Hedtke, James R.

The Freckleton, England, air disaster : - xi, 203 pages : illustrations ;

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"--

9780786478415 (softcover : alkaline paper)


Aircraft accidents
Disasters
B-24 (Bomber)
Airplanes, Military
Aircraft accident victims

363.12/409427662

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