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From: "Michele, host of AWBE" <>
Subject: [WARBRIDES] Aug 23, 1944 Lancashire, England
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:25:28 -0800 (PST)


AIR CRASH
A US 8th Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the Holy Trinity School in Lytham Road in Freckelton, Lancashire, on August 23, 1944, killing 38 children. Twenty-three others, including teachers, civilians and the three man bomber crew, also died. This was the worst aircraft crash in Britain during the war. The bomber, from the American Base Air Depot No. 2 at nearby Warton, was on a test flight when the pilot received a radio signal to land immediately as an electrical storm was heading their way. The B-24 never made it back to base but at 10.30 am crashed in heavy rain into the village school. The village centre was turned into a sea of flames as nearly 3,000 gallons of aviation fuel ignited.

Michèle, (Belgian War Baby - USS Brazil)
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