The Freckleton England Air Disaster

Author : James R. Hedtke
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786478415

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The Freckleton, England, Air Disaster by James R. Hedtke Pdf

The Freckleton catastrophe of August 23, 1944, occurred when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into the small village of Freckleton in northwest England. The plane was on a test flight when it encountered a rare and severe summer thunderstorm. Air traffic control at the American air base Warton recalled the bomber back to the base. When the pilot attempted to abort the landing because of poor visibility and high winds, a downdraft caught the plane and it crashed into the adjacent village of Freckleton. As the B-24 tumbled through the village, destroying three houses and a snack bar, flames erupted from wreckage and engulfed Holy Trinity grade school. Before the fire could be brought under control, the holocaust destroyed an entire generation of children in this village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. The village would never be the same. In a compelling account of sorrow, loss, hope and finally rebirth, the book looks at the history of the village, the establishment of the base at Warton, the crash, the funeral of the 61 victims, the official British inquest and the American investigation into the cause of the crash. The lives of the survivors, the servicemen and the villagers are followed through 2012.

Author : James R. Hedtke
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476613628

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The Freckleton, England, Air Disaster by James R. Hedtke Pdf

The Freckleton catastrophe of August 23, 1944, occurred when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into the small village of Freckleton in northwest England. The plane was on a test flight when it encountered a rare and severe summer thunderstorm. Air traffic control at the American air base Warton recalled the bomber back to the base. When the pilot attempted to abort the landing because of poor visibility and high winds, a downdraft caught the plane and it crashed into the adjacent village of Freckleton. As the B-24 tumbled through the village, destroying three houses and a snack bar, flames erupted from wreckage and engulfed Holy Trinity grade school. Before the fire could be brought under control, the holocaust destroyed an entire generation of children in this village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. The village would never be the same. In a compelling account of sorrow, loss, hope and finally rebirth, the book looks at the history of the village, the establishment of the base at Warton, the crash, the funeral of the 61 victims, the official British inquest and the American investigation into the cause of the crash. The lives of the survivors, the servicemen and the villagers are followed through 2012.

Author : Emma Kay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781445695662

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Foots, Lonks and Wet Nellies by Emma Kay Pdf

Explores the rich and culinary heritage of Lancashire, through an illustrated look at the history of its food and drink.

Author : Faculty Awards
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 989 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000819465

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2015 U.S. Higher Education Faculty Awards, Vol. 2 by Faculty Awards Pdf

Created by professors for professors, the Faculty Awards compendium is the first and only university awards program in the United States based on faculty peer evaluations. The Faculty Awards series recognizes and rewards outstanding faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States.

Author : S. P. MacKenzie
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700624690

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Flying against Fate by S. P. MacKenzie Pdf

During World War II, Allied casualty rates in the air were high. Of the roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew with Bomber Command, 59,423 were killed or missing and presumed killed—a fatality rate of 45.5%. With odds like that, it would be no surprise if there were as few atheists in cockpits as there were in foxholes; and indeed, many airmen faced their dangerous missions with beliefs and rituals ranging from the traditional to the outlandish. Military historian S. P. MacKenzie considers this phenomenon in Flying against Fate, a pioneering study of the important role that superstition played in combat flier morale among the Allies in World War II. Mining a wealth of documents as well as a trove of published and unpublished memoirs and diaries, MacKenzie examines the myriad forms combat fliers' superstitions assumed, from jinxes to premonitions. Most commonly, airmen carried amulets or talismans—lucky boots or a stuffed toy; a coin whose year numbers added up to thirteen; counterintuitively, a boomerang. Some performed rituals or avoided other acts, e.g., having a photo taken before a flight. Whatever seemed to work was worth sticking with, and a heightened risk often meant an upsurge in superstitious thought and behavior. MacKenzie delves into behavior analysis studies to help explain the psychology behind much of the behavior he documents—not slighting the large cohort of crew members and commanders who demurred. He also looks into the ways in which superstitious behavior was tolerated or even encouraged by those in command who saw it as a means of buttressing morale. The first in-depth exploration of just how varied and deeply felt superstitious beliefs were to tens of thousands of combat fliers, Flying against Fate expands our understanding of a major aspect of the psychology of war in the air and of World War II.

Author : Macarthur Job
Publisher : Australian Aviation
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : IND:30000064265923

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Air Disaster by Macarthur Job Pdf

You are there on the flightdeck as ten major airline accidents unfold in concise and spellbinding detail. The fascinating, ongoing story of how international passenger jet flying has developed through tragedy to become safer than walking down the street! Why these airliners crashed and the valuable lessons leared are fully revealed in this informative book. Sftbd., 8 1/2"x 11", 156 pgs., 200 bandw ill.

Author : Peter Shakeshaft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Freckleton (England)
ISBN : 185936084X

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The History of Freckleton by Peter Shakeshaft Pdf

History is everywhere in Freckleton - it can be seen in the very physical and social fabric of this village near Preston, Lancashire. The shape of the fields, the street plan, the houses and buildings are all evidence in one way or another of hundreds of years of human endeavour, character and tragedy. The village is known for many things: its grazing marshes, its boat-yard and the bleak beauty of the Naze; but above all for its very strong sense of community, witnessed by the range and number of church and social organizations flourishing in the area.

