Memorial

Freckleton School Air Disaster

The Memorial

Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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Current Location

At the rear of the church yard., Holy Trinity Church Churchyard, Lytham Road, Freckleton, Fylde, Lancashire, PR4 1AA, England

SD 42941 28965

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 10545
Description: Calgary cross on two tier step, flanked by 2 stones left and right polished grey. The disaster is also commemorated by a plaque at the roadside commemorating it.
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ TWO TEACHERS/ 38 INFANT SCHOLARS/ AND SEVEN CIVILIANS WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES WHEN AN AMERICAN/ LIBERATOR BOMBER CRASHED/ DURING A THUNDER STORM/ AND DESTROYED A PART OF/ THE ADJOINING SCHOOL AND/ OTHER PROPERTY ON/ THE 23RD AUG 1944/ THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED OVER THEIR GRAVE/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ "IN GOD WE TRUST" Left Stone: TEACHERS/ (Names) SCHOLARS/ (Names) Right Stone: SCHOLARS (Names) CIVILIANS (Names) Roadside Commemorative Plaque: "This is the site of the village school where,/ on the 23rd August 1944, during a severe storm,/ an American bomber crashed with the loss of 61 lives."/ This includes 38 children, 2 teachers and/ 21 civilians and service personnel./ Always in Our Hearts Also #73643 Freckleton Memorial Playground #106424 Freckleton School #106425 Freckleton Memorial Hall

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Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 26 May 1947 Page 5 Freckleton Memorial Cross Dedicated (photograph) ---