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People in Lancashire are remembering the 61 people who died when a bomber plane fell on the village of Freckleton in 1944.
The tragedy, on 23 August, was recorded as the worst air accident in Britain during the World War II.
The B-24 Liberator plane set off on a test flight from Warton, when it hit a storm and came down in Freckleton.
Part of the it crashed on the infants' wing of Freckleton Holy Trinity School, where a service will take place later.
Thirty-eight children were recorded among the dead, many of whom were buried in the village's Holy Trinity Church yard.
The wreckage partly demolished three houses and a snack bar, as it crashed in flames along Lytham Road.
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The tragedy, on 23 August, was recorded as the worst air accident in Britain during the World War II.
The B-24 Liberator plane set off on a test flight from Warton, when it hit a storm and came down in Freckleton.
Part of the it crashed on the infants' wing of Freckleton Holy Trinity School, where a service will take place later.
Thirty-eight children were recorded among the dead, many of whom were buried in the village's Holy Trinity Church yard.
The wreckage partly demolished three houses and a snack bar, as it crashed in flames along Lytham Road.
BBC Read More
