page_title: Freckleton air disaster
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: Freckleton air disaster / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: This photograph was taken shortly after the 60th anniversary of the Freckleton Air Disaster when an American Liberator bomber crashed into the village during a violent thunder storm.
context_page_description: The Freckleton air disaster occurred on 23 August 1944, when a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the centre of the village of Freckleton, Lancashire, England. The aircraft crashed into the Holy Trinity Church of England School, demolishing three houses and the Sad Sack Snack Bar. The death toll was 61, including 38 children.
context_section_description: A memorial garden and children's playground were opened in August 1945, in memory of those lost, the money for the playground equipment having been raised by American airmen at the Warton airbase. A fund for a memorial hall was started, and the hall was finally opened in September 1977. In addition to a memorial in the village churchyard, a marker was placed at the site of the accident in 2007.
caption: The memorial in Freckleton, shortly after the 60th anniversary of the disaster
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