TY - BOOK AU - Hedtke,James R. TI - The Freckleton, England, air disaster: the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 AV - TL553.53.G7 H43 2014eb U1 - 363.12/409427662 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers KW - United States KW - Army Air Forces KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Aircraft accidents KW - England KW - Freckleton KW - 20th century KW - Disasters KW - B-24 (Bomber) KW - Airplanes, Military KW - Lancashire KW - Flight testing KW - Aircraft accident victims KW - Freckleton (England) KW - Biography KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10833602 ER -