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The Freckleton, England, air disaster : the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 /

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"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 t...

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Autor principal: Hedtke, James R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Materias:
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.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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