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A Tragic Disaster
In one Lancashire village, the VE Day celebrations were overshadowed by a disaster that had happened less than a year before.
Sixty-one people, including thirty-eight children, were killed when an American bomber crashed onto a school in Freckleton.
Some of the survivors recall the tragedy.
Image: Freckleton memorial
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Memories of VE Day celebrations from 麻豆社 Radio Lancashire listeners.
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