A plane crashed into an infant school during a freak storm, on August 23, 1944 - killing 61 people including 38 young children in Freckleton, Lancashire. 80 years later, Lucinda Herbert meets with the two only remaining survivors from the infant school and an author who lost a sister in the disaster
Watch the full documentary on https://www.shotstv.com/watch/vod/52610510/freckleton-air-disaster-80-years-on
Watch the full documentary on https://www.shotstv.com/watch/vod/52610510/freckleton-air-disaster-80-years-on
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00:00On Wednesday, August the 23rd, 1944, a plane crashed into a school in a Lancashire village of Freckleton, killing 61 people.
00:10Now, 80 years on, SHOT TV looks back at what was the single greatest civilian air disaster suffered by the Allies in the Second World War.
00:20We'll meet the two remaining survivors, who were both pupils in infant class when the disaster happened.
00:26And look at how this terrible accident, which wiped out an entire generation of a village, also brought the community together.