -- 20th century
- Freckleton (England) -- Biography
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- TL553.53.G7 H43 2014eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Freckleton before World War II -- Base Air Depot 2 -- Ground pounders, fly boys, and their amazing machines -- Accident -- The crash : Wednesday, August 23, 1944 -- The inferno -- The interment of the innocents -- The investigation -- The new normal -- The playground memorial -- Remembrance -- Freckleton today -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
"The Freckleton catastrophe of August 23, 1944, occurred when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into the small village of Freckleton in north west England. The village would never be the same. In a compelling account of sorrow, loss, hope and finally rebirth, the book looks at the history of the village"-- Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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