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.
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.
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