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Freckleton Air Disaster
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).
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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).
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