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The Freckleton, England, air disaster : the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 / James R. Hedtke.
Van Pelt Library TL553.53.G7 H43 2014
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection TL553.53.G7 H43 2014
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hedtke, James R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army Air Forces.
- Aircraft accidents--England--Freckleton--History--20th century.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Disasters--England--Freckleton--History--20th century.
- Disasters.
- B-24 (Bomber)--History.
- B-24 (Bomber).
- Airplanes, Military--England--Lancashire--Flight testing--History--20th century.
- Airplanes, Military.
- United States. Army Air Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- Aircraft accident victims--England--Freckleton--History--20th century.
- Aircraft accident victims.
- History.
- Flight testing.
- Freckleton (England)--History--20th century.
- Freckleton (England).
- Freckleton (England)--Biography.
- England.
- England--Lancashire.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 203 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780786478415
- 0786478411
- OCLC:
- 867770343
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