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- On 23 August 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator crashed during a test flight into the centre of the village of Freckleton, Lancashire, England, killing all three crewmen aboard the aircraft and 58 individuals on the ground, including 38 children aged four to six. An official inquiry was unable to pinpoint an exact cause for the accident, although a sudden thunderstorm and the resultant reduced visibility immediately prior to the accident had caused the test pilot of the B-24, First Lieutenant John Bloemendal, to be ordered to abandon the test fight and attempt to return to base. The report was unable to discount structural failure of the aircraft in such extreme weather conditions as a factor for the accident, and recommended that American pilots be warned how to respond to British thunderstorms. This aviation accident would prove to be the deadliest to occur in Britain during World War II, and would remain the second worst aviation accident in the world (in terms of number of fatalities) until the 1950 Llandlow air disaster. (en)
- Катастрофа B-24 во Фреклтоне — крупная авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в среду 23 августа 1944 года в деревне Фреклтон графства Ланкашир в Северо-Западной Англии. Бомбардировщик Consolidated B-24H-20 Liberator американских ВВС, завершая тренировочный полёт, заходил на посадку, когда упал на расположенную под ним деревню и снёс несколько зданий, в результате чего погиб 61 человек, в том числе 38 детей. По имеющимся данным, это крупнейшая авиационная катастрофа за всю Вторую мировую войну. (ru)
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- The aftermath of the Freckleton air disaster (en)
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- Freckleton Air Disaster (en)
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- "If Bloemendal and Manassero had taken their aircraft aloft at 8.30 a.m., there would not have been an accident. Thirty-eight children would have reached adulthood and the promise of their potential. Ten American and four British servicemen would have returned to the happiness, love, and security of their families after the war. The Sad Sack Snack Bar might have remained a popular fixture in post-war Freckleton. One teacher would have retired while another began a rewarding career ... When lives are measured in years, who would have thought two brief hours would be so important?" (en)
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- Vicinity of Lytham Road, Freckleton, Lancashire, England (en)
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- Loss of control. Precise cause unknown (en)
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- Катастрофа B-24 во Фреклтоне — крупная авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в среду 23 августа 1944 года в деревне Фреклтон графства Ланкашир в Северо-Западной Англии. Бомбардировщик Consolidated B-24H-20 Liberator американских ВВС, завершая тренировочный полёт, заходил на посадку, когда упал на расположенную под ним деревню и снёс несколько зданий, в результате чего погиб 61 человек, в том числе 38 детей. По имеющимся данным, это крупнейшая авиационная катастрофа за всю Вторую мировую войну. (ru)
- On 23 August 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator crashed during a test flight into the centre of the village of Freckleton, Lancashire, England, killing all three crewmen aboard the aircraft and 58 individuals on the ground, including 38 children aged four to six. This aviation accident would prove to be the deadliest to occur in Britain during World War II, and would remain the second worst aviation accident in the world (in terms of number of fatalities) until the 1950 Llandlow air disaster. (en)
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- Freckleton air disaster (en)
- Катастрофа B-24 во Фреклтоне (ru)
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