Hundreds of people gathered in Freckleton for a remembrance service in the Church Yard of Holy Trinity Church to recall the day 82 yeards ago when the village air disaster claimed 61 lives, including 38 children.
On Wednesday, August 23, 1944, an American B-24 Liberator Bomber crashed into the centre of Freckleton during a violent storm.
Card doves bearing the names of each of those who died in the disaster were placed on a tree at the service.
1. Members of the public listen on at the Freckleton Air Disaster Memorial at Holy Trinity Church. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard
Members of the public listen on at the Freckleton Air Disaster Memorial at Holy Trinity Church. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard | National World Resell
2. Doves bearing the name of those who died at the Freckleton Air Disaster are placed on a tree at Holy Trinity Church in remembrance. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard
Doves bearing the name of those who died at the Freckleton Air Disaster are placed on a tree at Holy Trinity Church in remembrance. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard | National World Resell
3. Doves bearing the name of those who died at the Freckleton Air Disaster are placed on a tree at Holy Trinity Church in remembrance. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard
Doves bearing the name of those who died at the Freckleton Air Disaster are placed on a tree at Holy Trinity Church in remembrance. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard | National World Resell
4. Freckleton Air Disaster Memorial Service
Doves bearing the name of those who died at the Freckleton Air Disaster are placed on a tree at Holy Trinity Church in remembrance. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard | National World Resell