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Major Himes was the chief test pilot stationed at RAF Warton at the time of the accident and had been acquainted with Lt. Bloemendal, having flown several missions with him. [65] The official report into the Freckleton air disaster concluded that the precise cause of the crash was unknown.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
In 1940 new runways were built at Warton so that it could act as a "satellite" airfield for the RAF Coastal Command station at Squires Gate airfield in Blackpool. [3]The airfield was first operated as an air depot of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the Second World War, as thousands of aircraft were processed on their way to active service in Britain, North Africa, the ...
Freckleton is a village [1] and civil parish on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England, to the south of Kirkham and east of the seaside resort of Lytham St. Annes. In 2001 the parish had a population of 6,045, [ 2 ] reducing to 6,019 at the 2011 Census. [ 3 ]
Initially called the RAF Central Hospital, it was formed at Hampstead in 1917, it soon moved to Finchley. It was one of the three post-war RAF Hospitals along with Halton and Cranwell, but was the smallest and first to close. In June 1925, the hospital was moved to RAF Uxbridge, becoming the officer's Hospital. [23] [24] Halton, England
27 November – RAF Fauld explosion: between 3,450 and 3,930 tons (3,500 and 4,000 tonnes) of ordnance explodes at an underground storage depot in Staffordshire leaving about 75 dead and a crater 1,200 metres (0.75 miles) across and 120 metres (400 ft) deep, one of the largest explosions in history and the largest on UK soil. [22]
A United States Army Air Forces (AAF) B-24H-20-CF, 42-50291, "Classy Chassis II", crashed into a school at Freckleton, Lancashire, England, at 1047 hrs. after aborting a landing at Warton Aerodrome. 20 adults, 38 children and the 3-man crew were killed. In addition to a memorial in the village churchyard, a marker was placed at the site of the ...
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