Willyslancs

This book tells the story of the tragedy that happened on the 23rd of August 1944 ,when a B-24 liberator bomber crashed into the village of Freckleton near Blackpool.

Many children in the local school were killed, also villagers and americans.

This book tells in great details what happened, and about the hospital that was near the air base too.

The only down side about this book is that the pictures are not at all good.(very grainy or blurred).:coffee:

It feels like a compound or resin . got it via a friend in Florida many years ago .I would say its a Bantam Jeep .......

Yes it has the same scene on the back too.....

Yes i know what they are depicting , was just wondering if they were for the veterans or if sold to anyone.

can anyone tell me please the story behind these plaques? been told they were issued to veterans of the battle but not sure .also told they were made from the brass shells left lying around.:coffee:

All the best mate !! i have one too (old glory 48 star).

Can anyone tell me anything about this paperweight ?...............

Just one like this please !:tup::

Hi from another northerner!

Real nice motor , liked the pics , you have done a brill job.My ideal truck if lottery numbers came up! Enclosed a pic of one that rolled up at Out Rawcliffe the other month , love the condition , would leave it as it is if it was mine .(had a chat with owner ,he said so many people have said same !)

Cheers Adrian , i was thinking that too ,not bad nick considering its been sat in garden 44 years!!.

i agree with your last line tim!

hi Bodge, its been used as a plant pot holder since my dad brought it home in 1962, it was used to keep his morris oxford down on the road in bad weather ,when travelling to Catterick during his national service.Cheers guys for your replies .

Anyone know what tank this bit of track came off? let me know please ,cheers!!

I was wondering if someone out there in HMVF land,

could tell me what this piece of track was off.

It came via Catterick in 1962. :tup::

Hi mate, yes its good . there is one about the freckleton air crash too ,but the pics are not brill in it,they are blurred for some reason. (can just see the roof of the weapons carrier we had in one pic lol) .:coffee:

Good pics, ironically the date of delivery on my Willys is exactly a year later . My MB had all its original plates on when i got it. A makeshift hard top from 1947 till 1985 kept all the weather off them .

Found this book again recently whilst having a sort out ,i recomend it to anyone who is interested in the us air bases especially bad 2. They were stationed at Warton near Blackpool.It has some really good pictures of planes,vehicles and the base .Think we got this copy from a car boot , hopefully it should be still obtainable .

ive been told something along them lines at interviews and im 41!

I once asked an old G.I who was stationed at Warton near Blackpool during ww2 what had happened to jeeps etc at the end of the war ,and he told me some where buried at the end of the runway(this had been a rumour round here for years ) and in fact he had asked about buying a plane after the war for him and his brother to set up a crop spraying business back in the us, he told me the people in charge said no and actually pulled the planes apart with trucks!.(there is a book around regarding the americans in warton , it is very good,with some really nice pics of trucks)

good luck for the future. (been in that position and its not nice )

cheers mate .

yep seen them and they look old and spot on .look like they have been on years .

Cheers will try those sites,couple of nice items ,with an interesting story behind them .Just like to know bit more about them.(father collected german stuff since end of ww2,too dear to now !!)

HA HA not that personal