Author : Paul D. Houle
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781476644356

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The Crash of Delta Flight 723 by Paul D. Houle Pdf

At the height of the Watergate scandal, Delta Flight 723 crashed into a fog-shrouded seawall at the end of Runway 4R at Logan Airport in Boston. While this incident and Watergate seemed unrelated at first, President Richard Nixon and his subordinates' actions during Watergate interfered with the ability of the National Transportation Safety Board to properly investigate the crash. It wasn't until three court cases, a federal investigation, congressional hearings, as well as a state investigation, when the true cause of the accident was exposed ten years later. This is also the story of Air Force Sergeant Leopold Chouinard and his incredible fight for survival. Chouinard survived the initial impact of the crash, only to suffer third and fourth degree burns on the majority of his body. Doctors fought against incredible odds to try and save Chouinard's life. For 134 days, Leo Chouinard defied all expectations as his doctors and nurses applied the latest advancements in burn treatments to save him from a non-survivable accident. They nearly succeeded. Through interviews with Chouinard's family, his physicians, and the NTSB's investigation, comes a story of corruption, determination, and vindication as well as the answer to what really caused that crash at Logan airport.

Author : Robert S. Cutler
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781514489598

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The Bakers Creek Air Crash by Robert S. Cutler Pdf

The unique feature of this book, and the tragic accident it documents, is not simply the number of deaths but, rather, the extraordinary loss that occurred to so many American families simultaneously and how important it is that people in Australia and America have ensured that this historic incident is long remembered.

Author : Samme Chittum
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781588346094

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Southern Storm by Samme Chittum Pdf

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future. On the afternoon of April 4, 1977, Georgia housewife Sadie Burkhalter Hurst looked out her front door to see a frantic stranger running toward her, his clothes ablaze, and behind him the mangled fuselage of a passenger plane that had just crashed in her yard. The plane, a Southern Airways DC-9-31, had been carrying eighty-one passengers and four crew members en route to Atlanta when it entered a massive thunderstorm cell that turned into a dangerous cocktail of rain, hail, and lightning. Forced down onto a highway, the plane cut a swath of devastation through the small town of New Hope, breaking apart and killing bystanders on the ground before coming to rest in Hurst's front yard. Ultimately, only twenty-two people would survive the crash of Flight 242, and urgent questions immediately arose. What caused the pilots to fly into the storm instead of away from it? Could the crash have been prevented? Southern Storm addresses these issues and many more, offering a fascinating insider's look at this dramatic disaster and the systemic overhauls that followed it.

Author : David Gero
Publisher : Haynes Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025194650

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Military Aviation Disasters by David Gero Pdf

Every year, a number of military aircraft ranging from single-seat fighters to fully laden cargo planes are lost in accidents. Because these disasters often occur in remote corners of the world and rarely involve members of the general public, they seldom attract the sort of media attention given to those disasters which involve civil aircraft.

Author : Allistair Fitzgerald
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780557451791

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Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever by Allistair Fitzgerald Pdf

On Sunday, March 27, 1977 KLM Flight 4805 and PANAM Flight 1736 both approached Las Palmas Airport in the Canary Islands, when a terrorist's bomb exploded on the airport. Both flights were diverted to the neighboring island of Tenerife. After Las Palmas Airport reopened first KLM Flight 4805 was cleared for takeoff, a few minutes later PANAM 1736 was cleared. Due to a number of misunderstandings both aircraft collided on the runway of Tenerife Airport during takeoff, killing 583 people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015068270928

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Encyclopedia Americana by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stanley Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Aircraft accidents
ISBN : NWU:35556003848181

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The Munich Air Disaster by Stanley Williamson Pdf

Beretter om en flyulykke i München i 1958 og beskriver detaljeret den overlevende flykaptajns "kamp" for at få omstødt den tyske havarikommissions "dom" i sagen.

Author : Kevin J. Noone,Ussif Rashid Sumaila,Robert J. Diaz
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124076617

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Managing Ocean Environments in a Changing Climate by Kevin J. Noone,Ussif Rashid Sumaila,Robert J. Diaz Pdf

Managing Ocean Environments in a Changing Climate summarizes the current state of several threats to the global oceans. What distinguishes this book most from previous works is that this book begins with a holistic, global-scale focus for the first several chapters and then provides an example of how this approach can be applied on a regional scale, for the Pacific region. Previous works usually have compiled local studies, which are essentially impossible to properly integrate to the global scale. The editors have engaged leading scientists in a number of areas, such as fisheries and marine ecosystems, ocean chemistry, marine biogeochemical cycling, oceans and climate change, and economics, to examine the threats to the oceans both individually and collectively, provide gross estimates of the economic and societal impacts of these threats, and deliver high-level recommendations. Nominated for a Katerva Award in 2012 in the Economy category State of the science reviews by known marine experts provide a concise, readable presentation written at a level for managers and students Links environmental and economic aspects of ocean threats and provides an economic analysis of action versus inaction Provides recommendations for stakeholders to help stimulate the development of policies that would help move toward sustainable use of marine resources and services