Freckleton Air Disaster
A US Air Force plane crashed into an English village, killing 61 people in August 1944
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
August 22, 20149m 9s
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Show Notes
In August 1944, a US Air Force plane crashed into a village, Freckleton, in northwest England, killing 61 people. More than half the victims were children attending the local primary school. Survivor Ruby Currell speaks to Witness.
PHOTO: Ruby Currell in the nurse's uniform she was given after recovering in hospital. (Private Collection).