The Freckleton, England, air disaster :
Hedtke, James R.
The Freckleton, England, air disaster : the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 / James R. Hedtke. - 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
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"--
9781476613628 (e-book)
United States. Army Air Forces --History--World War, 1939-1945.
Aircraft accidents--History--England--Freckleton--20th century.
Disasters--History--England--Freckleton--20th century.
B-24 (Bomber)--History.
Airplanes, Military--Flight testing--History--England--Lancashire--20th century.
Aircraft accident victims--History--England--Freckleton--20th century.
Freckleton (England)--History--20th century.
Freckleton (England)--Biography.
Electronic books.
TL553.53.G7 / H43 2014eb
363.12/409427662
The Freckleton, England, air disaster : the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 / James R. Hedtke. - 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
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"--
9781476613628 (e-book)
United States. Army Air Forces --History--World War, 1939-1945.
Aircraft accidents--History--England--Freckleton--20th century.
Disasters--History--England--Freckleton--20th century.
B-24 (Bomber)--History.
Airplanes, Military--Flight testing--History--England--Lancashire--20th century.
Aircraft accident victims--History--England--Freckleton--20th century.
Freckleton (England)--History--20th century.
Freckleton (England)--Biography.
Electronic books.
TL553.53.G7 / H43 2014eb
363.12/409427662