Civilian casualty of WWII, Peter was one of the 38 children killed at Holy Trinity School, Freckleton, when a United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator, 42-50291, "Classy Chassis II", crashed into the school at 10:47 hrs. while on approach to Warton Aerodrome. Twenty adults, and the three-man crew were also killed. In addition to a memorial in the village churchyard, a marker was placed at the site of the accident in 2007.
He was 6 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Danson of Freckleton.
He was 6 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Danson of Freckleton.
Civilian casualty of WWII, Peter was one of the 38 children killed at Holy Trinity School, Freckleton, when a United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator, 42-50291, "Classy Chassis II", crashed into the school at 10:47 hrs. while on approach to Warton Aerodrome. Twenty adults, and the three-man crew were also killed. In addition to a memorial in the village churchyard, a marker was placed at the site of the accident in 2007.
He was 6 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Danson of Freckleton.
He was 6 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Danson of Freckleton.
Gravesite Details
Killed in the Freckleton Disaster.
